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American History
Week 2 |
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Monday |
NO SCHOOL |
NO SCHOOL |
NO SCHOOL |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
Industrialization
- Urbanization
- VIDEO: Triangle Shirtwaist
- Gilded Age |
- Tweed Ring & Thomas Nast
- Triangle Shirtwaist Article
- Industrialization Review
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- Describe the movement of immigrants to cities and the opportunities they found there.
- Explain how cities dealt with housing, transportation, sanitation, and safety issues.
- Describe some of the organizations and people who offered help to urban immigrants.
- Explain the role of political machines and political bosses.
- Describe how some politicians’ greed and fraud cost taxpayers millions of dollars. |
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Thursday |
Industrialization
Computer Lab
- Ellis Island
Progressive Era
- Origins (Goals)
- Roosevelt
- VIDEO - Pres. Roosevelt
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- Industrialization Packet Due
- Industrializatin QUIZ
- Ellis Island Writing Assignment
- Progressive NB
- Pro Pres. (Roosevelt) |
Industrialization
- Evalute the industrialization of America
Progressive Era - Origins
- Explain the four goals of progressivism.
- Summarize progressive efforts to clean up government.
- Identify progressive efforts to reform state government, protect workers, and reform elections.
Progressive Era - Roosevelt
- Describe the events of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency.
- Explain how Roosevelt used the power of the presidency to regulate business.
- Identify laws passed to protect public health and the environment.
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Friday |
Progressive Era
- Taft
- VIDEO - Pres Taft
- Wilson
- VIDEO - Pre Wilson |
- Progressive NB
- Pro Pres (Taft)
- Pro Pre (Wilson) |
Progressive Era - Taft
- Summarize the events of the Taft presidency.
- Explain the division in the Republican Party.
- Describe the election of 1912.
Progressive Era - Wilson
- Describe Woodrow Wilson’s background and the progressive reforms of his presidency. |
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