Time Periods Archives: Emergence of Modern America

Bridging the Mississippi

In this lesson, students will investigate the need for development of railroad transportation across the Mississippi River to facilitate westward expansion. It will conclude with more...
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Road Building and the Growth of Cities

Students will analyze four different photographs to understand what road conditions were like in the early parts of the 20th century. They will discuss the more...
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Immigration: Why Come to the United States?

In this activity, I will introduce our unit on Immigration. Our curriculum focuses mainly on the reasons for the increase of immigration in the late more...
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