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=**Fall Seminar Discussion Page**=

**Grades 6-12**
Please post your discussions for the weekly seminar using the Discussion tab on this page.


 * Please respond to the following:**
 * Describe the ways in which you can connect today’s historical topic to your standards, and your curriculum.**
 * //Integrate information from previous seminars and the summer institute in this posting.//
 * //Use information from today's presentation and readings.//
 * //Specifics can include: people, places, events, ideas, object, artifacts, statistics or theories.//

> For example, I might name my posting for the first Seminar - "//Seminar 1 - Chinese immigrants and their portrayals//"
 * 1) Post your response to the Discussion tab of this wiki page.
 * 2) When making your posts, please add the words "Seminar #" to your title.
 * 1) Be creative and specific, referring to the readings, seminar presentation and discussion.
 * 2) Respond to at least one other participant’s comments. By responding, we will open discussions with other teachers.
 * 3) Complete your postings before next week’s seminar.


 * Essential Question:** How have immigrants fought for American citizenship, 1840-1912?
 * Conceptual/Essential Question:** How did immigrants respond to America's systemic inequalitites?


 * Standards**
 * US1 - 11** Describe the purpose and functions of government.


 * US1-14** Explain the characteristics of American democracy, including the concepts of popular sovereignty and constitutional government, which includes representative institutions, federalism, separation of powers, shared powers, checks and balances, and individual rights.


 * US2-1** Explain the various causes of the Industrial Revolution.
 * a.the economic impetus provided by the Civil War
 * b. important technological and scientific advances
 * c. the role of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Cornelius Vanderbilt


 * US2-2** Explain the important consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
 * a. the growth of big business
 * b. environmental impact
 * c. the expansion of cities


 * US2-3** Describe the causes of the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th adn early 20th centuries, and describe the major roles of these immigrants in the industrialization of America.

Industrial era.
 * US2-5** Explain the formation and goals of unions as well as the rise of radical political parties during the
 * d.the Knights of Labor
 * e. the American Federation of Labor headed by Samuel Gompers
 * f. the Populist Party
 * g. the Socialist Party headed by Eugene Debs


 * US2-8** Analyze the origins of Progressivism and important Progressive leaders, and summarize the major accomplishments of Progressivism.