Unit 2 - The Birth of Modern America
Settling the West
| settling_the_west.pdf |
America: The Story of US: Heartland video questions to write in notebook:
Answer the question in 4 sentences or more:
Answer the question in 4 sentences or more:
- What was the impact of western settlement on whites, the natives, and the land?
- List historical "events" that were made possible (good or bad) by the railroad. (bullets are okay here)
Western Settlement and the Native Americans
Step 1: Read pages 241-242 of textbook and take notes in your notebook
Step 2: Write one Costa question for each level (so 3 total) in the side margin in your notes
Step 3: Summarize all your notes on Westward Expansion (in class/textbook) on the bottom of the last page of notes
Step 4: Find a partner....groups of 2 only
Step 5: Partner 1: Read this passage from Chief Joseph. Then, on a new piece of paper, select/copy 5 sentences that you feel capture the essence of his messages, and after each sentence, explain why you chose it/why it fits the overall message. Be specific.
Partner 2: Read this document from Helen Hunt Jackson (A Century of Dishonor). Then, on a new piece of paper, select/copy 5 sentences that you feel capture the essence of her messages, and after each sentence, explain why you chose it/why it fits the overall message. Be specific.
Step 6: Share the sentences with each other, and explain the overall messages of your piece with your partner.
Step 7: Together, make a visual representation of Native/White interaction in the late 1800s. Write 4 sentences on the back explaining your choice of image(s). Paper and art supplies at front of room.
Step 2: Write one Costa question for each level (so 3 total) in the side margin in your notes
Step 3: Summarize all your notes on Westward Expansion (in class/textbook) on the bottom of the last page of notes
Step 4: Find a partner....groups of 2 only
Step 5: Partner 1: Read this passage from Chief Joseph. Then, on a new piece of paper, select/copy 5 sentences that you feel capture the essence of his messages, and after each sentence, explain why you chose it/why it fits the overall message. Be specific.
Partner 2: Read this document from Helen Hunt Jackson (A Century of Dishonor). Then, on a new piece of paper, select/copy 5 sentences that you feel capture the essence of her messages, and after each sentence, explain why you chose it/why it fits the overall message. Be specific.
Step 6: Share the sentences with each other, and explain the overall messages of your piece with your partner.
Step 7: Together, make a visual representation of Native/White interaction in the late 1800s. Write 4 sentences on the back explaining your choice of image(s). Paper and art supplies at front of room.
Native American Current Events
Warm Springs tribes and Land Buy Back Program HERE
Warm Springs town hall meeting HERE
Oregon schools and Native mascots story HERE
Standing Rock/Keystone Pipeline story HERE
A story about Navajo Elders HERE
Native News Online HERE
Warm Springs town hall meeting HERE
Oregon schools and Native mascots story HERE
Standing Rock/Keystone Pipeline story HERE
A story about Navajo Elders HERE
Native News Online HERE
The Industrial Revolution in America
Photo Investigation
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| industrialization_textbook_pages.pdf |
ANDREW CARNEGIE ASSIGNMENT:
CLICK HERE for the link to the Biography video (or you can research on your own if you were absent).
Down Poem Instructions for "Carnegie"
1. Write CARNEGIE vertically down your page.
2. Each letter of his name will start a new sentence about him as a person
3. You must have at least one letter to represent the following categories:
CLICK HERE for the link to the Biography video (or you can research on your own if you were absent).
Down Poem Instructions for "Carnegie"
1. Write CARNEGIE vertically down your page.
2. Each letter of his name will start a new sentence about him as a person
3. You must have at least one letter to represent the following categories:
- Carnegie's early life
- Carnegie as a business man
- The Homestead Strike
- His legacy
Immigration
| immigration_in_late_1800s-_early_1900s.pptx |
1. Go to Immigration Webquest and the “Explore Ellis Island” link
2. Using the clean sheet of this paper, write a letter “home” as an immigrant describing your journey to America. Include details found in the webquest about:
- Your home country and why you left (mostly your imagination)
- Passage
- Arrival
- Baggage Room
- Stairs
- Registry Room
- Medical
- Legal
- Stairs of Separation
- The kissing post Ellis Island Letter "Home" Assignment:
2. Using the clean sheet of this paper, write a letter “home” as an immigrant describing your journey to America. Include details found in the webquest about:
- Your home country and why you left (mostly your imagination)
- Passage
- Arrival
- Baggage Room
- Stairs
- Registry Room
- Medical
- Legal
- Stairs of Separation
- The kissing post Ellis Island Letter "Home" Assignment:
LINKS TO IMMIGRATION INFO:
Immigrants:
Asian immigrants at Angel Island. See their stories HERE
Angel Island poetry: HERE
Ellis Island stories HERE
Nativism:
Political Cartoons
Anti-Chinese song lyrics
Other:
Pendleton Underground Info HERE
Immigrants:
Asian immigrants at Angel Island. See their stories HERE
Angel Island poetry: HERE
Ellis Island stories HERE
Nativism:
Political Cartoons
Anti-Chinese song lyrics
Other:
Pendleton Underground Info HERE
Immigration Political Cartoon Assignment
Choose one political cartoon from the past and one from modern times to analyze
Choose one political cartoon from the past and one from modern times to analyze
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IMMIGRANT VS. NATIVIST ASSIGNMENT BELOW:
| immigrant_vs._nativist_assignment.docx |
Urabanization
| urban_problems.pptx |
The Gilded Age
| early_reforms_in_gilded_age.pptx |
Costa Self-Assessment Instructions
| unit_2_self-assessment_-_costa_test.pdf |
