This is a lesson plan designed to be incorporated into a elementary or middle school general science class. Appleby, joyce and alan brinkley, albert broussard, james mcpherson and donald. Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic. Industrialization, the great depression and the vast influx of poor immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries, made it easy to justify the work of young children. Overall, the complete package is ageappropriate, while also challenging students to develop. Jennifer allard, new lebanon teachers association lesson title. Students should understand who and the muckrakers were, what they accomplished, and by what means. Grizzanti, elizabeth progressive era pittsford schools. Rubrics o paragraph rubric o thematic essay rubric classroom arrangement o pairs o groups of 4 prior knowledge o social studies scope and. Introduction to the scientific method what habitat at your. Teacher jennifer allard, new lebanon teachers association. Muckrakers graphic organizer middle school political boss political reformer key problems key problems key words key words key actions key actions. Member guide benefits and services prek12 educators schoolrelated professionals. With this lesson plan, your students are going to learn about progressive era muckraking and practice their own investigative skills through a brief, smallgroup research activity.
This video briefly explains the meatpacking industry in the early 1900s. For teachers of these middle grades, it is always helpful to have a broad range of research activities at your disposalfrom traditional research reports involving secondary sources to innovative approaches in which students pursue primary sources and ask original. Muckrakers pamphlet activity teaching history, high school history. This is a four day lesson plan 45 minutes each day. Lesson plan that focuses on word meaning from context. At the middle school level, lesson formats may be repeated or revised as they are collaboratively integrated within subject areas. These reading lesson plans are focused on nonfiction reading and provide you with a number of practice applications. Grade levels this lesson is appropriate for middle and high school classes. This lesson establishes the background information for the progressive era unit.
Assign writing prompts about the 1900s, andor books that were written in the 1900s. Muckrakers dug up dirt on bigbusiness as a model of a hard news story, which also gives us some background on who the muckrakers were and specifics on a couple of. This requires students to be investigators, to analyze and interpret data and to identify a problem and propose a solution. Introduction to the progressive era and muckrakers lesson. Homeostasis students will explain how organisms maintain. Materials and time this is a four day lesson plan 45 minutes each day. This is a complete lesson about the one of the most important muckrakers of the gildedprogressive era, jacob riis. Middle school vocabulary lessonplans, homework, quizzes. Youll also find teaching strategies and techniques specifically for the diversity of students in these grade levels, as well as lesson plan modifications. Gravity and forces those students who do not meet 80% mastery will correct their tests over the weekend and retest on monday. Wiley, worked together within the federal government is not as wellknown as the role played by sinclairs the jungle, but it provides the needed historical and. Research and complete the chart for muckrakers this includes chart and letters.
Progressive era muckrakers assignment teaching resources. Graphic organizer pdf to help do your write up pdf due thursday, f day, 918 related links. In this unit students will use the short story thank you mam to explore the 5 elements of plot, the traits and motivation of characters and authors purpo. Gt lesson plan the students will learn about earths interior and the consistency of each layer. Wpms highlands campus 128 grandview ave white plains, ny 10605 ph. A points distribution and sample layout is included and this would be great for a.
The sides will be muckrackers, big business, and the government. Jennifer allard, new lebanon teachers association grade. The class will collect the sticky traps, count and classify the insects, and pool the classroom data for all habitats. Theodore roosevelts view on citizenship and the environment. Muckraking lesson plan kristin hocks teaching portfolio. Part of the middle class reformers movement, legislation was. The following series of lesson plans on the progressive era was developed as a. For teachers of these middle grades, it is always helpful to have a broad range of research activities at your disposalfrom traditional research reports involving secondary sources to innovative. Eric paulus norton high school tah year 3 unit on the.
We have a 6 day cycle with science classes meeting 5 out of 6 days. This passage puts a face to issues of long work hours, poor working conditions, unbearable living arrangements, and exploitation of the poor, uneducated working class at the turn of the century. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or. The muckrakers lesson 1 introduction to and discussion of muckrakersteacher distributes copies of lane hartills, womens history. Progressive era muckrakers worksheet answers nidecmege. The students will examine the progressive era from the perspective of the muckraker. It also includes a vocabulary list, a student learning chartgrading rubric, and a collection of links to selected websites.
