Hinsdale Central High -- United States History

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THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA PowerPoint

THE PROGRESSIVE ERA PowerPoint

REVIEW OF LABOR UNION APPROACHES (Power Point)

THE PROGRESSIVE ERA POLITICAL CARTOON PROJECT

The Rise of Imperialism: A Discussion of Cultural Imperialism, PowerPoint

American Industrial Revolution

Chicago workers role-play

This lesson is based on a role play which appeared in the OAH magazine of history. The article, available here offers several other creative approaches to the industrial revolution.

In this role-play, students in teams take on the perspective of various working class ethnic workers in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century.
All documents in Microsoft Word.
Click here for the lesson plan
Click here for group handouts
Click here for questions for groups and the whole class

AMERICA CLAIMS AN EMPIRE PowerPoint

Material Culture Project

Students explore turn of the 20th century material culture by choosing to examine various primary sources from this period. Students can choose from Advertisements, Theater Playbills, Film, Music, Radio, Comic Strips, Art Literature, and Toys by navigating through a website. The websites used in this project are sorted by topic, if you would like to use pieces of this assignment for your own project.