Syllabus, Week 2

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: Industrialists Time: Week 1, January 21st-25th Unit: A Nation Transformed/The Gilded Age
Objectives:
1. Students will write a paragraph summarizing how Thomas Edison dramatically changed lives in the Western world.
2. Students will compare the contributions and the corruption of the robber barons.
3. Students will analyze child labor photos of the industrial age.
4. Students will explain their knowledge of the American cowboy and compare it with fact.
5. Students will summarize the immigration patterns of the U.S. and the response of Nativism during the late 1800s.

Monday
1. Turn in Section 2 and 3 homework.
2. Lecture-“Age of Invention” Chapter 15, Section 1.
3. Homework-read the “Rise of Big Business” for homework. Quiz tomorrow (no notes)-Define and Explain and Identify and Explain.
4. Write a five to seven sentence paragraph explaining how three of Edison’s inventions directly and/or indirectly influences your life.

Tuesday
1. Quiz on “The Rise of Big Business”
2. Big Business and Corruption-Lecture
3. Read Section 3, “Labor Strives to Organize” Complete finding main idea. Quiz on “Labor Strives to Organize.” www.go.hrw.com and enter keyword sd3 hp15, choose the Labor Quiz. This will be your quiz for tomorrow.

Wednesday
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNeBgpuNMSI
2. Go to blog. Analyze child labor photos by using the photo analysis worksheet. Each team of five people should chose five photographs, organize the photos in some logical order, and present their findings in a powerpoint as a group at the end of class. Each analysis of the photos should follow the instruction on the photo analysis worksheet (found at: http://ditzenberger.googlepages.com/home).
3. Read Section 3, “Labor Strives to Organize” Complete finding main idea. Quiz on “Labor Strives to Organize.” www.go.hrw.com and enter keyword sd3 hp15, choose the Labor Quiz. This will be your quiz for tomorrow.

Thursday
1. Quiz- sd3 hp15 from www.go.hrw.com
2. Lecture-“Cowboys-Myths and Facts” –not found in the book
3. Homework-complete Thinking Critically (1-5/all) on page 488, and Interpreting Maps and Analyzing Primary Sources on page 489 by Friday.

Friday
1. Turn in Chapter Review Homework
2. Lecture “The New Immigrants”
3. Homework: Chapter 16, “The Urban World” Quiz on Monday: http://go.hrw.com/activities/frameset.html?main=3276.html