Week 25-31

Unit 6 and 7: Materials, Slides, Enrichment, and EXtra Credit

Essential Questions:

How did the historical conditions between 1865 and 1898 contribute to the emergence of industrial capitalism in the United States?
What were the key challenges and opportunities faced by American workers during the Gilded Age?
How did robber barons of the Gilded Age shape the evolution of the working class?
To what extent did Gilded Age industrialists (like Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, and Vanderbilt) showcase traits of a COI or RB? How do they compare to contemporary industrialists?
How did reformers of the Progressive Era address the social, economic, and political problems of the time period? To what degree were the Progressive reformers actually “progressive”?
How did reformers of the Progressive Era address the social, economic, and political problems of the time period? To what degree were the Progressive reformers actually “progressive”?
To what extent was the Progressive era truly “Progressive?”
What political, social, economic, and cultural events led to the Great Depression of the late 1920s, 1930s? Was the Great Depression an inevitable event? (business & economy)
What accounts for the cultural boom of the 1920s? How did they intertwine with one another?
How did Americans respond to the increased intervention of the federal government during the 1930s?
What accounted for the rise of nativism in American society from 1900 to 1930? Analyze the factors that contributed to the level of success achieved. (nation)
To what extent did the United States achieve the objectives that led it to enter the First World War? (i.e. how effective was the U.S. in accomplishing its goals that led them into WWI to begin with?)
Why did the United States adopt an isolationist policy in the 1920s and 1930s? (nation)
What were the broader societal issues at stake in the Scopes Monkey Trial, beyond the specific debate over the teaching of evolution? (science & technology)
How did government regulation and commercial interests shape the development of radio broadcasting in the United States? (scient & technology)
What were the social and economic impacts of the growing entertainment industry on American families and African Americans? (entertainment & sports, business & economy, arts & literature,)
To what extent did economic and political developments as well as assumptions about the nature of women affect the position of women during the period 1890-1925? (society)
In what ways did state and federal legislation and judicial decisions (including those of the Supreme Court) affect the efforts of African Americans to improve their position in society between 1880 and 1920? (Analyze state & federal laws, and Supreme Court decisions that improved African Americans’ positions in society between 1880-1920?) (society, nation)
In what ways did state and federal legislation and judicial decisions (including those of the Supreme Court) affect the efforts of workers to improve their position in society between 1880 and 1920? (Analyze state & federal laws, and Supreme Court decisions that improved workers’ positions in society between 1880-1920?)
In what ways did technology, government policy, and economic conditions change American agriculture between 1865- 1900? In your answer, be sure to evaluate farmers’ responses to these changes. (business & economy)

Learning Objective:

Students will be able to answer the EQ and provide specific examples using vocabulary terms by reading & annotating the AMSCO textbook and by completing a reading guide with analysis questions.
Students will be able to create an argument for each of the industrialists as both COIs & RBs while utilizing academic discourse to verbally debate the economic contributions and ethical considerations in small groups.
Students will be able to answer the EQ after taking Cornell Notes by engaging in an escape room where students will analyze a variety of primary and secondary sources.
Students will be able to answer the EQ after taking Cornell Notes by engaging in an escape room which asks students to formulate an SAQ response.
Students will be able to: come up with solutions to problems from the Progressive Era and compare it to those of the era’s reformers; By: completing a graphic organizer and defending their stance on various reformers as “Progressives”
I will be able to: Analyze how progressive the Progressive Era truly was by analyzing political cartoons and citing specific historical evidence to answer my topic's EQ. I will achieve this by: researching primary & secondary sources that relate to our topic and completing an analysis cartoon guide.