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US History II Units using the UbD framework:
Unit I - Life at the Turn of the 20th Century

Unit II - America's becomes a World Power

Unit III - America in the '20s and '30s

//Unit I Common Lesson: Introduction to the Progressive Era//

1. Opener: OR
 * In the early 20th century, what problem should Americans have tried to fix first? Consult your previous Unit I work for potential answers and support your answer once you have chosen a problem.
 * What are the different tactics that people can use to try to change laws that they don't agree with?

2. Teacher Introduction: We are now transitioning our look at "Life at the Turn of the 20th Century" to study the work that Americans did to address many of the problems that arose during the second Industrial Revolution. Let's take a look at an image that helps us get a feel for one major issue of the time and some of what was being done to address it:

Word Doc of the image above with I / It chart below it: Teacher Key: Generic I / It rubric:

3. This was all part of a new movement in which Americans sought to improve women's rights and many of the other problems of the times. Let's take a look at p.520-1 to get more of a feel for this movement. On a new sheet of paper let's put today's date, the page number in the book, and the title of chapter 16 "The Progressives". Let's also note the years that we are working with "1898-1920." Turn to page 522, note the title of the section "Progressivism" and mention that we will want to figure out the differences between "The Progressives" and "Progressivism" and "The Progressive Era." Read the Main Idea of C16S4 and note those three major areas of reform: helping the urban poor, improving working conditions, and reforming government (where does women's rights fit in that list? African-Americans' rights?).
 * Teachers might then proceed with more of an in-depth preview of p.520-1 or just give students a minute to look over those pages.

4. To get more of an introduction to that movement we will read and take 2-column notes on the Inside Story p.522 and the information under the red heading "What was Progressivism?" on p.523.

2 Column Notes: The Inside Story (p. 522) 2 Column Notes: What was Progressivism? (p. 523)

Generic 2-column note guidelines:

5. Processing...summarize notes and connect to a(n) issue(s) in Malden that need "progress." Students should be able to brainstorm from their observations and lives in Malden, but could also be advised to use:

@http://www.boston.com/yourtown/malden/ @http://www.cityofmalden.org/ @http://www.wickedlocal.com/malden