Sept 18th Learning Target: I can understand how life was changing in the US Opener: From the video- explain 2 changes that were needed for the American people. Learning Target: I can understand how life was changing in the US

Changing World American Studies Learning Target: I can understand how life was changing in the US

Business changed people’s work habits – Farmers to Factories – Factory conditions: Sweat shops, long hours, low wages, women and child labor – Awful conditions created the need for worker’s rights Women’s rights Children’s rights Learning Target: I can understand how life was changing in the US

Open your books to 71- find these 2 words: – Knights of Labor- define the term – American Federation of Labor- define the term Labor unions formed – Improve conditions Working conditions Social reforms “8 rule” Learning Target: I can understand how life was changing in the US

Segregation and Social Issues – Turn to page 87- what were the Jim Crow laws? – Plessy v Ferguson Plessy v Ferguson – Explain what you think this case was about? Learning Target: I can understand how life was changing in the US

African American Rights After the Civil War, black HEAVILY discriminated – Different responses: Booker T Washington – Tolerate discrimination while PROVING themselves equal to white people – Believed civil rights would come slowly W.E.B. Dubois – Believed the blacks should DEMAND civil rights – Believed they should fight everyday for their rights daily Learning Target: I can understand how life was changing in the US

Closure Which individual do you agree with: – WEB Dubois or Booker T Washington and WHY Learning Target: I can understand how life was changing in the US