Did industrialization and urbanization from 1890-1930 create the need for progressive reform?
Compelling Question: To what extent did the industrialization and urbanization between 1890s and 1930s create the need for progressive reform?
Note: This unit is intended to be spread over 3-5 classes depending on your students' needs.
Standards:
WHG
6.2.3 Industrialization – compare and contrast the causes and consequences of industrialization around the world, including social, economic, and environmental impacts.
U.S History
6.3.1 Describe the extent to which industrialization and urbanization between 1895 and 1930 created the need for progressive reform.
6.3.2 Analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural changes that occurred during the Progressive Era.
6.3.3 Evaluate the historical impact of the Progressive Era with regard to governmental and industrial reforms.
9.3.1 Make a persuasive argument on a public policy issue, and justify the position with evidence from historical antecedents and precedents, and Democratic Values or Constitutional Principles
Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 11–12
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole.
Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence.
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.
Staging the Question: What are some of the concerns of industrialization and urbanization today as well as in the past?
Consider a group discussion or pre-assignment to get students thinking about this question.
Summative Assignment:
Compare the Flint Sit-Down Strike to the 2023 UAW strike. In what ways are the workers’ demands similar or different and what did the workers gain from each strike?
ELA connection – Compare the plight of the autoworkers to that of the animals in the novel Animal Farm. Why were the autoworkers successful in their endeavors while the animals failed?