Essential Questions:
1. Who benefits and who suffers during the times of profound economic change?
2. How does the economy affect where and how people live?
3. How does immigration affect the immigrants and the society that they enter?
4. How can people change society?
5. Did this period of industrialization and reform move America closer or further away from it's founding ideals?
Home on the Range: Audio File
R.A.P. (Review & Preview):
1. What mood or emotions does the melody or lyrics evoke?
2. What region of the country do you think this song is referring to? How can you tell?
3. Do you think the settlement of this region had a more positive or negative effect on the people/person who wrote this song? How can you tell?
W.I.O. You are taking on the role of a factory worker. After reading this article, what steps are you going to take to try to convince the government that something like this should never happen again? What laws will you ask the government to put into place and what will you do to make sure the government listens to your ideas?
Essential Questions:
1. Who benefits and who suffers during the times of profound economic change?
2. How does the economy affect where and how people live?
3. How does immigration affect the immigrants and the society that they enter?
4. How can people change society?
5. Did this period of industrialization and reform move America closer or further away from it's founding ideals?
Home on the Range: Audio File
Home on the Range: Lyrics
R.A.P. (Review & Preview):
1. What mood or emotions does the melody or lyrics evoke?
2. What region of the country do you think this song is referring to? How can you tell?
3. Do you think the settlement of this region had a more positive or negative effect on the people/person who wrote this song? How can you tell?
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
W.I.O. You are taking on the role of a factory worker. After reading this article, what steps are you going to take to try to convince the government that something like this should never happen again? What laws will you ask the government to put into place and what will you do to make sure the government listens to your ideas?
Obama and Unions
The Immigrant Experience
Assembly Line Man
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Insurance Anti-Trust Article