City Bosses, Immigration, Cities, and How They Come Together
Today we get to see how some of this stuff comes together!
First:
Watch the Immigrants and Cities:
(Sign-in to Safari Montage using the same credentials used to log-in to the computer)
Then:
Watch City Politics: New York City Case Study:
Then:
In Four Square Groups (for about 15-20 mins):
Describe (in bullets) the interrelationship between Industrialization, Urbanization, Immigration, the "Last West," and City Politics
(Teacher: please have students share for about 10 minutes)
Finally:
If time remains Farmers and the Populists
In 2018 we have a sense that monopolies or other forms of market domination are "wrong." In the late 19th and early 20th centuries they were new and they were eyed with the same sort of suspicion by the American public. For today, you and your group have a series of documents related to this matter. Your task is as follows:
Guidelines:
First:
Watch the Immigrants and Cities:
(Sign-in to Safari Montage using the same credentials used to log-in to the computer)
Then:
Watch City Politics: New York City Case Study:
Then:
In Four Square Groups (for about 15-20 mins):
Describe (in bullets) the interrelationship between Industrialization, Urbanization, Immigration, the "Last West," and City Politics
(Teacher: please have students share for about 10 minutes)
Finally:
If time remains Farmers and the Populists
In 2018 we have a sense that monopolies or other forms of market domination are "wrong." In the late 19th and early 20th centuries they were new and they were eyed with the same sort of suspicion by the American public. For today, you and your group have a series of documents related to this matter. Your task is as follows:
- Complete the handout that says "Part B" and shows lots of graphs. There are questions on the back. However, the most important question presented is: does the data indicate that the concerns of JP Morgan (outlined above) are valid? You and your group must prepare a position on that based on that major question; the other questions on the back are helpful at deciding this. You may be asked to present this opinion in a larger class discussion at the end of class.
- Read each document in the "Monopolies: A Sampling of Opinions" set of documents. You need to be able to:
- Summarize each document's major points in your own words; bullet points are acceptable. Don't spend too much time on this.
- Determine if their opinion on monopolies is consistent in any way with JP Morgan's concerns (outlined above).
- What business or labor (worker) problems might these people have faced because of their opinion about monopolies?
- Like with the major question above, you might be asked to comment on this before you leave class today.
Guidelines:
- You have 45 minutes to complete the tasks and respond to the prompts outlined above.
- Each member of the four-square group needs to keep their own record of what's happening. It should be detailed. You never know if it might be collected.
- The person with the most recent birthday is to be the group leader. Their job is to ensure that everyone has a part to play (including themselves) and to make sure that everyone in the group can answer any of these questions if asked.
- The teacher who is with you today is going to walk around and make sure that you're on task.
- The following people are appointed as helpers and discussion leaders (for the group discussion) for your guest teacher:
- 1st Period: Sofia Aiello and Isaac Hoffman
- 2nd Period: Haley Parsons and Justin Liu
- 3rd Period: Sydney Baguelin and Quentin Bertrand
- You guys get to help with any questions that the guest teacher may have.
- You also can help the guest teacher with the discussion if they wish to have your help. You can help by calling on people to contribute, etc., but only if they request it.
- Be prepared for the possibility that there may be follow-up activities related to this activity tomorrow.