Unit 8:  Immigration, Urbanization & Industrialization at the Turn of the Century


























Unit Outline Download


Chapter Reading Schedule:

  • Ch. 19 is due Friday, 1/25.
  • Ch. 20 is due Wednesday, 1/30. (Skip pp. 703-15)
  • Ch. 21 is due Thursday, 2/7.
  • Unit 8 Test is Friday, 2/15.

Posted Lecture Notes:


Note:  Posted notes include essential material presented in lecture but are not always organized in the same manner as the classroom presentation.

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Unit Assignments


Name

Directions

Due Date
Unit Vocabulary
(25 pts)
  
Download the Unit Eight Outline, and define the terms in BOLD on the vocabulary list.  Provide both the factual background and the significance of each term to the development of American Immigration, Urbanization, Industrialization & Progressivism.
 FRI, 2/15
Strike Assignment
  (50 pts)
This assignment may be completed alone or with a partner, and one day of in-class time was provided.
 MON, 2/4
Government in the Economy Table
(25 pts)
This is an in-class assignment that can be completed in groups of three.
 Next Class Period
Jacob Riis Primary Docs
(10 pts)
When Jacob Riis published his influential book How the Other Half Lives he had a very specific agenda, yet many Progressives had other concerns & focused on subjects in the book Riis never intended to emphasize.  The reactions to Riis' book, as well as the works of other "Muckrakers," are very important to understanding the Progressive movement, and this will be the topic of the first part of our discussion of Unit 8.

Using the web site below, locate the following information & provide the appropriate documentation:
  1. Read the "Introduction" to How the Other Half Lives & briefly summarize Riis' main concerns (Need not be more than a paragraph);
  2. Click on the "List of Photographs & Illustrations" link & view the following pictures: 3, 4, 45, 51, 96, 99, 108, 114, 120, 123, 139, 152 & 208;
  3. Provide a brief personal response to the group of pictures as a whole and as print out 2-3 that you consider particularly powerful.
TUE, 2/12
Final History Day Project
(100 pts)
Final instructions for the History Day project are in the documents below.  Due dates are outlined as well as an incentive for participating in the competition.  Read the document closely.
 For Extra Credit:
Documentaries & Papers MON, 2/11
Museum Exhibits, WED, 2/13

Otherwise:
WED, 2/20