Unit 5 Itinerary

Week 16 –

Monday 1/24: Collect paragraphs
Discuss questions from Ch. 18 Sec. 3
HW: Read Ch. 18 Sec. 4 (pp 544-547) and make
content questions over the material...as FEW as you
can and still incorporate all pertinent information.

Tuesday 1/25: Discuss questions from Ch. 18 Sec. 4
Review Ch. 18
HW: Study for Ch. 18 MC quiz

Wednesday 1/26: Ch. 18 CPS Quiz (25 pts.)
Begin RR/Industrialization .ppt
HW: Ch. 19 Sec. 1 & 2 and content questions

Thursday 1/27: Discussion content questions
Finish RR/Industrialization .ppt
HW: Ch. 19 Sec. 1 & 2 and content questions

Friday 1/28: Discuss content questions
Labor movement 19th c. .ppt
HW: Primary source docs (due Monday 30 pts.)

Week 17 –

Monday 1/31: Collect primary source docs
Venn Diagram: Old Immigrants/New Immigrants
HW: 30-45 taking notes for Ch. 19 paragraph ID quiz

Tuesday 2/1: Ch. 19 Paragraph ID Quiz (40 pts.)
HW: Ch. 20 Sec. 1 & 2 and content questions

Wednesday 2/2: Discuss content questions
Lecture/Presentation: 19th c. Urbanization
HW: Read Ch. 20 Sec. 3 (pp 590-595)…CPS quiz
tomorrow!

Thursday 2/3: CPS Reading Quiz Ch. 20 Sec. 3 (10 pts.)
HW: Begin Unit 5 Take-Home Test

Friday 2/4: Work on Unit 5 Take-Home Test
HW: Finish test, due Monday 2/7 (100 pts.)

HW for Monday 1/24

1. Write a coherent paragraph describing (including the reasons for) the rise and fall of the "Long Drive."

2. Read Ch. 18 Sec. 3 (pp 538-543) and make content questions over the material...as FEW as you can and still incorporate all pertinent information.

HW for Friday 1/21

Read Ch. 18 Sec. 2 (pp 531-536) and make content questions, as FEW as possible, based on the material covered.

HW for Wednesday 1/19

Read Ch. 18 Sec. 1 (524-529) and create five good content questions.

Unit 5 Syllabus

U.S. History
Winter 2011
Unit 5: The Nation Transformed, 1877-1914

Core questions:

1. Why did industrial growth accelerate during and after the Civil War?
2. What new industries developed during the age of industrialization? Who were the “Captains of Industry” and what new business practices did they pioneer?
3. How did the labor movement develop in the U.S.? Which strategies proved successful for unions? Which were unsuccessful? Why?
4. Compare and contrast the Old and New Immigrants.
5. What attracted settlers to the last frontier?
6. What is a laissez-faire policy and what attempts were made to modify it in the United States in the late 19th century?
7. How and why did the Southern states restrict the rights of African Americans after Reconstruction?

Identifications:

Henry Bessemer Thomas Edison vertical integration
Andrew Carnegie horizontal integration John D. Rockefeller
department store Knights of Labor Samuel Gompers
AFL Pullman Strike Eugene Debs
Tammany Hall Jacob Riis Hull House
TCRRs Comstock Lode Long Drive
reservations Wounded Knee Helen Hunt Jackson
sharecropping segregation Pendleton Act
McKinley Tariff Interstate Commerce Act Sherman Antitrust Act
The Grange Populist party William Jennings Bryan

Reading/Viewing:

The American Journey, Chs. 18-20
America: The Story of Us
Selected primary source documents

Assessment:

ID Quiz (1)
CPS MC Quiz (multiple)
10-pt. homework paragraphs (multiple)
Unit Take-home Test (100 pts.)

HW for Thursday 1/7

Read Sections 4 & 5 of chapter 17 (pp 508-516). We will have a 20-question CPS quiz over this material first thing tomorrow!

HW for Tuesday 1/4

Read Ch. 17 Sections 1 & 2 (pp 494-503). As you read, create 5 content questions for each chapter. After you read, come up with 3 discussion questions over the entire reading.