Mt. Carmel High School

 

Week 4

Monday - Today we will be looking at  political cartoons and identifying  various stereotypes that exist in each.

Tuesday - It's time for a nice discussion. Here is the prompt: Some people describe the United States as a melting pot (different cultures were being poured into a giant pot called America, heated to a low boil and molded into one kind of person, an American) while others believe we are a tossed salad (The English are lettuce, Germans as radishes, Italians as tomatoes and so on and so forth making a giant salad. All different kinds of fruits and vegetables tossed together in a bowl to create one dish. Everything in close quarters of each other, but still separate and individual).
Now, what do you think? Is the United States today, a melting pot or a tossed salad?

Following our discussion we will review for the exam on Lab Day.

Lab Day- We have a very busy period today. We will start the day with your first unit exam. After your exam, I will do a lecture on  industrialization. Before I begin you will create a chart with 2 columns. The first column will be labeled Pros and the second column will be labeled Cons. As you listen to the lecture list at least 6 positive aspects of industrialization in the Pros column and at least 6 negative aspects of industrialization in the cons column.  History Social Science Standard - 11.2.4 & 11.2.5 & 11.2.6

Homework: Read Chapter 6 pages 246-269. Answer Reviewing the Chapter 1-20 Page 270. (T-40pts) This is due next Thursday.

Friday- In order to gain a better understanding of why unions were necessary, you are going to read about four examples of labor unions that went on strike and how the government reacted. For each event, answer the following 5 questions:

Who went on strike?

When was the strike?

Where was the strike?

Why did the workers go on strike?

How did the police/owners/government respond to the strike?

The four events are the: Haymarket Tragedy,   Homestead Strike Pullman Strike, and Ludlow Massacre (A-20)