Industrialization and the Progress Era Unit

Relevant textbook chapters: Module 20 Module 21 Module 22

Week 1 (2/24-2/28)- Industrialization and Workers Rights

2/24: 2nd Industrial Revolution Reading pages 642-647, fill in the two-column notetaker, and complete q's 1-3 (all)

2/25: Industrial Workers Reading pages 652-656. Create a notetaker like the one in question 4 on 656 and take notes as you read. When you are done, on the back write two paragraphs explaining the pros and cons of unions.

2/26: Pullman Strike Primary Source Analysis.

2/27: Reforming the Workplace. Use pages 695-700.

2/28: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Movement Paragraph Summary. Use pages 686-690 and the videos posted below the write four paragraphs, 1 for each of the following questions:

1) What was the “Gilded Age?

2) How did our country change after the Civil War?

3) Who were progressives?

4) What challenges were our country facing at the time?

Week 2 (3/2-3/6)- Immigration and Social Changes

3/2: A New Wave of Immigration Reading. Pages 664-669. Take notes like in the notetaker on 669 #4. Answer Q's 1-3 (all) o 669.

3/3: City Life Reading. Read pages 674-678 and write a 2-3 paragraph diary-style entry about what life was like for a kid living in the city at that time.

-The Jungle & Tenement Housing readings and reactions

3/4: Women's Suffrage & other political reforms

3/5: Prohibition

3/6: Current Events and Progressive Presidents Reading (Pages 707-710. Take notes on the reforms of each President)

Week 3 (3/9-3/13)- Group Presentations on Progressive Presidents

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