Development of the Industrial U.S. – Everyday Americans, Exceptional Americans https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun A Teaching American History Project with the Loudoun County Public Schools Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:20:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Buffalo Hunt https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-buffalo-hunt/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-buffalo-hunt/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2013 23:01:06 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=1156 The topic of this lesson is the Buffalo Hunt. The students will be investigating the importance of the buffalo in the Midwest to the Native American tribe. They will also be looking at the decline of buffalo due to buffalo …

]]> The topic of this lesson is the Buffalo Hunt. The students will be investigating the importance of the buffalo in the Midwest to the Native American tribe. They will also be looking at the decline of buffalo due to buffalo hunting and how the white man pushed Native Americans westward due to the high value of the buffaloes. This lesson fits into our content because the students are currently learning about the Midwest region. We have previously learned about how the Native Americans were pushed westward from the Southeastern region because of the white man taking over the land because of its rich, fertile soil which they used for farming.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-buffalo-hunt/feed/ 0 Bridging the Mississippi https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/bridging-the-mississippi/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/bridging-the-mississippi/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:55:30 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=1149 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 the construction of Eads Bridge at St. Louis Missouri. The students will analyze the importance …

]]> 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 the construction of Eads Bridge at St. Louis Missouri. The students will analyze the importance of rivers (specifically the Mississippi) when it comes to transportation and trade. They will also describe the drawbacks rivers created for westward expansion.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/bridging-the-mississippi/feed/ 0 Road Building and the Growth of Cities https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/do/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/do/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:54:58 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=1131 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 difficulties of travel and why these difficulties might have prompted the building of better roads. …

]]> 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 difficulties of travel and why these difficulties might have prompted the building of better roads. I will guide the discussion to help the students figure out how improving road conditions affected the growth of cities.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/do/feed/ 0 Immigrant Discrimination https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/immigrant-discrimination/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/immigrant-discrimination/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:56:30 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=1116 The topic of this lesson is the discrimination faced by immigrants in a post Civil War America. The students will face this discrimination first hand as they read and listen to an Irish folk song about discrimination when looking for …

]]> The topic of this lesson is the discrimination faced by immigrants in a post Civil War America. The students will face this discrimination first hand as they read and listen to an Irish folk song about discrimination when looking for jobs, read the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and analyze a Thomas Nast cartoon. This lesson fits into the Industrialization unit by coming right after a lesson on reasons for increased immigration and Ellis Island.

The student will learn about immigrant discrimination by filling out a graphic organizer on each of the sources. The student will dissect three different types of sources: a song, federal law, and a cartoon to demonstrate that there are different types of primary sources.

This lesson directly relates to USII.4b: The student will demonstrate knowledge of how life changed after the Civil War by explaining the reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, and challenges arising from this expansion.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/immigrant-discrimination/feed/ 0 The Perfect Storm https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-perfect-storm/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-perfect-storm/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:04:39 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=1113 The topic of the lesson is the Dust Bowl and what caused the devastation to the southern Great Plains. Students will use prior knowledge of the Middle West region, science, math (data analysis) and reading skills to try to figure …

]]> The topic of the lesson is the Dust Bowl and what caused the devastation to the southern Great Plains. Students will use prior knowledge of the Middle West region, science, math (data analysis) and reading skills to try to figure out the causes of the Dust Bowl. This lesson is being used to bridge the gap between our study of the Middle West region and the Southwest region. Major themes include agriculture and the effects of drought and over farming.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-perfect-storm/feed/ 0 The Dust Bowl https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-dust-bowl/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-dust-bowl/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:30:11 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=1108 The students will learn about the Dust Bowl, which took place in the 1930’s in parts of the Midwest and Southwest. As we are finishing the LCPS unit on the Midwest, this lesson fits into this unit. The students will …

]]> The students will learn about the Dust Bowl, which took place in the 1930’s in parts of the Midwest and Southwest. As we are finishing the LCPS unit on the Midwest, this lesson fits into this unit. The students will consider the location, the natural fertile soil, over farming practices, economics, and the Dust Bowl itself. In a previous lesson, they learned how farming practices changed over the centuries. This will help them see that change is not always for the best. They will also learn that despite the Dust Bowl, this region is once again the Bread Basket of America.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-dust-bowl/feed/ 0 Effects of Segregation and “Jim Crow” laws on life in Virginia for African Americans https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/effects-of-segregation-and-jim-crow-laws-on-life-in-virginia-for-african-americans/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/effects-of-segregation-and-jim-crow-laws-on-life-in-virginia-for-african-americans/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:06:15 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=1105 After a brief introduction and/or review of the Reconstruction time period, students will be given copies of photographs, drawings or political cartoons from the period of Jim Crow laws. The students will investigate how the photographs and drawings provide evidence …

]]> After a brief introduction and/or review of the Reconstruction time period, students will be given copies of photographs, drawings or political cartoons from the period of Jim Crow laws. The students will investigate how the photographs and drawings provide evidence that the Jim Crow laws had a negative effect on African Americans in the post-Civil War south. This lesson will be a part of our next unit on Reconstruction.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/effects-of-segregation-and-jim-crow-laws-on-life-in-virginia-for-african-americans/feed/ 0 Labor Unions in an Industrializing U.S. https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/429/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/429/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:03:33 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=429 Students will learn how labor unions were formed as a response to the negative effects of industrialization.…

]]> Students will learn how labor unions were formed as a response to the negative effects of industrialization.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/429/feed/ 0