To complete Module 2 read Chapter 2, answer 5 website questions, and complete the reflection sheet for Module 2 in the discussion forum.

1. http://www.lm.com/~rs7717/wilmerdi.html
   How did the Westinghouse Air Brake Company and the train depot figure into the lives of the Shumaker family and the community as a whole? What was Wilmerding’s population in 1890? In 1920? In 1960? what solution does Shumaker suggest to restore “Wilmerding?”
   
   
2. http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
   After you access this site, to find out the population size, type in the name of the town (Wilmerding), the state (PA), and the zip code (15148). What was the exact size of Wilmerding’s population in 1990?
   
   
3. http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/cencounts/
   Document: Index
   Choose one of the states with a high rate of out-migration named in this document. How many countries in that state lost population between 1970 and 1990?
   
   
4. http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/update/print.html
   Document: Printing: History and Development
   How did the Gutenberg printing press help to expand church influence while at the same time helping to challenge its influence? What effect did the printing press have on the English language? How did the printing press play in the American Revolution? (Note: These questions can be answered without accessing the hypertexted links in the document.)
   
   
5. http://www.ipst.edu/amp/machine.html
   Document: The Advent of the Paper Machine
   How much paper could steam-powered machines produce every minute? Mechanization did more than speed up production, however. On a social level it changed the nature of work and the ways in which people interacted with one another.
   
   
6. http://www.ipst.edu/amp/inventn.html
   Document: The Invention of Paper
   http://www.ipst.edu/amp/forerun.html
   Document: Forerunners of Paper
   How did the Chinese make paper? What are some of the materials that have been used in the past to make paper? Based on the description and pictures (if you have Netscape) in “Forerunners or Paper,” can you tell if there were any fast ways to make paper before mechanization? Explain.
   
   
7. http://csf. Colorado.EDU/psn/marx/Archive/Interviews/187int1.htm
   Document: Interview with Karl Marx
   Why was Marx living in London at the time of this interview? What intellectual qualities does Marx possess? How familiar was Marx with events taking place in the United States? Marx founded the International Society. What were the goals of the International Society?
   
   
8. http://www.idbsu.edu/surveyrc/Staff/jaynes/marxism/websites.htm
   Document: Other Marxist-Related Sites on the Web
   Select two of the worker/labor sites listed. How are Marx’s ideas reflected in their mission/purpose statements?
   
   
9. http://www.comet.chv.va.us/romance/htm/martbio.htm
   Document: Harriet Martineau: A Short Biography
   What factors influenced Harriet Martineau to become a writer? What book by Harriet Martineau gained her fame and secured her future as a writer? Why was Martineau not well received in the United States?
   
   
10. http://www.gms.ocps.k12.fl.us/biopage/dubois.html
    Document: W.E.B. Du Bois
    http://www.ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~jgreen/home16.html
    Document: W.E.B. Du Bois
    http://www.calpoly.edu/~clor/cois.html
    Document: W.E.B. Du Bois
    What was Du Bois scholarly contribution to the discipline of sociology? Which books are named as important to the discipline of sociology? What is Du Bois’s most famous line?
    
    
11. http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/dubois/0.html
    Document: The Forethought
    http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/dubois/15.html
    Document: The After-thought
    Which sentences from the “Forethought” and “Afterthought” suggest that Du Bois believed that the ideas The Souls of Black Folk would not be heard?