Hey Gang! We have a short week...and I plan on going easy on you too :) Huzzah! We've Reconstructed the nation and entered a Gilded Age where some got rich, while many lived below the poverty line...and the government did not do a thing about it! This week, we'll continue with the Gilded Age and enter an Age of Immigration, then we'll gear up for the Progressive Era!
Day 1
In Class: Outline Due! -- We'll continue with the Gilded Age -- America: The Story of Us - Cities! Which talks about Immigration, Thomas Edison and other crucial inventions of the late 19th century,
HW: Presidential Projects -- Johnson, Grant, and Hayes due March 10 ... Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland due March 14. Click Here: Google Doc HW Due March 14..
Notes: Research Paper due March 21...
The Video Below Talks About: Birth of Modern America...Cities building UP...Otis and the Elevator...Carnegie's Steel is mass produced...Edison's light bulb...Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives...Progressive Reforms in cleaning up the cities and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire...
In Class: Class work day on Presidential Projects and/or Paper...
HW: Presidential Projects -- Johnson, Grant, and Hayes due March 10 ... Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland due March 14. Click Here: Google Doc HW Due March 14..
Notes: Research Paper due March 21...
Day 3
In Class: Class work day on Presidential Projects and/or Paper...Again!
HW: Presidential Projects -- Johnson, Grant, and Hayes due March 10 ... Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland due March 14. Click Here: Google Doc HW Due March 14..
Notes: Research Paper due March 21...