Unit 1: ​Forging an Industrial Society

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​Critical Vocabulary: Forty-Niners, Transcontinental Railroad, Homestead Act, Exodusters, Battle of Little Bighorn, Dawes Act, Assimilation, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Ghost Dance, Wounded Knee Massacre, Laissez Faire Economics, Vertical Integration, Horizontal Integration, Social Darwinism, A Gospel of Wealth, Labor Union, Strike, Lockout, Blacklist, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Push Factors, Pull Factors, Ellis Island, Americanization Movement, Nativism, Chinese Exclusion Act, Angel Island, Urbanization, Tenements, Political Machine, Muckrakers, Social Gospel Movement, Progressive Movement, Settlement House, Temperance Movement, Secret Ballot, Direct Primary, Recall, Initiative, Plessy v. Ferguson, Jim Crow Laws, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause, Literacy Test, Lynching, Atlanta Compromise, Niagara Movement, NAACP

Lesson 1: The Great West

We will describe the opportunities and conflicts that emerged as Americans moved west at the turn of the century.

• This means we will explain why 1000s of settlers began to move west after the Civil War, and we will describe the challenges they faced as a result.
• It also means that we will explain how western expansion impacted the lives of Native Americans living on the Great Plains.

Class Materials: 

• Fast & Curious: The Great West ​
• The Story of Us: Heartland
• Pear Deck: Westward Expansion 
• Sketch & Tell: Westward Expansion 
• Pear Deck: Native Americans Under Siege
• Document Analysis: Carlisle Indian School 
• Writing Activity: Native Americans Writing Activity

Additional Resources:​

• Why the Sioux Are Refusing $1.3 Billion (PBS News Hour)

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Lesson 2: The Growth of Industry

We will describe the growth of industry in the United States, and we will assess its impact on American society.

• This means we will explain laissez faire economics, and we will describe how it shaped business practices during the Gilded Age.
• It also means we will describe working conditions during the Gilded Age, and we will analyze the degree to which the Labor Movement was able to improve upon them.

Class Materials: 

• Fast & Curious: The Age of Industry
• Thick Slide: Major Inventions
• Pear Deck: The Age of Industry 
• By the Numbers: Factories in the 1900s By the Numbers 
• Frayer Model: Labor Union
• Thin Slide: Labor vs. Management 
• Iron Chef: Major Strikes 
• Hexagonal thinking: The Age of Industry 

Additional Resources:​

• Vanderbilt (CBS Sunday Morning)

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Lesson 3: America Moves to the City

We will discuss the ways in which the American population changed at the turn of the century, and we will analyze the issues that emerged as a result.

• This means we will summarize the reasons people immigrated to the U.S. during the Gilded Age, and we will evaluate the domestic response to these groups.
• It also means that we will describe the major issues that emerged as Americans moved into cities, and we will explain the role of muckrakers in exposing the problems of the era.

Class Materials: 

• The Urbanization Game​
• The Story of Us: Cities
• Pear Deck: The New Immigrants 
• Frayer Model: The American Dream 
• Thin Slide: Muckraker ​
• Frayer Model: Urban Challenges 
• Concept Sort: Urban Challenges 
• Netflix Activity: The Gilded Age

Additional Resources:​​

• The Immigrants of Angel Island (Time)
• Paper Sons & Daughters (New York Historical Society)

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Lesson 4: Progressive Reforms

I can describe the reform movements that emerged during the Progressive Era, and I can analyze the degree to which they addressed the problems of the era.

• This means I can explain the origins of progressivism, and I can discuss the reform movements that emerged during the era.
• It also means that I can describe the social inequality that existed in the era, and I can compare & contrast the strategies that emerged to combat it.​

Class Materials: 

• Fast & Curious: Progressive Reforms​
• Frayer Model: Progressive Movement
• Pear Deck: Progressive Reforms
• History Mystery: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• Thin Slide: Suffrage
• 8 Parts: Women's Suffrage
• Life for African Americans Activity
• Washington v. DuBois Activity
• Funko Pop Activity: Progressive Reformers

Additional Resources:

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