Answers+and+Questions

=Unit 14: Answers and Questions=

Key Words

 * mass production:** the production of goods in large quantities
 * mass society:** large numbers of people
 * middle class:** the social class of people who are neither rich nor poor, which includes most skilled workers
 * Cubism:** a 20th-century style of art developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in which the artist reduces an object to its basic geometric shapes and shows it from a number of different angles at the same time.
 * Impressionism:** an artistic movement in which painters gave an "impression" of a scene rather than trying to make their painting depict reality with photographic accuracy; major Impressionists include Degas, Manet, Monet, Renoir, and Cassatt

Lesson 1: Organizing for Change
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Lesson Objectives
• Describe the conditions city dwellers faced in places such as Paris, London, and New York. • Describe the conditions most industrial workers faced. • Explain the reasons for the population growth in cities of the 1800s. • Explain the role of trade unions and describe the methods they used to improve working conditions. • Identify Louis Pasteur and describe his accomplishments. • Identify significant leaders of the women's rights movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and describe their methods and accomplishments. • Give examples of the ways Paris and New York addressed their problems. • Review historical events.

Living Conditions in New York City Social Reform Photography


 * 1) Read Chapter 5 from the beginning to "Louis Pasteur: Fighting Disease," pages 592-600 and complete Day 1 of [[file:MS_WDHISTB_14_01_Reading_Guide.pdf]]
 * 2) Immigrants poured into New York City in the late nineteenth century, making it one of the most densely populated places on earth. Population density is the term that describes the average number of people in an area of a given size. Population density is calculated by dividing the number of people int he area by the size of the area. Population density is frequently expressed as the average number of people per square mile. Calculate the population density of new York City for the following years:
 * **Year** || **Population** || **Area in Square Miles** || **Population Density** ||
 * 1870 || 1,443,000 || 25 ||  ||
 * 1880 || 1,919,000 || 36 ||  ||
 * 1890 || 2,693,000 || 63 ||  ||
 * 1900 || 3,802,000 || 91 ||  ||
 * 1910 || 6,230,000 || 203 ||  ||

3. Review how people worked and lived during this time at the above links. Review the Social Reform photographs of Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine.

Lesson 1: Organizing for Change, Day 2
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Women's Suffrage


 * 1) Read Chapter 5 "Louis Pasteur: Fighting Disease," to the end of the chapter, pages 600-609 and complete Day 2 of the Reading Guide.
 * 2) After reading and watching the video answer the following questions in complete sentences in your history journal:
 * How did workers and trade unions draw attention to the poor working conditions?
 * Did most people in the nineteenth century support the business owner or the workers and the unions?
 * How did the public react to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
 * Who held more power int he nineteenth century--the workers or the factory owners? Was the balance of power changing int he early twentieth century?

Lesson 2: Reaching Millions
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Lesson Objectives
• Explain the meaning of the term mass society. • Describe the changes that occurred in sales and marketing and the reasons for them. • Explain the role of universal education in the economic progress of Western Europe and the United States. • Explain why new leisure activities became popular in the late 1800s, and give examples of those activities. • Identify new technologies that contributed to mass entertainment. • Identify William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer and what they are known for. • Summarize the methods Henry Ford used to bring automobiles to the masses

How the Car Changed America


 * 1) Read Chapter 6 from the beginning to "Mass Publishing: Pulp Fiction and Yellow Journalism," pages 610-619 and complete Day 1 of [[file:MS_WDHISTB14_02_ReadingGuide.pdf]]
 * 2) Read Chapter 6 from "Mass Publishing: Pulp Fiction and Yellow Journalism," to the end of the chapter, pages 619-625, and complete Day 2 of the Reading Guide.
 * 3) When inventors come up with a new product, they frequently do not know what impact the invention will have on society. There are often many unintended consequences that the inventor never even considered. Visit the link above to see how the car affected society.

Lesson 2: Reaching Millions, Day 2
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 * 1) After viewing the video and links above, write a brief document-based essay that answers the following questions:
 * How did Henry Ford revolutionize the auto industry?
 * Why did he introduce the changes he made?
 * How did he revolutionize the lives of millions of workers all around the world?

You will base your essay on what you know about the time period and about Henry Ford (you may want to review pages 621-625 of your textbook) and on the information found at the websites. Your essay must include quotations from Henry Ford.

Lesson 3: Culture Shocks
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Lesson Objectives
• Recognize that while many people saw the nineteenth century as a time of great progress, others questioned materialism and human nature. • Explain the goals and techniques of the Impressionist, Postimpressionist, Cubist, and abstract painters. • Identify examples of Impressionist, Postimpressionist, Cubist, and abstract art and artists. • Identify Freud and describe his accomplishments. • Identify Zola and describe his Naturalist beliefs. • Recognize the goals and characteristics of modernism in music.


 * 1) Read Chapter 7 from pages 626-639, and complete [[file:MS_WDHISTB_14_03_Reading_Guide.pdf]]

Lesson Objectives
• Identify key individuals who shaped the modern era and describe their contributions to society.

Today and tomorrow you will create a special edition of a newspaper called //The Modern World//. The special issue will focus on some of the remarkable individuals who shaped the modern world.
 * The Modern World **


 * 1) Research and complete [[file:WDHISTB_14_04_newsroom.pdf]]
 * 2) Use your checklist to choose four individuals who most deserve a place in your magazine. Write a brief article about each of them. Be sure your articles focus on the individual and his contributions to society. Write a headline for each story.
 * 3) You may use this template for your articles (both today & tomorrow), or choose one of your own. [[file:Word Newspaper Template 4 (.docx).docx]]

Lesson 4: Remarkable Individuals, Day 2

 * 1) Decide which one of your four selections was the most influential. Write an article explaining why you chose that person over all the others.
 * 2) Illustrate your article with a drawing or a picture you have printed out.
 * 3) Create a cartoon or caricature of "the modern man" or "the modern woman." You know what a cartoon is. a caricature is an exaggerated drawing or description. Your cartoon or caricature should show - probably from a humorous point of view - some of the activities, customs, interests, or fashions people enjoyed in 1900.