US History 2013
Today’s Agenda (1/14)
Old Business New Business
Historian’s Toolbox Syllabus
Skills Analysis Guidelines for Source
Worksheet Analysis
Personal Course Web Activity One
Objectives Selections
Introductions (name Overview: Emergence of
one objective) Modern America
PPT: Rise of Big Business
Discussion: Visions of
Utopia
The Historian’s Toolbox
Materials
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Process:
Discovery
Analysis
Interpretation
Communication
The Emergence of
Modern America
How Industrialization Affected
America in the Late 19th Century
Late 19th Century Developments
Changes: Reactions:
Industrialization Labor Unions
Urbanization (Factory
Immigration Workers)
Imperialism Populist Party
(Farmers)
Social Gospel
Fundamentalism
Cast of Characters
Big Business
Labor
New Immigrants
City Governments
Farmers
Political Leaders
Religious Leaders
How Do We Learn About All This?
Textbook
Primary Sources
PowerPoint Presentations
Lectures
Discussions
Objective: To Answer This Question
Follow-Up Activity: The Industrial Society:
Outline a partial response (150-250
words) to SLO 2: "… describe the impact
of industrial growth on immigrant groups,
urban life, and perceptions toward
industrialists and unions.” Include your
outline in Portfolio 1.
What Do We Need to Know?
How industrialization affected:
Immigrants
Urban Life (i.e., life in the cities)
Industrialists themselves (and how
people viewed them)
Unions themselves (and how people
viewed them)
How Will We Collect Information?
In installments
The big question is always the same but
the components will vary each day:
The Industrial Society
Toward an Urban Society SUMMATION
Political Alignments
The Populist Party (SLO 3)
Imperialism (SLO 4)