Was not China recently enteringĪ debate about who is responsible for the emission from the factories there?
Those with power are struggling with these issues. There are more, often lucrative, avenues of redress, I imagine the problemĮxporting her problems to poor or powerless countries rather than communities. People with no voice and who suffer from ignorance, are often taken advantage As was explored in AHTC’sĬomparative media study of A Civil Action, I find this interesting as it mirrors some of the Such they did not have a political voice of their own, nor someone to stand upĭecision to build a potentially dangerous, certainly unsightly, molasses tankĭirectly at the edge of the neighborhood. People were also socially discriminated against. “by 1910, only about 25 percent of the Italians in Boston had been naturalized.”(p36) These
Vunerable in the larger arena of the city of Boston. This was clearly a survival strategy of strangers inĪ strange land, but had the result of making the Italian population politically Heĭiscusses how the home culture created a population that revolved around small, Such a simple substance as a root of many of ourĭiscusses in detail is the disenfranchisement of the immigrant Italians. The “Sugar Act” which was a factor in the Revolutionary War, and then used to Staple of the diet of the colonist (both in food and drink form), influenced Trade in the Americas, brought slavery to America from the West Indies, was a The molasses industry in a historical context. Of molasses to the history of our country. One aspect that I was unaware of was the importance But this IS where my passion comes from). To enable them to avoid the mistakes of the past and craft a better world. I intend to empower the children I teach today Understanding patterns, trends, and the results of decisions/philosophiesĪre what I want to teach my students (abet in a scaled back form) and what Iįound powerful about this book. The history that we are creating right now. As you know from my time with AHTC, I amĮspecially interested in encouraging children to become active participants in Particularly struck by the patterns of behavior echoing in today’s world. Of explaining the historical context and making it relevant to the central Photos from the time are also effective in drawing attention to the scope andĭevastation cause by the 15 foot wave of molasses. Turns court record into a readable story, this letter was even more powerful. Rushed to rescue as many as he could, then chronicled it in letter to his The 17 year old was on a ship in the harbor and Speaking tour and an audience member produced a letter from her grandfatherĪt the time the tank broke. Included were eyewitness accounts, interviews, plaintiffīackgrounds, etc. There were ten of thousands of pages ofĭocuments. Puleo primarily uses the court records from the three year Knowledge of the history of the time, to access themes and trends of the day By approaching it in a myriad of ways it allows me, with my limited x) Each of these aspects relates to theĬause and/or the effect of this disaster.
Labor and Big Business and between the people and their government –also playedĪ part in the decade-long story of the molasses flood. –immigration, anarchists, World War I, Prohibition, the relationship between “Nearly every watershed issue the country was dealing with at the time Heĭeftly combines political, social, personal, business, and historical trends,įacts, and even details weaving a good story in a rich and significant context. History through the lens of local history” is epitomized in this book. An AHTC mantra: “learning about national and world Topic, the collapse of a 2.3 million gallon molasses tank, but approaches it inĪ very accessible fashion. Stephen Puleo not only selected an intriguing I appreciate it when an author does the same for Younger students I am constantly working on finding “hooks” or avenues ofĪccessibility for my students. On the approved list, I had to stick with (pun intended) Stephen Puleo’s Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. Although I ordered and perused several of the books
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