
Documents 6, 7 and 8 are excerpts from a General Electric monitor top refrigerator cookbook from 1927. Read and analyze the three documents. Answer the questions in complete sentences on another sheet of paper.

   1. Why did General Electric create this particular document? 

   2. Why do you think they entitled it “An Interesting Proof”?

   3. What was the test conducted for this article? What were the results?

   4. What questions might you ask about this test and document?

1.  What clues from this document indicate its purpose?

2.  What facts does this document present?

4.  How does this document reflect a change in lifestyle?

1.  At which social group was this particular menu aimed? Provide evidence from the document to support your answer. 

2.  Why was this type of party probably not possible, as described, in the 1890s?

3.  Identify each of the following vocabulary:

          Bridge                         Bonbons               Mousse

          Aspic Jelly                  Tortoni                 Marquise

General Electric distributed cookbooks with their refrigerators that included information about how the appliance worked, why it was useful, and included recipes that were almost impossible for families with iceboxes to prepare.

Slide image: General Electric cookbook cover "Makes it Safe to Be Hungry," 1927

          Social Studies, Language Arts, Science

          Copies of the three documents

          1. To gather information from historical records.

          2. To work cooperatively in groups.

          3. To analyze and evaluate different historical documents.

          4. To present findings and opinions from different primary sources.

          1. The class will be divided into cooperative groups in which each student is assigned a task.

         2. Distribute copies of all three documents to each group member.

         3. Distribute worksheets to each group member.

         4. Students work together reading and analyzing the documents.

         5. Each student is to complete a worksheet.

         6. When completed, the class will discuss the documents and the completed worksheets.

Standards for Documents 6, 7, and 8: Three Documents from A Recipe Book