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The Progressive Era: Muckrakers Grade 8 Lesson PlanThe Progressive Era: Muckrakers Grade 8 Lesson Plan
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The Progressive Era: Muckrakers Grade 8

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As you explore an excerpt from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle with your class, discuss how his descriptions of the meat-packing industry caught the public's attention and helped to promote change in the Progressive Era.

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the jungle, upton sinclair, the industrial age, the industrial revolution

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upton sinclair, the jungle, industrialization, social studies

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  • Includes good documents with vocabulary and scaffolding questions

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  • Not very engaging, but could be improved by incorporating more visual resources or posing an insightful question at the beginning of the lesson as a motivation tool

Common Core

RI.8.4 W.8.4 SL.8.1.a RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.4 WHST.6-8.1.a WHST.6-8.4

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