WORKSHEET #10 - BILTMORE/PAPER #3 - Columbia Exposition
DUE: December 15, 1998
Remember the exercise you
completed at the beginning of this class? That exercise is now returned to you and we ask
that you again complete the assigned questions and reflect on any changes in your
responses.
1. Re-read the letter Edith Vanderbilt’s youngest sister, Pauline Dresser Merrill, wrote to Mrs. T.S. Viele. Notice the careful observation of the environment and the attention to the daily activities at Biltmore of Pauline Merrill (see attached).
2. While this summary of activity is partially based on your best guess, estimate your expected activity patterns. Summarize a current week of activities by completing the following chart:
a. Average hours spent sleeping ___________________
b. Average hours spent in class ___________________
c. Average hours spent working (paid job) ___________________
d. Average hours spent on homework ___________________
e. Average hours spent eating ___________________
f. Average hours spent other (Explain other) ___________________
(Other should not be socializing)
TOTAL HOURS:
Subtract the Total Hours above from the total hours in the week for an estimate of “free time”.
3. Are you surprised by the number of hours of “free time” available after meeting the requirements of class, sleeping, eating, working,
etc? No _______ Yes _______
Do you believe you have a schedule that is balanced for your lifestyle? No _____ Yes ______
*4. Pauline Dresser Merrill’s visit was made more pleasant by several new technologies used by the Biltmore House. Primary among those new technologies are listed below. Please observe each of these technologies as you tour the house and third floor exhibit and make comments on each.
Elevators
Central Heating
Electricity
Electric call system
Hot and cold running water
Dumbwaiters
Edison light bulb - 1879 (1893 at Biltmore)
*5. George Washington Vanderbilt began construction of Biltmore House in ____________ (date).
Who was the lead architect? ____________________________________________________
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*6. The name “Biltmore” came from the Dutch and from English. What does the name mean?
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7. Today we take the technologies listed above for granted. What new technologies have been invented in your lifetime (name 3) ?
How do they contribute to your life? Have the new technologies made your life easier? More complicated? Discuss the contributions
(or lack of) of each to your life.
a. ____________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________
How many of the technologies you named above could be called “information technologies?” _____
8.
Paper #3 - Columbia Exposition
a. What was the World’s Columbia Exposition, Chicago? When did it occur?
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b. What other events took place during the year of the Columbia Exposition?
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c. In your opinion, what influences did the Columbia Exposition have on the culture of the Asheville community and the United States?
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d. What relationship did the Exposition have to Biltmore and to individuals who lived and worked there?
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*Concentrate on answering this question while you are touring the Biltmore House.