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Overview: The Price of Progress
The notion that innovation and change leads to progress is at the heart of the American character, but Americans also value tradition. This unit explores a wide range of traditions and innovations in American society. When is progress worth the loss of tradition and certain ways of life?
![Large wooden wardrobe with panels, each with a border of red, green or black and painted decoration simulating the look of wood grain; drawers across bottom and cornice at top.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/36969.jpeg.webp?itok=4aAWsq-W)
Object Story: Painted Schrank
This wardrobe holds important clues about the identity of an early Pennsylvania family.
Everybody Collects
The kinds of objects, artifacts, and artworks that people collect communicate different ideas. They can be a record of events that happened in society.