Station One
Sedition
• Purpose of reading:
To consider whether
or not Debs and
Schenck were guilty
of breaking this law.
• 1.) When was this law
passed? Why did the
US government pass
the law?
• 2.) In your own
words, summarize
this law.
• 3.) Do you think this
law was necessary?
Why or why not? Use
evidence to support
your answer.
• 1.) What does this
ruling say?
• 2.) Do you agree
with the ruling?
(Remember to
consider this ruling
within its historical
context when
answering the
question)
Overall Question: Were critics of
WWI anti-Americans? Include
evidence drawn from the
documents. (make a thesis &
evidence web to address the
question)
Station Two
Chicago Race Riots
Station Three
Palmer Raids
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1.) Before Reading: Who wrote
this document and what is his
perspective?
2.) Before Reading: What do
you predict he will say in this
document?
3.) According to Palmer, what is
spreading like a fire? (Don’t just
write ‘revolution!’ Explain what
he’s referring to)
4.) How does Palmer describe
communism? Why does he think
it’s dangerous?
5.) According to this document,
who is Palmer going to arrest?
• 1.) Before Reading: Who
wrote this document and
what is her perspective?
• 2.) Before Reading: What
do you predict she will
say in this document?
• 3.) According to
Goldman, what is wrong
with the Palmer Raids?
• 4.) According to
Goldman, what is the
goal of the Palmer Raids?
• 5.) According to this
document, who did
Palmer arrest?
Corroboration: Use evidence from the two documents to
answer the question in the form of a web & make the center
of the web your THESIS.
• Why did Palmer arrest thousands of people and deport hundreds between
1919 – 1920?
Station Four
Influenza of 1918
http://1918.pandemicflu.gov/docume
nts_media/02.htm