Lesson on Monday, November 20, 2017

Aim: How were the new industrial unions different from the older trade unions?

Bell Ringer: Labor Movement Pop Quiz

Objectives:

1. Students will examine the social, political, and economic causes, course, and consequences of the second industrial revolution.
2. Students will examine the causes, course, and consequences of the labor movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
3. Students will review different economic and philosophic ideologies.

Agenda:

1. Bell Ringer (Pop Quiz) (10 min)
2. Review journals 30 and 31 (5 min)
3. Labor Movement Editorial Project

a. Topic 1 - Research a modern day labor union and compare and contrast it to one of the early labor unions.
b. Topic 2 - Write an article expressing a viewpoint about the government response to one of the strikes in the early labor movement.
c. Topic 3 - Create an advertisement to either denounce or promote one of the following ideologies: Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Anarchism, Social Darwinism.


Home Learning: Work on your project. Due BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK.