module
Grim Old Days
This module explores the grim reality of life in the past and asks students to think critically about the progress we have made. In these lessons, students will dive into contemporary accounts of those living in eras such as the Middle Ages and Colonial America in order to compare and contrast what they read about “The Grim Old Days” to the realities of our present era.
Lessons
Lesson
Louis B. Wright’s Everyday Life in Colonial America
In colonial times, the American dream was a living nightmare.
Lesson
William Manchester’s A World Lit Only by Fire
The world our ancestors faced was more gruesome than modern minds can fathom.
