Aim: Why did the Populist Party attract
millions of supporters?
Bell Ringer: Review EOC Review Guide pages 5-6
Objectives:
1. SS.912.A.3.1: Analyze the economic
challenges to American farmers and farmers’ responses to the challenges in the
mid to late 1800s. End of Course Exam Benchmark.
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer (20 min)
2. Review "Mining Booms"
Entrance Ticket (7 min)
3. Review Reconstruction Quiz (5 min)
4. Introduction mini-lecture: In the
1870s and 1880s, life for farmers became increasingly difficult. Farmers in the
West and South decided to organize politically. Their party was called the
Populist Party. Mini-lecture on Populism: Powerpoint
5. Hand out Document A and put
transparency on overhead. As you ask students the following questions, have
them take notes in the margins of the document:
a. Sourcing: Who wrote this? When?
b. Contextualization: What was going on for farmers at the time? Lease is
a woman who is speaking to a group of women. What does this say about women’s
involvement in politics in the 1890s?
c. Close reading: Explain: Now I’m going to read carefully and ask ‘how
is this document supposed to make me feel?’
Read first paragraph and ask students: How is this supposed to make the
audience feel? Why might she use religious references?
Read second and third paragraphs together: How was this supposed to make
the audience feel? Who are the good guys? Who are the bad guys? What emotions
does she appeal to?
Read final paragraph: How was this supposed to make the audience feel?
Home Learning:
2. Read pages 86 and 87 / sections:
"Tragedy at Wounded Knee" and "The Dawes Act".
Journal 19 – What effect did Helen Hunt Jackon's
book "A Century of Dishonor" have?
3. Complete “Guiding Questions”
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