Sina Nunley
Introduction
Standards 
Objectives
Activities
Assessment
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Introduction
This activity allows students to become a Muckraker by designing a persuasive poster or developing a persuasive essay that critiques the political, social, economic conditions of the United States in the early 1900’s.
Subject: United States History
Topic: Progressive Movement
Grade Level:11 
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Standards Addressed

11.2 Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, in terms of:
1. the effect of industrialization on living and working conditions
2. the changing landscape; the development of cities divided according to race,ethnicity, and class.
3.  effect of urban political machines and responses by immigrants and middle- 
class reformers
 

Instructional Objectives
1. Students will be able to define the word, “Muckraker”.
2. Students will be able to name 5 Muckrakers. For each Muckraker,
the student will be able to list their book/article and explain what
that book/article was about.
3. Given various resources, each student will describe the political,social, and economic conditions of the early 1900’s.
4. Using the resource information, students will create a visual or written project.
5. Students will critique the persuasiveness of the projects produced by
their fellow class mates.)
Student Activities
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Introductory Activity
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the first two instructional objectives.
Enabling Activity(ies)
Students will be asked to locate various resources and to summarize the information that describes the political, soical and economic conditions of the early 1900's. See student resource ditto.
Culminating Activity
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 Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
Power point presentation
Enabling Activity

 Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

Culminating Activity
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