1. Hello there! You will need one piece of blank paper to write on today and a half sheet of blank paper!

2. HW update- feedback Friday survey Agenda Unions: 2 second review Populism debrief discussion DBQ: introduction Rubric How to PPAC: PPractice Objectives- Students will be able to… Why was Populism popular? What is a USHAP DBQ? How do we write a great one?

3. AFL v Knights of Labor 2 second review

4. Populism- pull up the document “The Populist Movement” How is Populism connected to the rise of Big Business? Choose your favorite 1-3 sentences from Bryan and/ or Lease’s speeches. Why did you choose these lines? How do they make you feel? Do their themes resonate today? Which parts might we hear from politicians today? Which parts seem outdated?

5. DBQ Most “authentic” historical task What is it? Details – Prompt: Subject USHAP theme Historical thinking skill (causation, continuity and change over time, periodization, comparison) – 7 documents. Text, visual (photo, cartoon), graph – 55 minutes total- 15 minutes planning and 40 min writing What you will get today: step by step process to write a successful DBQ and a chance to do some structured practice

6. DBQ Rubric What is the difference between the 3 “Analysis of documents” categories? Analysis of historical evidence and support of argument= biggest category What is the difference between contextualization and the third type of synthesis?

8. How to DBQ How do we actually write an effective DBQ in 55 minutes? 15 minutes for planning The first steps are similar to a long essay: 1.Deconstruct the prompt (1 minute) 2.Brief brainstorm (1-2 minutes) 3.Analyze the documents (7 minutes) 4.Group the documents (1-2 minutes) 5.Write thesis (1-2 minutes) 6.Write essay Citing documents

9. The prompt In the post-Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in number, size and influence. Analyze continuity and changes in the impact of big business on the economy and politics, and the responses of Americans to these changes. Confine your answer to the period 1870-1900.

10. Document 2 Source: George E McNeil, labor leader, The Labor movement; The Problem of Today, 1887. The railroad president is a railroad king, whose whim is law. He collects tithes by reducing wages as remorselessly as the Shah of Persia or the Sultan of Turkey, and, like them, is not amenable to any human power. He can discharge (banish) any employee without cause. … He can withhold their lawful wages. He can delay trial on a suit at law, and postpone judgment indefinitely. He can control legislative bodies, dictate legislation, subsidize the press, and corrupt the moral sense of the community. He can fix the price of freights, and thus command the food and fuel-supplies of the nation. In his right hand he holds the government; in his left hand, the people.

11. PPractice PPAC= – Purpose, point of view, audience, context Why is PPAC important? Rubric and analysis of historical evidence  2 out of 3 points require it This can and should be done in just one sentence: Rockefeller, in his autobiography, claimed that Standard Oil benefited the American People because of the technological innovation his company fostered (Doc 1). It is critical to note that Rockefeller is writing an autobiography and his purpose would likely be to promote his image.