Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: United States History and Geography:

Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century
Content Area: History- Social Science

Name: Stefan Iniestra

Grade Level: 11th

CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

11.2 Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural-to-urban migration, and massive
immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.
1) Know the effects of industrialization on living and working conditions, including the portrayal of working conditions and food
safety in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
2) Describe the changing landscape, including the growth of cities linked by industry and trade, and the development of cities
divided according to race, ethnicity, and class.
3) Trace the effect of the Americanization movement.
4) Analyze the effect of urban political machines and responses to them by immigrants and middle-class reformers.
5) Discuss corporate mergers that produced trusts and cartels and the economic and political policies of industrial leaders.
6) Trace the economic development of the United States and its emergence as a major industrial power, including its gains from
trade and the advantages of its physical geography.
7) Analyze the similarities and differences between the ideologies of Social Darwinism and Social Gospel (e.g., using biographies
of William Graham Sumner, Billy Sunday, Dwight L. Moody).
8) Examine the effect of political programs and activities of Populists.
9) Understand the effect of political programs and activities of the Progressives (e.g., federal regulation of railroad transport,
Children's Bureau, the Sixteenth Amendment, Theodore Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson).
Big Ideas:

How does a wave of immigrants and migrants effect society?

What opportunities and challenges did they face as a result of industrialization?
What are some responses towards immigrants and migrants?
Unit Goals and Objectives:

Students will play the role of a migrant and design a letter describing their motives for going to the United States
Students will read Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, and discuss working conditions in groups and analyze programs designed to help better those
conditions
Students will create a t-chart in order to weigh the pros and cons of industrialization
Unit Summary:

This unit is aimed towards high school students to understand the effects of industrialization in a social setting.
Students will analyze the interactions of industrialization, migration, and immigration. Most notably, the diaspora of
Southern and Eastern Europeans in the United States. Students will examine the impact it had on economic
development and political policies. Students will understand both the good and bad outcomes of industrialization
within society

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:
Brainstorm: What conditions did
immigrants and migrants face in
America?

Formative:
Quiz: America Rises to Power
Webercise: Industrialization
Flashcards: Key Words
Compare and Contrast: Immigrants &
Migrants

Summative:
Essay: Pros and Cons of Industrialization
Letter: Writing back home

Lesson 1
Student Learning
Objective:
Students will trace
the rise of American
Industrialization.
Students will be
introduced to both
the pros and cons of
Industrialization.
Lesson 2

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will be able
to identify and
describe the factors
that helped America
rise as an industrial
power.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities:

Student Learning
Objective:
Students will analyze
immigrants and
middle-class
reformers and how
they responded to
political machines.
They will trace the
effects of the

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will be able
to discuss both
positive and negative
outcomes caused by
industrialization.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities:

Lecture/Guided Notes- Students will be given a brief

introduction on industrialization and examine some components
such as impact on the working class, environment, etc.
Quiz: America Rises to Power- Students will review what they
know through a quiz. They will demonstrate their understanding
of the factors that helped America rise to power.

Webercise- Students will be given websites and asked questions

accordingly. They will be able to explore industrialization and
help them form an opinion over its role on society.
Brainstorm- Students will access what they already know about
immigration and migration

Compare and Contrast: Immigrants & Migrants- Students

will compare and contrast the difference between immigrants
and migrants. They will take special consideration to
migration from rural to urban areas and immigrants from

Southern and Eastern Europe.

Americanization
movement.
Lesson 3
Student Learning
Objective:
Students will obtain
an understanding on
the living conditions
portrayed in The
Jungle.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will be able
to describe working
conditions by
describing them in
their letter home.
They will demonstrate
understanding by
filling out the KWL
Chart.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities:
KWL chart- Students will approach the book by filling out the
KWL chart. They will state their previous knowledge about
the topic, followed by questions they have. Finally they will
answer their questions revealing what they took from the
reading.
Key Words- Students will be able to review key words or
ideas. Major events or names are used throughout the book.
Letter: Writing back home- Students will take on the role of
an immigrant and write a letter back home. They will
describe the working conditions and overall environment

Unit Resources:
1) http://slideplayer.com/slide/698838/
2) http://ibatpv.org/ushist/02-Indust.Progs/default.htm
3) http://erslibrary.tcoe.org/portals/teens/history/american-history/industrialization-and-immigration
4) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm1ztWRT_e2QQPcQUUFsmRdIRPmgdDMgR
5) http://www.museumca.org/picturethis/timeline/progressive-era-1890-1920s/racial-dissonance-education/info
6) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/
7) http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1061.html
8) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
9) http://college.cengage.com/history/us/resources/students/primary/meat.htm
10) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760060/

Useful Websites:
1) Rise of Industrialization
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/
2)Upton Sinclair background
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/sinclair.html
3)Childhood Lost during Industrialization
http://www.eiu.edu/eiutps/childhood.php
4) Social Darwinism vs Social Gospel
https://prezi.com/xdgajxgdnwlg/social-darwinism-vs-social-gospel/
5)Theodore Amendment
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/roosevelt/rrwh2.htm
6) Immigration in the Early 1900s
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpim1.htm
7)European Immigration
http://www.understandingrace.org/history/gov/eastern_southern_immigration.html

8) Industrialization overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vneUFRYQHiQ
9) The Jungle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfPQ4qLS6Do
10) 16th Amendment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM1czS_VYDI