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TEKS Objective
The student understands the political, economic, and social changes in the United States from 1877 to 1898. -
TEKS
The student is expected to (b)analyze economic issues such as industrialization, the growth of railroads, the growth of labor unions, farm issues, the cattle industry boom, the rise of entrepreneurship, free enterprise, and the pros and cons of big business; -
Day 1 Intro
HandoutObjective: Introduce students to American Industry after reconstruction.
Intro: Handout article for students to read -
Activity
Divide class into 4 teams: telephone, steel, railroad, and oil and have them research primary sources provided for each category. -
Day 1 closing
Each group will post a Linoit giving a brief summary of theif findings -
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5 day lesson plan
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Day 2 Intro
Provide students with instructions for prentation due at end of week. -
Day 2 Activity
Give each group an investigative question for their topic and have discuss what form their final presentation will take. Have each group assign each member a role. -
Day 2 activitiy cont
Demonstrate research methods used. Allow students time to research their topic and gather sources individually. Allow students time to come back together as a group and share their findings. -
Day 2 closing
Assign students to complete a draft of their project -
Day 3
students will continue to work on their research and discuss among their group their findings. -
Day 3 intro
Teacher will show class examples of other projects created on Powtoon -
Day 4
Students last day to work on their presentation in class -
Day 5
Each group will present their findings on their topic. After all presentations are done, teacher will lead students on a discussion about each groups findings. The day will conclude with a kahoots game with different questions on each topic.