Teacher's Corner

Objectives: 

1) Write a R.A.C.E. response on immigration 

2) Evaluate if industrialists were robber barons or captains of industry.

3) Create and explain connections between the 2nd Industrial Revolution, immigration, and urbanization through a mind map 

4) Analyze primary sources  

5) Compare and contrast immigration policies from the turn of the 20th century to present day immigration policies. 

6) Analyze the relationship between industrialization and urbanization. 

Standards: 

6.1.12.EconNE.16.b: Evaluate the economic, political, and social impact of new and emerging technologies on individuals and nations. 

6.1.12.GeoHE.5.a: Generate/make an evidence-based argument regarding the impact of rapid urbanization on the environment and on the quality of life in cities.

6.1.12.CivicsPR.6.a: Use a variety of sources from multiple perspectives to evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive reforms in preventing unfair business practices and political corruption and in promoting social justice. 

8.2.8.EC.1: Explain ethical issues that may arise from the use of new technologies. 

8.2.8.EC.2: Examine the effects of ethical and unethical practices in product design and development. 

RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. 

RH.6-8.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. 

RH.6-8.6. Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded
language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

WHST.6-8.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, voice, and
style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 

Essential Questions: 

How are technology, immigration, urbanization, and economic policies interconnected during the Gilded Age? 

How could and would the Gilded Age lead to social and economic change? 

What issues did different racial, ethnic, and gender groups face in the late 19th-early 20th centuries and how did these groups overcome these issues?