Tasks:
- Begin to contextualize working conditions in preparation for DBQ work by answering the question: How did working conditions change for American workers by the late 19th century?
- Small group debrief: Discuss answers to homework (describe working conditions in the 1830s and 1880s). Identify changes to working conditions.
- Return to large class:
- Identify the ways in which working conditions stayed the same.
- Identify the ways in which working conditions changed.
- Essay in Five Minutes: What is the question asking you to argue?
- Discuss the subject, time period & task associated with this DBQ question.
- Assign: Labor categorization.
- Important terms to know for this unit of study.
Reminders:
- Zinn reading (pages 262 - 282) due Friday January 9, 2016.
