As the semester winds down we are starting to look at articles that talk about sleep in the past before electricity. In Ekrich's Sleep We Have Lost, we looked at how people in past didn't sleep like we sleep today in modern society. People back then slept in two different periods you could say. First period was from 9 at night to 3 in the morning and the second period was from 4 in the morning to around 8 or 8:30 in the morning. It's crazy how people would get up in the middle of the night, I myself would never be able to do that I want to sleep through the whole night. Although it would be useful to when you have a big assignment due the next day, and still get enough sleep.
The Ekrich also explained the bedding, and not everyone had a nice comfortable mattress, only the rich had mattresses. It was only the rich people that really had a good night's rest, the poor never had a good rest from the conditions they slept in. It was pretty crazy to see how much sleep or the nocturnal life has changed over time all because of electricity.
- Kirk out
They weren't likely sleeping that late in the morning--they would rise with the sun. Ekirch mentions that the break between first sleep and second sleep was probably not too long after midnight. Don't forget that I still want you to use the literature to support your ideas in your blog. You're neglecting to quote or expand your discussions enough.
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