Aim: How did the rise of large cities shape American society and politics?
Bell Ringer: Review Journal 99 / A: Cities after 1860 included industrial factories on the outskirts of the city, with working-class housing arising in a ramshackle fashion near the factories. The flight of the middle class to distant suburbs increased over time. Electricity, steel, mass transit, improvements to sanitation and drinking water, telephone, and the creation of new institutions by immigrants comprised the new American city of the late nineteenth century.
Agenda:
1. Mass transit, skyscrapers, electric city. (5 min)
2. Wonders of the World "Brooklyn Bridge" (10 min)
3. Review and grade "America Compared" on page 611. (5 min)
4. Journal 100 - What opportunities did urban neighborhoods provide to immigrants and African Americans, and what problems did these newcomers face? (10 min)
A: Immigrants and newcomers faced challenging conditions: dreary and often dangerous work conditions in factories, poor tenement housing, and both residential and voluntary segregation based on ethnicity. Some immigrant groups, such as the Chinese and Asians in general, suffered unequal immigration laws. Blacks experienced race riots by whites.
5. Brief history of skyscrapers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHm-g7zIWns (5 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr9Y0C3pPxk (5 min)
6. Tenement Housing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXmKAPYacUQ (3 min)
Home Learning:
1. Read pages 615-624
2. Journal 101 - How did working-class and elite city residents differ in how they spent their money and leisure time?
3. Journals 91-100 will be graded tomorrow.
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