Today's Learning Target:
I can summarize the changes that took place in American cities from 1860-1920, & I can predict the problems that will arise as a result. Today's Agenda:
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Today's Learning Target:
I can summarize the changes that took place in American cities from 1860-1920, & I can predict the problems that will arise as a result. Today's Agenda:
Background Question: Create Trading Cards for the following: Jane Addams and Alice Paul Reflection Question: (Drawing Inferences) What might be done to solve one of the problems you uncovered today? Today's Learning Target:
I can summarize the changes that took place in American cities from 1860-1920, & I can predict the problems that will arise as a result. Today's Agenda:
Background Question: Create Trading Cards for the following: Jacob Riis, Ida B. Wells, and Upton Sinclair Reflection Question: (Drawing Inferences) What might be done to solve one of the problems you uncovered today? Today's Learning Target:
I can summarize the changes that took place in American cities from 1860-1920, & I can predict the problems that will arise as a result. Today's Agenda:
Background Question: Create Trading Cards for the following: Eugene V. Debs, Samuel Gompers Reflection Question: (Determining Importance) What are three significant problems that arise as the United States industrializes and urbanizes? Today's Learning Target:
I can describe the growth of industry in the United States, & I can assess its impact on American society. Today's Agenda:
Background Question What is Social Darwinism? How was it used to justify the treatment of workers?
Watch the History Channel's 8-part series, "The Men Who Built America" to learn more about Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, and Henry Ford and how their industrial innovations and business empires revolutionized modern society. It is available on the History Channel's website here or via YouTube here.
As you watch, record information detailing the business practices that made the men either "Captains of Industry" or "Robber Barons".Be prepared to defend your choice in both a class discussion and a writing assignment. |
History, although sometimes made up of the few acts of the great, is more often shaped by the many acts of the small.
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