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Tuesday Sept 24/ Wednesday Sept 25
Think and Do: Using a laptop, open this article and skim down to the top 5 ways voter power can be suppressed (decreased) by government laws. On your own paper, copy the list of 5 methods used to suppress votes, read their explanation, and then write a short summary explanation in your own words. Visuals to help: results of gerrymandering, states that have felon voter restrictions, and voter id laws
1. Wrap up the Progressive Era Powerpoints, slides 18-23, discussing POLITICAL reforms of the Progressive Era.
2. EXIT TIX: With a partner, read over this review of some of the Progressive Era reforms and work to fill out at least 5 reasons for opposition. Discuss with the class your arguments.
Friday Sept 20/Monday Sept 23
Watch the "Knocking Down the House" documentary about modern day issues for women and minorities running for office in Congress.
Wednesday Sept 18/Thursday Sept 19
Think and Do: Using the Think Aloud bookmarks, read this excerpt from The Jungle and complete at least 3 prompts in the margins, using your "talk to text" skills as well. Also answer the questions at the end.
1. Take notes on Progressive Era reforms in the capitalist economy from slides 13-17 of the Powerpoint.
2. Connection to Today: watch this muckraking segment on the Lumber Liquidators. On the back of The Jungle reading, answer the questions as you watch the segment.
Monday Sept 16/Tuesday Sept 17
1. Begin learning about the Progressive Era and some of the SOCIAL reforms that occurred. Take spiral notes over slides 5-11 in the Unit Powerpoint and highlight key laws and changes.
2. Connection to Today: Watch this 22 minute Vice episode on the 2017 incident in Charlottesville, Virginia and answer with your thoughts on the viewing handout.
Thursday Sept 12/Friday Sept 13
1. When finished, begin about life at the turn of the century in 1900. On scratch paper, answer the questions at the bottom of the handout. Then, watch this video and discuss things you notice about life during this era, known as the Progressive Era.
2 Take notes on some of the specifics of leisure time and who these "progressives" were. Take spiral notes over slides 1-4 in the Progressive Era Powerpoint.
3. Get a laptop and fill out info on this handout "Who Were Muckrakers?". Use this website only to fill out the handout.
Tuesday Sept 10/Wednesday Sept 11
1. ***To review on monopolies/industrialists we learned about in the previous class, write down the red vocab words and definitions on slides 19-28 in the class pwpt!
2 Learn about political corruption of the Gilded Age. You will need to open this Powerpoint from a laptop, and fill out this self guided notes sheet (#5).
- VISUAL LEARNING: Watch this Discovery Channel segment to enhance your new knowledge
2. EXIT TICKET: Analyze and complete this "Bosses of the Senate" political cartoon based on what you've learned today and turn it in for a grade based on accuracy
Honors Homework: Follow directions for "Socialist Challenge due on Thursday and Friday.
Wednesday Sept 4/Monday Sept 9
Think and Do: Watch this segment about a big business called Luxotica, and on scratch square, list 3 reasons why this monopoly is bad for you, the consumer.
1. Work on this WebQuest: Who are the Industrialists? Click on this Webquest to learn about Gilded Age Industrialists...read all instructions first! Handout will be given to you. Handout will be taken up at the end of class and will be graded for completion and accuracy.
Friday August 30/Tuesday Sept. 3
Think and Do: Read and answer the questions that follow on this story about child labor. T
1.Watch this clip of striking labor union workers and discuss why would a strike be an effective means of protest for workers demanding change?
2. In spiral note-book, take notes over Gilded Age Labor Union activity, found on slides 10-15 in the Unit 2 powerpoint.
3. Connect it to Today: Watch the episode of 30 Days "Living on Minimum Wage" and complete the viewing guide.
Wednesday August 28/Thursday August 29
Think and Do: Using the Opinion Proof (#3) template, watch this video (first 14 min) about the work immigrants do today. Fill out the Proof side first, gathering evidence on how undocumented immigrants are contributing to Alabama. Then, fill in YOUR opinion to the prompt: "My evidence based opinion on immigration is..."
1. Then, add Key Terms and details for Industrialization and Innovations from slides #4-#9 in the Unit 2 Powerpoint on Rise of Industrializations.
2. Watch the first 30 minutes of Morgan Spurlock's "30 Days"...Working in a Coal Mine in West Virginia. List at least specific 5 reasons why working in the coal mining industry is a challenging job. Any others you list over the required, will earn extra points.
Monday August 26/Tuesday August 27
1. Who, What, When, From Where, and Why Turn of the Century immigration. Using this website take notes about turn of the century immigratioin. Click on the interactive map and click through each decade to see why people from different countries came to American at the Turn of the Century.
2.Take spiral notes over slides 1-4 over Gilded Age Immigration and Industrialization.
3. Go around the room and analyze the immigration political cartoons using the graphic organizer picked up class. (If absent pick up the sheet when you return to class and get the cartoons)
Thursday August 22/ Friday August 23
Think and Do: Get Unit 2 Syllabus: Gilded Age and Progressivism (#1) and complete the Checkpoint prompt on page 1.
1. Watch "The Story of Us: Cities" and fill out this viewing guide (#2).
HONORS homework due Monday (A Day) Tuesday (B Day). A reading from How the Other Half Lives!
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