Lesson on Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Aim: What types of problems developed due to the rapid growth of urban areas?  

Bell Ringer: Current Events / Grade Journals 31-40 and Attachment B1 and B2 

Objectives: 

1. 1. Students will compare the experience of European immigrants in the east to that of Asian immigrants in the west.  

2. 2. Students will examine the importance of social change and reform in the late 19th and early 20th centuries  

Agenda: 

1. 1. Bell Ringer (5 min) 

2. 2. Lesson 2 Pop Quiz (10/15 min) (Grade Attachment B1 & B2)  

1. a. a multifamily apartment, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimum living standards: __________________ 

2. b. tall, steel frame buildings that were now being built in cities across America: __________________ 

3. c. an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government: ___________________ 

4. d. the person in control of a political machine:____________________ 

5. e. the acquisition of money in dishonest ways, as in bribing a politician:_____ 

3. 3. Video "Urbanization and Political Machines" https://www.youtube.com/Video on Urbanization and Political Machines (10 min)  

4. 4. Video "Transportation and Political Machines Gilded Age" 
5.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il-Drqnp7Q0  (7 min)  

5. Journal 41: How did cities improve means of transportation? 

Home Learning: NO HW!