11/30

We had a conference for social studies today so students looked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Tuesday 11/29

We finished looking at muckrakers(except 2) In total we saw those fixing the food industry, child labor, monopolies and lynching in America. Make sure to get the handout of The Jungle

Monday 11/28

We kicked off unit 4 titled Progress and Power today. We are starting with the progress portion of this unit. Muckrakers were individuals who saw problems and tried to expose them to the public. We looked at Upton Sinclair and John Spargo today.

Friday 10/18

We took our short quiz on our gilded age unit to wrap things up before break.

Thursday 11/17

In class students are looking at the Chinese Exclusion Act. Below are the questions and the readings. Answer the questions in your notebook after you have read through the readings.


Questions to answer on own sheet in notebook. Title Chinese Exclusion Act

Chinese Exclusion Act Law
Comparing an angry Californian and a Chinese worker's view on the law

QUIZ TOMORROW!!!! On Immigration and Industrialism of the Gilded age. Just look back on this website over the last couple weeks. It will be a pretty short quiz before break.

Wed 11/16

Students worked on their work from yesterday. I finished up classing discussing the chinese exclusion act and they watched a clip as an introduction to it.

11/15 Tuesday

Today we looked at how political machines ran many major cities in America. When in power they used their position to gain financial success. In class we called this graft and it was illegal but helped fund the machine. In return people would be provided assistance from the cities. They would then in turn re-elect these political bosses for power.

11/14 Monday

In class I went through some notes on immigrants coming to America. I reviewed a little of thursday's work on the difficulties one faced in coming to America from another country. At the end of class we watched a short video on political machines. We will be discussing them tomorrow.

Thursday 11/10

Tomorrow is a holiday. We transitioned over to immigration to America. We read through the poem on the statue of liberty and how it symbolizes what makes America so unique. As millions flock to america at this point in history it opens up the doors for opportunity and the American Dream. Students finished class looking at the problems this immigration caused though. As people flocked to cities, urbanization caused major issues in large cities.

Wed 11/9

Today we mostly discussed the election results. The quickwrite was how did trump pull off the upset win and what does it show about america?

11/8 tuesday

We looked at a video clip of the homestead strike. After that we read about the pullman strike(and notes) and then students read about the progress made after pullman in the 1902 coal strike. They had a few questions for homework from the reading.

Monday 11/7

Today the students did a electoral map game. The point was to predict tomorrow's election. I also explained the electoral college.

Friday 11/4

Today we looked at how business led to strikes and anger among workers. The first strike we looked at was the Homestead strike. It was a mixed bag. Owners thought they were being taken advantage of and workers thought they were. America typically sided with the owners, but progress was slowly being made.

Thursday 11/3

We continued on looking at the last 20 minutes or so of the Rockefeller video. Students answered 4 questions on how he controlled the Monopoly. Then we looked at Vertical and Horizontal Integration and how the top entrepreneurs were able to use it to succeed in their industry.

11/2 Wed

Sorry for the huge delay if you have been absent.this was parent teacher conference day

Tuesday 11/1

I shortly reviewed yesterday's video. I talked about Monopolies and what they are. Also about capitalism and how it is in America. There are pro's and cons of both of these both now and at the end of the 1800's. While the laws have changed slightly over time the ideas are still there. they finished the last 25 minutes watching the second half of the episode.

Monday 10/31

I was out for a school function. Students watched the first half of the men who built america episode and had a video guide. It is on the big industrialists in america and the rise in monopolies.

Friday 10/28

Today we started Unit 3-The Gilded Age-Like a Monet. We talked about how this era seemed like America is booming, growing, becoming wealthier, but when we look closer or underneath it all we see it has many problems. It was mostly just me talking about this.

Thursday 10/27

We finished up Unit 2 with our exam