Monday 9/1/25:  NO SCHOOL (LABOR DAY)

Tuesday 9/2/25 (DEMON):  

• Agenda:

•  NOTES – Industrialization and the Gilded Age (PPoint file below).

• Homework:

•  None.

• If absent:

•  Download, print and read NOTES – Industrialization and the Gilded Age (PPoint file below).

Wednesday 9/3/25 (MAROON) & Thursday 9/4/25 (WHITE):

• Agenda:

•  Using the links provided in Instructions and Research Links – Robber Barons or Captains of Industry (MS Word file below), research ONE Gilded Age business leader (Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan or Cornelius Vanderbilt). As you research, complete Graphic Organizer – Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? (MS Word file below). Due at end of period.

•  Together, read brief bio of Jacob Riis at https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/jacob-riis. Then, watch “A Layman’s Sermon” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3NwFB9zuF8).

•  We’ll be looking more closely at the photography of Jacob Riis tomorrow!

• Homework:

•  None.

• If absent:

•  Download Instructions and Research Links – Robber Barons or Captains of Industry (MS Word file below). Using the links provided, research ONE Gilded Age business leader (Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan or Cornelius Vanderbilt). As you research, complete Graphic Organizer – Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? (MS Word file below). Due FRIDAY!!

•  Read the following brief bio of Jacob Riis at https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/jacob-riis. Then, watch “A Layman’s Sermon” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3NwFB9zuF8).

•  We’ll be looking more closely at the photography of Jacob Riis tomorrow!

Friday 9/5/25 (DEMON):

• Agenda:

•  Brief NOTES - Urbanization - The Photography of Jacob Riis (PPoint file below). Then, partner up and complete WORKSHEET – Urbanization – The Photography of Jacob Riis (PDF file below), using DOCUMENTS – Urbanization – The Photography of Jacob Riis (PDF file below).

•  Class discussion: What can we learn from photographs from the past? What can we infer about photographers from the content of their photographs? Why di the views and motives of the photographer matter? Does it matter what the photographer thinks or his or her subjects? Why? Can photographs be useful evidence even if the photographer held views that we find offensive?

• Homework:

•  None.

• If absent:

•  Download, print and complete WORKSHEET – Urbanization – The Photography of Jacob Riis (PDF file below), using DOCUMENTS – Urbanization – The Photography of Jacob Riis (PDF file below). Due MONDAY!!