Lesson on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 (L26)

Aim: Why did the Populist Party attract millions of supporters? 

Bell Ringer:  Review EOC Review Guide pages 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.
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Agenda: 

1. 1. Bell Ringer (20 min) 

2. 2. Review "Mining Booms" Entrance Ticket (7 min) 

3. 3. 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 

4. 4. 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: Document A and Document B

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?  

Home Learning:  

2. 1. Read pages 86 and 87 / sections: "Tragedy at Wounded Knee" and "The Dawes Act". Journal 20 – What effect did Helen Hunt Jackon's book "A Century of Dishonor" have? 

3. Complete “Guiding Questions”