Module+4+-+Allentown

=Module 4= =﻿ ﻿The Allentown Area =

Who settled in the area that is now present day Allentown? How did it happen, and what part did the town play in the American Revolution? And what's the history of the house you see below?


 * Activity 4A - Northamptontown **

In 1776, what is now called Allentown was called Northamptontown. But it was basically owned by someone with the last name of Allen, thus "Allen's town." How did William Allen come to be in the possession of this land? About how many people lived there? What was the town like?

History of Allentown

William Allen and the Search for Economic Security, by Augustine Nigro //History of Trout Hall//, by Charles Roberts, Lehigh County Historical Society. 1918.



Use the map analysis worksheet to analyze these maps:


 * Post your findings about these questions in your blog. Also describe and discuss the most surprising fact you learned during your research. Tie that fact into your study of the American Revolution. Read your classmates' postings, and respond to one.**

As you worked on the first three modules, you may have seen that there was a large amount of settlement by Germans in the Province of Pennsylvania. Bethlehem and Easton were home to many from that location of the world.
 * Activity 4B - Way Back **

In your previous research, did you find any information about the Germans and settlement in the present day Allentown area?



 ﻿ A poster showing Amish during the 1930's and 1940's. Did German residents of Pennsylvania around the time of the Revolutionary War dress similarly? Live similarly? 

From the Library of Congress collection of WPA posters.


 * Download the [[file:poster_analysis_worksheet.pdf]] and use to study this poster. Then after analysis and further research on the Internet, make an argument for your answers to these questions: Did German residents in Pennsylvania around the time of the Revolutionary War dress similarly? Live similarly?**


 * Activity 4C **

This famous symbol of our liberty traveled to Allentown during the American Revolution. Read about it in the article from the Liberty Bell Museum in Allentown: A Short History of the Liberty Bell's Trek.


 * Activity 4D **

Just for fun - listen to some Pennsylvania German music.

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