20 Century Working Conditions in the US
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
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
Grade(s):
- 8
Subject(s):
Recommended Technology:
Computer/Smart Board
Other Instructional Materials or Notes:
Lesson Progression
Students will watch a Brainpop on the Industrial Revolution
-Students will then tour the class to look at various photos of factory and labor work from the 1900s. Students will write down what they see and a separate column will be filled out as to "how would this affect the person's well being"
Teacher Notes
Each picture should take maybe 2-3 minutes. Students should visit at least 5 photographs (of 15).
Gallery Photos
View ResourceStandards
- 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.