HOLY KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT! Are we in THIRD TRIMESTER?!?! Well...I guess we roll through the rest of the school year :) This week we'll Reconstruct the nation after the Civil War, witness a GLORIOUS Gilded Age of Wealth -- and EXTREME POVERTY, check out some absolutely mediocre Presidents, then enter an Age of Immigration! This week is very very very student work driven FYI...Let's see what we have in store!
Day 1
In Class: Reconstruction Questions and Answers...
1. What was the purpose of Reconstruction? Who were the individuals most affected by Reconstruction?
2. What difficulties/struggles do you think the nation faced during Reconstruction?
3. What were the "plans" to reconstruct the nation?
4. What laws/Amendments were passed during the Reconstruction period?
5. When do you think the nation realized
Reconstruction was "finished", or was it finished?
...Enter into The Gilded Age...1865--1900 -- An Age of EXTREME WEALTH.
HW: A. Johnson, U.S. Grant, and R. Hayes due March 10...Not too hard of Pres. Projects might I add...
Notes: Outline due March 3...
Day 2
In Class: The Gilded Age! -- Read the packet and answer the LIVE GOOGLE DOC questions as you go along in your reading...Class discussion to follow on how these Robber Barons made their wealth #Immigrants #NOLaborLaws #Capitalism...
Click Here for packet: Gilded Age & Mediocre Presidents Reading...
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1so7K-4gQSRaThMmg1yArRiTSFgC2vlvgFw3N4fFXMx4/edit
In Class: The Gilded Age! -- Read the packet and answer the LIVE GOOGLE DOC questions as you go along in your reading...Class discussion to follow on how these Robber Barons made their wealth #Immigrants #NOLaborLaws #Capitalism...
Click Here for packet: Gilded Age & Mediocre Presidents Reading...
Click Here for LiveDoc:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1so7K-4gQSRaThMmg1yArRiTSFgC2vlvgFw3N4fFXMx4/edit
HW: A. Johnson, U.S. Grant, and R. Hayes due March 10...Not too hard of Pres. Projects might I add...
Notes: Outline due March 3...
Day 3
In Class: Continue Gilded Age readings and discussion on the "Men Who Built America" #HistoryChannel -- Who were the Robber Barons and how did their industries BUILD the modern nation?
HW: A. Johnson, U.S. Grant, and R. Hayes due March 10...Not too hard of Pres. Projects might I add...
Notes: Outline due March 3...
Day 4
In Class: Let's enter the Age of Immigration... Chapter 26 Reading and Questions to answer regarding Immigration from 1880--1920. HUGE influx of immigrants, changes in culture and society...
HW: A. Johnson, U.S. Grant, and R. Hayes due March 10...Not too hard of Pres. Projects might I add...
Notes: Outline due March 3...