Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Teddy Roosevelt/Progressive Era Name: Charles Bennett

Content Area: History/Social Studies Grade Level: 11th Grade
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
11.2.9 Understand the effect of political programs and activities of the Progressives (e.g., federal regulation of railroad transport, Children’s
Bureau, the Sixteenth Amendment, Theodore Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson).
11.4.3. Discuss America’s role in the Panama Revolution and the building of the Panama Canal.
11.4.4 (part). Explain Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy
Big Ideas/Unit Goals:
Big Ideas 5. Muckraking
1. America’s changing role on the world stage 6. Regulation
2. The bully pulpit 7. Rights of Workers and Consumers
3. Urbanization 8. Rights of Women and African-Americans
4. Industrialization 9. Environmental Protection
Guiding Questions
I. How did America’s role on the world stage change in the first decade of the 20th century?
II. How did Theodore Roosevelt change the power of the American presidency and America’s role on the world stage?
III. What problems arose as a result of urbanization and industrialization in the late 19th century?
IV. What was the federal government’s response to problems of urbanization and industrialization?
V. How did the response to problems of urbanization and industrialization change the role of the federal government?
VI. What did the first decade of the 20th century mean for the rights of workers, consumers, women and African-Americans?
Objectives
 Students will investigate developments in American foreign policy in the first decade of the 20th century
 Students will investigate Theodore Roosevelt and will identify his historical impact
 Students will identify, describe and demonstrate the significance of the conditions of American life in the year 1900
 Students will identify, describe, and demonstrate the significance of the writings of Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens
 Students will identify differences in the role of the American government, both at home and abroad, between the late 19th and early
20th century
 Students will identify similarities in the role of the American government, both at home and abroad, between the early 20th century
and today
Unit Summary:
This unit examines how the first decade of the 20th century fundamentally altered American life. Students will be exposed to America’s
changing role on a world stage. Students will meet the dynamic personality of Theodore Roosevelt. Students will examine images showcasing
early 20th century American society, and will place developments in regulation in the context of said society. Students will also be introduced
to developments in rights and protections of workers, consumers, women and African-Americans during this period. Through the course of
this unit, students will complete deliverables ranging from guided notes on early 20th century foreign policy to a role-playing exercise on
major Progressive Era figures.
Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Formative: Summative:
 Socrative to Assess  Ask Questions During Lecture: At one point, there is a  Webercise Project: Students will access various
Prior Knowledge: lecture slide entitled “Questions to consider”. Instructor will online photo databases to discover three
Students will also intersperse questions throughout the lecture, such as photographs they consider indicative of the first
complete a quiz “What was the Monroe Doctrine?” and “What does the word decade of the 20th century. They will write short
that references ‘isthmus’ mean?” to assess knowledge and check for blog posts about those photos. . Students will be
prior knowledge understanding. Students will be graded on the thoroughness graded on the completeness and creativity of their
relevant to the of response. answers.
upcoming lesson.  Guided Notes on Lesson 1: Students will take notes during  Timeline Assignment: Students will read two
Can be found at lecture, and answer questions related to Theodore sections from The Americans: California Edition
code SOC- Roosevelt’s foreign policy. There are variety of strategies textbook and identify ten important events from
35163349. employed, including defining key terms, learning new that reading. Using Google Spreadsheets and the
Students will be vocabulary words, filling in the blanks about Teddy KnightLab timeline generator, students will create
graded on the Roosevelt’s life, analyzing a political cartoon and answering a their own timelines. Students will be graded on
correctness of their “looking deeper” question. Students will be graded on the accuracy of dates, description of events, and
multiple-choice thoroughness and accuracy of short answer questions, and language.
questions, and the the use of critical thinking in the “looking deeper” questions.  Progressive Role Playing: Students will choose a
thoroughness,  Socrative at End of Lesson 1: Students will answer two short- figure from the Progressive Era, such as Theodore
accuracy and answer questions comparing and contrasting Teddy Roosevelt or Luis Munoz Rivera. They will deliver a
language of their Roosevelt’s policies from other areas, plus one multiple- two-minute speech as their character and take
short-answer choice question. Students will be graded on the correctness questions from other panelists and the audience.
questions. of their multiple-choice questions, and the thoroughness, Students are also expected to ask questions.
accuracy and language of their short-answer questions. Can Student will either dress in attire indicative of
be found at code SOC-35163247. his/her character, or construct an image of his/her
 Quizlet Quiz: Students will complete a Quizlet quiz, using the character. Students will be graded on accuracy
matching option, on key concepts from Lessons 1 & 3. and thoroughness of facts, language, asking of
questions, and creativity.
Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)
Student Learning Objective:
 Students will investigate developments in
American foreign policy in the first decade of
the 20th century
 Students will investigate Theodore Roosevelt
and will identify his historical impact
 Students will identify differences in the role of
the American government, both at home and
abroad, between the late 19th and early 20th
century
 Students will identify similarities in the role of
the American government, both at home and
abroad, between the early 20th century and
today
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Objective:
Students will identify, describe and demonstrate
the significance of the conditions of American life
in the year 1900.
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Objective:
 Students will identify, describe and
demonstrate the significance of the conditions
of American life in the year 1900
 Students will identify, describe, and
demonstrate the significance of the writings of
Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens
 Students will identify differences in the role of
the American government, both at home and
abroad, between the late 19th and early 20th
century
Acceptable Evidence
(Assessments):
 Oral answers to questions
 Completion of Guided notes
 Completion of Socrative
Quiz
Acceptable Evidence:
 Blog posts summarizing
documents
Acceptable Evidence:
 Completion of an online
timeline with 10 events and
2-sentence descriptions of
each
Lesson Activities:
 Students will read Chapter 10, Section 4 and
watch the interactive on the Panama Canal
 Teacher will provide conversational lecture (that
means half of it is asking questions)
 Students will watch a video and complete
Socrative quizzes
 Students will complete Guided Notes
Lesson Activities:
 Using the Bain database or Wikmedia Commons,
students will find relevant photos
 Students will convene in small groups to discuss
their findings
 Students will create online blog posts
Lesson Activities:
 Students will read Chapter 9, section 1 and
Chapter 9, section 3
 Students may elect to read additional documents
 Students will complete an online timeline
 Students will complete a Quizlet Quiz reviewing
the topics of Lessons 1 and 3
Unit Resources
 Bain Collection  Middle Tennessee Progressive Era Photo Montage
 Big Stick Cartoon  Pure Food and Drug Act
 Booker T. Washington dines with Theodore Roosevelt  Roosevelt Corollary
 Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise” speech  Roosevelt Speech on Social and Industrial Justice
 Ida Tarbell publishes “History of the Standard Oil Company”  Triangle Shirtwaist fire
 Detroit Database  Wikimedia Commons
 Expansion and Peace  Women’s Rights Timeline
 Journal Article About Progressive Role-Playing
Useful Websites:
 KnightLab Timelines  Quizlet
- Sample Timeline - Progressive Era Matching Quiz
 Prezi  Rubrics Generator
 Socrative