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Nature and the Environment - Themed Resources - For Teachers (Library of Congress)
Nature and the Environment - Themed Resources - For Teachers (Library of Congress)
Study man-made and natural disasters, the origins of the American conservation movement, and view Landsat photographs, valued for aesthetics more than their contributions to geography. Use maps to trace the growth and unique features of the National Parks. Learn about nature writers and visual artists. from the Library of Congress
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Nature and the Environment - Themed Resources - For Teachers (Library of Congress)
Jacob Riss and Immigrants
Jacob Riss and Immigrants
Reading Like a Historian's take on the Progressive Era used quotes from Jacob Riis along with his photographs which is far more useful than just using the pictures. In this lesson students try to balance prejudice and philanthropy
#lesson plans#US II Unit 2: Progressive Era
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Jacob Riss and Immigrants
Teaching American History: Progressive Era
Teaching American History: Progressive Era

Teachers looking for a unit's worth of Progressive lessons could use this approach. Although it is a lesson that uses the traditional divide and conquer, do a project approach, but it does it based on primary documents.

  1. How does the Progressive Movement represent a change in American ideals? 2 What is the long-term impact of Progressive goals?
  2. How do labor unions continue to represent the ideals of the Progressive Movement?
#lesson plans#US II Unit 2: Progressive Era
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Teaching American History: Progressive Era
Social Studies in the Spotlight: Inquiry, Primary Sources, and Informational Reading, 7-12
Social Studies in the Spotlight: Inquiry, Primary Sources, and Informational Reading, 7-12

This lesson has students reading letters opposing and in support of the the Keating-Owen Child Labor Acts of 1916 (act). The law was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. This primary doc exercise can be combined with an analysis of Lewis Hines photography 1916 - Letter from Suzanne Heber Supporting Keating-Owen Child Labor Bill (letter) 1916 - Letter from Lyons Township High School Students supporting Keating-Owen Child Labor Bill (letter) 1916 - Letter from Marshall Dilling Opposing Keating-Own Child Labor Bill (letter) 1916 - Letter from Operatives of Cherokee Falls Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill in Opposition to Keating-Owen Child Labor Bill"

#lesson plans#US History II#US II Unit 2: Progressive Era
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Social Studies in the Spotlight: Inquiry, Primary Sources, and Informational Reading, 7-12