Progressivism: Where Will You Put Your Million Dollars?

Between Monday and Friday this week, all 10th grade students were assigned to my class for a 3-hour block.  During this time, 6 activities should have been completed (click on each link to view the papers):

1. Hook Exercise (with a partner)
2. Read Background Essay and answer Background essay questions
3. Answer document questions on a piece of loose-leaf paper
4. Complete Bucketing and Thesis/Road Map Paper

• 1 - $600,000
• 2 - $300,000
• 3 - $100,000
• Make sure to pick which group should get what amount of money (one will not get any)
• Conservation (trees)
• Child Labor
• Women's Suffrage (voting)
• Food Inspections

     5. Complete your outline

     6. Write your letter to Aunt Bessie - should be 5 paragraphs (introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion).  Follow your outline as you write!

Progressive Era Foldable - links to pages to use for "Solutions"

• Living Conditions

• High Railroad Rates

• Monopolies

• Election Fraud

• Political Machines

• Pollution and Environmental...

• Poor Working Conditions

• Tainted Food and Medicine

• Spoils System/Patronage

• Unfair Taxation System

Progressive Era Graphic Organizer- How to Create and Setup

STEP 1: GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES

For this graphic organizer, you will need the following supplies:

• 2 pieces of 8 1/2 x 14 paper 
• ruler
• pen or pencil
• scissors

STEP 2: FOLD YOUR PAPER

Fold both pieces of paper in half, hamburger style.  

STEP 3: CUT FIRST PIECE OF PAPER

On one piece of your paper (purple paper in the picture), use your ruler and measure one inch from the edge of the fold on both sides.  Cut to your mark on both sides.

STEP 4: CUT SECOND PIECE OF PAPER

Then, use your ruler on the other paper (the pink paper in this picture) to measure one inch from the edge of the fold on both sides.  This time CUT THE SECTION IN THE MIDDLE - DO NOT CUT THE EDGE. (It does NOT have to be perfect!)

STEP 5: PUT THE PAPERS TOGETHER

Fold the first piece (purple piece) in half, hot dog style. Insert it CAREFULLY into the other piece (pink piece) of paper.

STEP 6: FOLD YOU BOOKLET IN HALF

STEP 7: COVER

STEP 8: PAGES 2 & 3 

For each person, answer the question, "what problem were they hoping to solve?"  All of the people are in the book.  Use the index to find the pages where they are located.  

STEP 9: PAGES 4 & 5

These solutions can all be found in the book:

• Living Conditions: p. 171
• High Railroad Rates: p. 185-186
• Monopolies: p. 184-186, 191
• Election Fraud: p. 175
• Political Machines and Party Bosses: p. 159-160

STEP 10: PAGES 6 & 7

These solutions can all be found in the book:

• Poor Working Conditions: 172-174
• Tainted Food and Medicine: p. 186
• Spoils System / Patronage: p. 160
• Pollution and Environmental Destruction: p. 187-188
• Unfair Taxation System: p. 190

STEP 11: BACK

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

MONDAY 10/19:

• Watched video of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire from PBS "New York" (click on this link to watch the video)
• Worked in groups to analyze 2 documents per group

TUESDAY 10/20:

• Continued working in groups to analyze 2 documents
• Gallery Walk on all 14 documents - create chart in composition notebook
• Responsibility Pie - Who is to blame from your perspective? Turn in when complete.

Immigration to the United States 1865-1915

During class this week, students will be working on an immigration journal, using notes they take in class.  If students are absent, they will need to complete the notes on their own and write their journal entries.
Immigration to the US presentation - click here!

Industrialization Learning Stations

During class on October 6 - 9, we are working on Industrialization Learning Stations.  All stations are due by Tuesday, October 13.

Industrialization Learning Station Page - click here!

Industrial Revolution

As we begin exploring the Industrial Revolution, these assignments need to be completed:

1. Best Parts / Worst Parts of the Industrial Revolution using the reading "The Industrial Revolution in the United  States" - Students should have put their answers in their composition book on facing pages.  Need 6 best parts and 6 worst parts.
2. Chart for document analysis - create the chart in the picture below.  Using the documents in the packet "Industrial Revolution: Beneficial or Harmful?," complete the chart.

Life on the Plains and Native Americans

As we have studied Life on the Plains and the lives of Native Americans in the late 1800s, we completed 2 activities.

1. Graphic Organizer on Google Classroom (assignment #011) using "Whose Land is This?" reading
2. Close Reading of "Whose Land is This?" in Google Classroom (assignment #012)