Working For Reform After 1900
ON YOUR OWN: Watch all these movies about the Progressive Era. Watch this movie about President Teddy Roosevelt. Watch this slideshow on the Progressive Era. Watch this movie about the Progressives, and watch all the videos on the page. Watch this video on The Progressives. Though this is not connected to this chapter, it is [...]
Women Work For A Better America
Not connected to your unit, but since we just changed the time, let’s learn about Daylight Savings Time. ON YOUR OWN: Watch this movie about Ada Lovelace and answer the questions on the quiz. Read all four stories about Jane Addams. Learn about Susan B. Anthony in this movie and take the quizzes. Learn about [...]
Unions Help The Working People
ON YOUR OWN: Learn about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and watch the video, too. Learn more about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire here. Learn about Major Labor Strikes and watch the video, too. Watch this video on child labor. Watch this video on the Rise of Unions. Watch this video on industrial workers. Complete this cloze [...]
Big Business Grows Bigger
Complete this activity on John D. Rockefeller. Get the code from Mr. Ferlazzo ON YOUR OWN: Watch An Age of Big Business. Watch this movie, too. Read about Andrew Carnegie. Read more about Andrew Carnegie. Read a timeline of John D. Rockefeller’s life. WITH A PARTNER: Read about The Growth Of Big Business. Learn about [...]
Starting A New Life In America
Watch this movie on immigration and take the quizzes. Watch this movie about Ellis Island. Watch this movie about the Statue of Liberty and answer the questions on the quiz. ON YOUR OWN Be an immigrant in this interactive. Watch and listen to this feature on Ellis Island. Be sure to click on the bottom [...]
Invention Project
Working alone or with a partner, you have to do a two part project. FIRST PART: Identify three American inventions created between 1870 and 1920. You can use the sites in the previous post to find information, you can look at the History of Invention, or look at Fact Monster Inventions, or search elsewhere. You [...]
