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Daily Agenda

1/31/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can analyze the effectiveness of Progressive Era political reforms in addressing the problems of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Read the article, "Teddy Roosevelt Was Ready from Day One," then write 2-3 sentences summarizing Teddy Roosevelt's influence on the presidency.
  2. Notes - Progressive Politics
  3. Reflection Question: To what degree did Teddy Roosevelt's policies address the problems of the Progressive Era? William Howard Taft? Explain.
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Daily Agenda

1/30/2017

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​Content Standards:

Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can analyze the effectiveness of Progressive Era political reforms in addressing the problems of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Teddy Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
  2. Notes - Progressive Politics
  3. Reflection Question: To what degree did Teddy Roosevelt's policies address the problems of the Progressive Era? Explain.
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Daily Agenda

1/26/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can analyze the effectiveness of Progressive Era political reforms in addressing the problems of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What was the Social Gospel Movement? How did it influence attempts at reform at the turn of the century?
  2. Notes - America Moves to the City
  3. Reflection Question: 
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Daily Agenda

1/25/2017

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​Content Standards:
Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can analyze the effectiveness of Progressive Era political reforms in addressing the problems of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Jane Addams, Alice Paul, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Marcus Garvey.
  2. Activity: Three Vision for African Americans
  3. Reflection Question: How successful were reformers at addressing the problems that arose at the turn of the century?
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Daily Agenda

1/24/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can summarize the changes that took place in American cities from 1860-1915, & I can predict the problems that will arise as a result.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Jacob Riis, Ida B. Wells, and Upton Sinclair.
  2. Activity: America Moves to the City Chart
  3. Reflection Question: What role did the muckrakers play in uncovering problems at the turn of the century?
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Daily Agenda

1/23/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can summarize the changes that took place in American cities from 1860-1915, & I can predict the problems that will arise as a result.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: 
  2. Activity: America Moves to the City Chart
  3. Reflection Question: 
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Daily Agenda

1/20/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can summarize the changes that took place in American cities from 1860-1915, & I can predict the problems that will arise as a result.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: 
  2. Activity: Unit 6 Glossary
  3. Reflection Question: 
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Daily Agenda

1/19/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can summarize the changes that took place in American cities from 1860-1915, & I can predict the problems that will arise as a result.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: 
  2. Video: The Story of Us - Cities
  3. Reflection Question: Describe 3 problems that developed as American cities grew during the period from 1860 to 1915.
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Daily Agenda

1/18/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can summarize the changes that took place in American cities from 1860-1915, & I can predict the problems that will arise as a result.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and the Wright Brothers.
  2. Activity: Urbanization Simulation​
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Daily Agenda

1/17/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.
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Learning Target:
I can describe the growth of industry in the United States, & I can assess its impact on American society.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan.
  2. Notes: The Growth of Industry
  3. Reflection Question: How did a belief in laissez faire economics lead to the success of men such as Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, and Carnegie?
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