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  • Course Outlines
    • Modern U.S. History
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    • Geography Exploratory
    • Project Pages
    • U.S. History (1400-1865)
  • Curriculum Design Samples
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1/27/2014

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Monday:
  • Late Start
  • Due: Modernizing America Unit Packet
  • Due: Modernizing America Study Guide (p. 23-25)
  • Unit 7 Test: Modernizing America!

Tuesday:
  • Hand out: Unit 8 Packet: Progressive Era
  • Number packets
  • Introduce: Progressivism p.3
  • Continue:  Progressive Era Notes (Goals: Progressive Era p.3)
  • Study Buddies: Progressive Priorities and Problem Solving p.4
  • Study Buddy Huddles: Pick two Progressive Problems, get together with another group and discuss in depth, what could be done to solve these problems.

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  • Class Discussion
  • Promethean Board Notes: Introduction to Progressive Era
  • Class Visual: Progressivism Reading Packet p.1-8
  • Students take notes on p. 3 (Goals: Progressive Era)

Wednesday:
  • Reminder: Bring Laptop!
  • Continue:  Progressive Era Notes (Goals: Progressive Era p.3)
  • Class Visual: Progressivism Reading Packet p.1-8
  • Students take notes on p. 3 (Goals: Progressive Era)

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  • Introduce: Muckrakers
  • Study Buddies: Muckraker Research Activity p.6
  • Each group is assigned two famous Muckrakers to research and report the results to to class (stamped)
  • Class Discussion of famous Muckrakers p.6



Research Websites:

  •  biography.com
  • history.com
  • http://americanhistory.about.com/

Thursday:
  • Reminder: Bring Computers!
  • Finish: Muckrakers
  • Study Buddies: Muckraker Research Activity p.6
  • Each group is assigned two famous Muckrakers to research and report the results to to class (stamped)
  • Class Discussion of famous Muckrakers p.6

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  • Finish:  Class Discussion of famous Muckrakers p.6
  • Introduce: Muckrakers (Upton Sinclair, the Jungle)
  • Read excerpt from The Jungle p.7-8
  • Answer Questions at the end of the reading p.8


Friday:
  • FOCUS: EDUCATION
  • (10 min) Public Education Background  p.10
    • (15-20 min) Comparing Industrial Ed and Academic Ed 
    ·         7 Min: Document #1 with Neighborhood Study Buddy
    ·         7 Min: Document #2 with Across Town Study Buddy
    • Student work on Public Education Worksheet p.11
    •  (5 min) Bellringer
    • (5 min) Video 
    • Discussion
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Continue: Debate over today's schools (video/bell ringer)

Introduce Themes of Progressive Era p.9
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