10-14-13
Teacher: Akwaboah
Date:
Subject/Course: US History
Grade: 11
CA Standard(s): 11.2.1 Students know the effects of industrialization on living and working conditions, including the portrayal of working conditions and
food safety in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.
11.2.9 Students understand the effect of political programs and activities of the Progressives (e.g., federal regulation of railroad transport, Children’s
Bureau, the Sixteenth Amendment, Theodore Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson).
Learning Objective (s):
Given cooperative groups, textbooks, and internet research students will analyze the purpose, key figures and the effects of the Progressive Era by creating
a digital children’s book to be used in a 5th grade classroom.
Essential Question(s):
Assessment: Children’s Book, Chapter 9 Test
Do Now:
WHOLE GROUP
View a video clip on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and respond to viewing questions.
DIRECT INTRUCTION STATION
Theodore Roosevelt Trustbusting Political Cartoon
Analysis.
COLLABORATIVE STATION
TASK:
Imagine that the elementary student you work
with through Mrs. Riturban’s class needs to do
a report on the Progressive Era. To assist them
you will create a TEN (10) page children’s
book detailing what the Progressive Era was,
the key figures involved, and why it was and is
still important. All of the material in the book
must be appropriate to the 5th grade level. (The
book is not for kindergarteners).
DUE: Wednesday
INDEPENDENT STATION
Chapter Nine Section Three .
Study for Wednesday”s Chapter Test.