Grade 8 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 17, Lesson 3

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
A More Perfect Union

Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 17, Lesson 3: Competing Crusades (pp. 513-519)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Rights Women, radicals, labor unions, and blacks all worked to reform different aspects of American life from the 1880s through the 1920s.

Review the different reform movements covered in this lesson, describing the variety of issues addressed (child labor, alcohol, women's suffrage, blacks' rights.) Talk about how some movements were more successful than others, pointing out the role of the government in dismantling the Socialist Party and the IWW. Contrast the success of the women's suffrage movement with the injustices faced by blacks.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Have each student choose a reform movement discussed in this lesson and write a letter to a newspaper editor supporting that reform movement. Letters should give specific examples of problems that existed in society and potential solutions to those problems. Have students share their letters and compare.
Organize students into groups and have them work together to create a timeline showing significant events in the women's suffrage movement. Students may choose to illustrate their timelines with drawings of different events.

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