Lesson on Thursday, November 1, 2018 (L43.2018)

Essential Question(s): 

1. How did industrialization change working conditions and what was the response to
those changes?
2. How did the labor movement of the late 19th and early 20th century impact the United
States?

Bell Ringer: CNN10 (current events) 

Objectives:

· Students will explain and/or evaluate the significance of events, movements, and people in American society prior to and/or during the Second Industrial Revolution.

· Students will analyze and/or evaluate the human experience during the Second Industrial Revolution.

· Students will describe the origin, course, and/or consequences of the labor movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Agenda:

1. Bell Ringer (10 min)
2. Lesson Opening: Introduce students to the topic of urbanization and immigration by showing students a slideshow of images of New York City during the early 1900s, and asking them to identify and discuss characteristics of the growing city based on the images (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134408/Never-seen-photos-100-years-ago-tell-vivid-story-gritty-New-York-City.html). (10 min)

3.       3. Guide students through a question-and-answer preview of Chapter 4 “Urban America” in the McGraw-Hill textbook United States History & Geography to introduce the key concepts related to turn-of-the-century urbanization and immigration. Suggested prompts: (10 min)

o Look at the map on p. 112-113. What do the arrows indicate? Where were most immigrants coming from during these years? Where did Asian immigrants and European immigrants enter the United States?

o Look at the graph on page 115. Which group increased the most over time? Which push/pull factor do you think had the biggest impact?

o Look at the photographs on p. 119. What changes do you see in the images? How do these changes relate to industrialization?

4.       4. Read pages 114-120 "Europeans Flood into America" and "Asian Immigrants" (10 min)

5.       5. Journal 28 – How did Edward Steiner describe the immigrant experience of traveling to the United States? (10 min)

6.       6. Complete "European Immigrants v. Asian Immigrants" Venn Diagram on Attachment B-3. (10 min)

7. Have students complete the note-taking guide (Attachment B) using their textbook (Pearson United States History pp. 122-140), online resources, or class notes as appropriate. Teachers may want to guide students through completing the notes, have students work in small groups, or independently.

Homework / Evidence of Learning

Complete Attachment B (Pop Quiz tomorrow)