Lesson plans for middle school science brighthub education. Following the outline, lecture about the ideas of progressivism, the muckrakers, reforming society through the government, social and. Teacherwritten and vetted lesson plans for middle school science, including biology, astronomy, chemistry, and earth science, and developed for a wide variety of learning styles and abilities in sixth, seventh and eighth grade. The students will also research and find an example of a muckraker today by focusing on a current issue and. In this lesson, students learn how progressive reformers in government used the public outrage over upton sinclairs book the jungle as a catalyst for legislation. The lesson was developed in what the ela teacher and i thought to be a common core framework. Secondary school bulletin board ideas and lastly one of the bulletin boards. Muckrakers graphic organizer middle school political boss political reformer key problems key problems key words key words key actions key actions key accomplishments key accomplishments. Science lesson plans for middle school here youll find a curated collection of science lesson plans for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Using brainpop and its resources, students will be introduced or further exposed to the steps necessary to undertake scientific experimentation leading perhaps to a science fair project. Social inequalities are inevitable in human societies. Celebrate this very special relationship by using a variety of. Whether you are a parent who is homeschooling or a teacher needing a lesson plan for the classroom family is a good theme. The jungle inquiry lesson plan the rise of american.
Introduction to the progressive era and muckrakers lesson plan. All that glitters is not gold gilded age 11th grade. See more ideas about middle school libraries, library lessons and school library lessons. Materials created by new visions are shareable under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4. Middle school science a resource for grades 5 8 chemistry earth science life science physics my plan book 200809 lesson plans for the 200809 school year will be posted here. Resource to news articles for reading comprehension lesson plans. A deeper look into the writings of jacob riis and upton sinclair. This unit on the progressive era consists of seven teaching activities, which build upon each other and culminate in an optional service learning project exploring modern day progressivism. Grade 11 the jungle editable common core lesson template. Each lesson in this unit can be used to achieve learning objectives in multiple subject areas. For teachers looking for more direction, the lesson includes a narrative script that can be used to frame each activity.
Middle school students arent too old to enjoy library activities, and some exercises can help students prepare for harder research projects and writing assignments that theyll encounter in high. This document is a very formal lesson plan which explains how to conduct a classroom debate about whether or not reform is needed in the united states during the progressive era. I use the middle school agriscience lesson plan library cdrom from caert. Students will be given a graphic organizer to organize. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source. Lesson plans laura pagington nashoba regional high school. Part of this lesson was eliminated as it became more evident that it was an unnecessary extension.
Children have always worked, often exploited and under less than healthy conditions. Doing research in the content areas, taking notes, and writing a research report are skills typically honed in grades 48. Growth of labor unions, factories, child labor lesson plans. Practitioners will use upton sinclairs novel the jungle as a centerpiece for study of reformers and muckrakers during americas progressive era. Grades 6 8 harford county public schools hickory avenue. Tah gape lesson plans pagington 2 these three lesson plans that encompass approximately 57 days of instruction on the. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to swbat understand what the focus of the unit is on. Students will be able to define progressivism and link it to past and present social issues.
Desired results understandings students will understand that technology and economic development creates interdependence between environment and migration. Compare the conflict between big business and workers from the early 1900s to today. Then, as a class, discuss whether this should be an example of muckraking in. The story of how two progressives, theodore roosevelt and harvey w. The muckrakers were a group of journalists that investigated and wrote about corruption and other areas that needed reform. A high school junior level activity in which a meat meal is served, the concept of a muckraker is introduced, and a part of upton sinclairs novel the jungle is read and analyzed. Students will learn about the movement of earths plates. In this lesson, students will participate in a powerpoint lecture and discussion about muckrakers and jacob riis, produce a photograph of a social issue they believe to be important, a. As a guide, however, we have grouped each lesson plan under the primary subject area focus of each. Overview child labor in america lesson plan teacher.
Resources home early years prek and kindergarten primary elementary middle school secondary. They have a list of all the lesson plans on the cd on their website, as well as a few sample lessons. From 19081912, he targeted the abuses of child labor in american industry. If you purchase it, you will be able to include the full version of it in lessons and share it with your students. The lessons in this curriculum guide are suggested lessons. See the following pages for the format of instructional units, definition of.
In 1908, hine became a photographer who was interested in exposing the ills of society. Each part of the unit can be downloaded as an individual pdf, or the entirety can be downloaded at once. Fully developed units and lesson plans are included for each grade level. Nations autobiography, the use and need of the life of carry a. After this exercise, students will better understand why issues of industrial. Tell students to play around with the cards and create water conscious meals meals that are balanced, nutritious and use less water than the typical meals. This will open a new tab with the resource page in our marketplace. The progressives overview this lesson establishes the background information for the progressive era unit.
Example of table is located in lesson pdf display the chart with a two examples of a typical american meal lunch dinner. Lewis hine was a school teacher turned muckraker during the progressive era. Introduction to the progressive era and muckrakers lesson plan includes. The muckrakers lesson 1 introduction to and discussion of muckrakers teacher distributes copies of lane hartills, womens history. Teach this lesson doing research in the content areas, taking notes, and writing a research report are skills typically honed in grades 48. The progressive era lesson plans by deborah kortekaas golden public schools with revisions by dean saitta university of denver lesson 1. Daily plan template allows inclusion of standards, objectives, program of studies, daily activities, bellringers, exit slips, modifications and more.
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