Communication - Articulate and understand thoughts and ideas effectively by oral, written, and nonverbal means. Convey thoughts and ideas for a variety of purposes.
Critical Thinking - View problems, looking for both “bigger picture” connections and more detailed distinctions, to gain insights that will inform solutions. Regularly pursue additional information and evidence to refine understanding.
Collaboration - Understand that broader and, ultimately, personal interests are often better served by addressing challenges as a team. In pursuit of solutions, leverage the strengths and perspectives of others.
Learner’s Mindset - Demonstrate positive attitudes and beliefs about life-long quest for knowledge and skills. Seek novel experiences and an openness to change. Regularly set goals to monitor and direct for self-improvement.
Adaptive Perseverance - Continue an effort through task completion despite challenges. Understand there are often multiple ways to achieve an outcome. Respond productively to feedback and setbacks.
By comparing The Gilded Age to today, are we living in another ‘Gilded Age’?
How did life for the American worker change during this time? Was it for better or for worse?
How did immigrants and migrants shape the America we know today?
Discuss the impact books like ‘The Jungle’ and writings by Ida Tarbell had an impact on the economy of the country, and debate the ethics of business practices of people like Rockefeller, Carnegie and Ford and their impact they had on their workers and the public
D2.Civ.1.6-8. Distinguish the powers and responsibilities of citizens, political parties, interest groups, and the media in a variety of governmental and nongovernmental contexts
D2.Geo.4.6-8. Explain how cultural patterns and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.
D2.Geo.5.6-8. Analyze the combinations of cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from other places.
D2.Geo.7.6-8. Explain how changes in transportation and communication technology influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
D2.Geo.8.6-8. Analyze how relationships between humans and environments extend or contract spatial patterns of settlement and movement.
D2.Geo.9.6-8. Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation.
D2.Eco.1.6-8. Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
D2.His.1.6-8. Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
D2.His.3.6-8. Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
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