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Pillow Sham

Pillow Sham

Grade Range: K-12
Resource Type(s): Artifacts, Primary Sources
Date Posted: 9/19/2009

Lace-making and sewing were more than utilitarian projects. They allowed young girls to express themselves artistically while learning discipline and attention to detail. This embroidered linen and lace pillow sham belonged to Miguel Roses at the turn of the 20th century. Bird and flower designs surround the monogram in the center.


National Standards

United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

1: How the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed the American people
 
2: Massive immigration after 1870 and how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity
 
3: The rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes
 
4: Federal Indian policy and United States foreign policy after the Civil War
 

Era 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

1: How Progressives and others addressed problems of industrial capitalism, urbanization, and political corruption
 
2: The changing role of the United States in world affairs through World War I
 
3: How the United States changed from the end of World War I to the eve of the Great Depression
 

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