AGBU MHS
AP US History TWS
Ms. Croall
December 3rd- 14th (Q2, S1)
AP Content Guidelines/Topics:
16.Urban Society in the Late Nineteenth Century
Chapter 20: Commonwealth and Empire
Urbanization and the lure of the city
City problems and machine politics
Intellectual and cultural movements and popular
entertainment
17. Populism and Progressivism
PART Chapter 21: Urban America and the Progressive Era
Working Class Communities and Protest
Agrarian discontent and political issues of the late
nineteenth century
Chapter(s) Covered: 20 & Partial 21
Unit 6: America Becomes a Modern Nation 1877-1901
Themes: American identity, Demographic Changes, American
Culture, Economic Transformation, American Diversity
Central Focus: How did America become an industrialized,
modernized nation?
The “Tammany Tiger”
Date Lesson Plan
Mon
DUE: Chapter 19 Reading Journal
12/3
Warm-Up: Read: Sanitary Conditions in NY 1872 (Handouts)
Direct Instruction: Complete: The Labor Movement Powerpoint
Closure: Review main ideas
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LAB: Warm-Up: Define the “Gilded Age”: Why is it called that?
Direct Instruction: The Gilded Age Powerpoint
Closure: Review main ideas
Objective
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Homework Assignment
Chapter 20 Reading
Response (Due Friday)
Philosophical Chairs and
Position Paper (Dec 10th)
Tues
12/4
Wed
12/5
Th
12/6
Fri
12/7
DUE: Collect Article Review
Warm-Up: What new changes were brought about by the Gilded Age?
Direct Instruction: Complete: The Gilded Age Powerpoint
Closure: If you lived during this time period, how would you react to these
changes? How would your reaction depend on your position in society?
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LAB: Direct Instruction: Introduce and define (pg 686-689)
Study group work: The Populist Movement: The Value of Third Parties
(Center for Learning p 203-205)
*Return Student Work
Warm-Up: Dramatic reading of William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of
Gold Speech” & Populist Party Platform 1892 followed by analysis.
Teacher Guidance/Student Application: (In Study Groups)
National Government, A Sham of Democracy (Center for Learning
p171)
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LAB: Warm-Up: Discuss the growth of government; Political
machines; reforming the spoils system (pg 686-8)
Direct Instruction: Populism and the 1986 Election
Closure: Review Main Ideas
Student Application: Which was the most important/ impactful
movement in the late 19th c.: The Grange, The Farmer’s Alliance,
Workers, Women’s Movement, or Populism and the People’s Party?
(see pages 689-694)
Closure: Students share/debate answers
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LAB: Teacher Guidance:/Student Application: Outline and class
discussion on societal, cultural and economic changes in the late
1800s.
Review: Strikes (pg 696) and The Social Gospel
DUE: Chapter 20 Reading Response
Warm-Up: What might the phrase “The white man’s burden” mean?
Discussion of historical meaning and how this might impact
American’s actions
Direct Instruction: Imperialism Powerpoint
Closure: Discussion of causes and consequences of the SpanishAmerican War
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How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Chapter 20 Reading
Response (Due Friday)
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Chapter 20 Reading
Response (Due Friday)
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Chapter 20 Reading
Response (Due Friday)
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Philosophical Chairs and
Position Paper (Dec 10th)
Philosophical Chairs and
Position Paper (Dec 10th)
Philosophical Chairs and
Position Paper (Dec 10th)
Philosophical Chairs and
Position Paper (Dec 10th)
Binder Check (Wednesday)
LAB:
Complete American Imperialism powerpoint
Concept IDs:
Imperialism
Industrialization
Urbanization
Mon
12/10
Tues
12/11
Wed
12/12
Th
12/13
Philosophical Chairs: Industrialization
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LAB: FRQ Practice in Study Groups: The Emergence of Industrial America;
The Center for Learning (pg 157-8)
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Binder Check (Wednesday)
Warm-Up: Review student’s FRQ answers
Student Review: Use the printed review packet – Study Groups work on and
share
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LAB: Student Review: Use the printed review packet – Study Groups work
on and share; Pass out Presidential Review (Presidential Administration
Highlights & Presidents Medium Length)
*Return student work
DUE: Binder Check
Teacher Guidance/ Student Review: Using the review packet, students as
questions and discuss answers (as a class)
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LAB: Use the printed review packet & President Review– Study Groups work
on and share
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Binder Check (Wednesday)
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Review for Mid-Term
Teacher Guidance: Review FRQ & DBQ strategies
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Review for Mid-Term
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Review for Mid-Term
LAB: Use the printed review packet – Study Groups work on and share; OR
Review Essential Questions by Era Packet; Choose one question from each era
to review
Fri
12/14
Teacher Guidance/ Student Review: Last chance questions!
Christmas Break Homework:
Chapter 21 Reading Journal
Article Reviews: Women and Migration (Chapter 4); Black Soldiers and the
White Man’s Burden (Chapter 5)
Review for Mid-Term
Review for Mid-Term