AGBU MHS
AP US History TWS
Mr. Wang
Date Lesson Plan
M
1.19
MLK Day
Objective
T 1.20
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Wed
1.21
DUE: Chapter 19 Reading Journal
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/AP Review
Closure: Review main ideas
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
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
Homework Assignment
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Chapter 19 Terms Due
Primary Source Due
Thurs
1.22
Closure: Review Main IdeasClosure: 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
How did America
become an
industrialized,
modernized nation?
Labor Simulation Activity
Friday
1.23
Chapter 18+19 Quiz
M
1.26
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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LAB:
Complete American Imperialism powerpoint
Understand the process
America went through in
becoming a global empire
Review: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and graphic organizer on
Progressive Reform/ Teddy’s Square Deal
Were Progressives successful?
Review: Were Progressives successful? & Dubois v. Washington
Powerpoint: Election of 1912
Closure: Exit Slip: Analyze the impact of the election
Understand the process
America went through in
becoming a global empire
Concept IDs:
Imperialism
Industrialization
Urbanization
T 1.27
W
1.28
Primary source assignment
assigned
Understand the process
America went through in
becoming a global empire
Class Activity Due
Thurs
1.29
Chapter 18,19,20 Exam
Friday Investigate Opposing Views of entrance into WWI (Lesson
1.30
Handouts) and/or WWI US Entry; Students investigate the reasons
the US entered WWI
Introduce Q3 Tech Project: Q3 Tech Project: Students create a
documentary slideshow of the US entry into WWI (In study groups)
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/united-states-entry-worldwar-i-documentary-chronology-world-war-i#sect-activities
Understand the process
America went through in
becoming a global empire
Chapter 19
presentation/terms due
Analyze and interpret the
changes in the social,
political, and economic
involvement of government
in American society
Tech Project Assigned