20 Century Working Conditions in the US

Lesson Overview

Students will complete a gallery walk with analysis sheet to state the work, conditions, and how it would mentally and physically affect the workers in the late 19th/20th Centuries

Duration

2-3 hours

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Project Based Lesson

Essential Question

I can explain how post Civil War industrial era led to the Rise of Big Business and the Progressive Movement in the United States

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8-5 The student will understand the impact of Reconstruction, industrialization, and Progressivism on society and politics in South Carolina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- During the periods of Reconstruction, industrial expansion, and the Progressive movement, South Carolina searched for ways to revitalize its economy while maintaining its traditional society. To understand South Carolina’s experience as represen...
  - 8-5.5 Compare industrial development in South Carolina to industrialization in the rest of the United States, including the expansion of railroads, the development of the phosphate and textile industries, and immigration.