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Upton Sinclair Teacher Resources
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High schoolers explore muckraking. In this American history lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. High schoolers respond to discussion questions pertaining to muckraking and the meat-packing industry.
Guide your class through Upton Sinclair's The Jungle with this reading activity. A reading schedule, literature question page, and supplementary list of literary activities makes this book report form a great addition to your junior high or high school class. The activity would work in any class setting, not just homeschool.
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 11 multiple choice questions about Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Students discuss problems immigrants may have when coming to a new country. They take on the role of a law maker from the era and create an action plan and policy based on samples they read (links provided). Students discuss ways their plans would have benefitted a character in the book. They read and discuss current labor laws.
In this immigrant life worksheet, students read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and then respond to 30 short answer questions based on the novel.
Students explore fiction that moves individuals to social action. In this literature activity, students read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and analyze its literary worth as well as its investigative journalism. Students investigate other novels using the same methods.
Students explore the methods investigative journalists use. In this investigative reporting lesson, students use Jacob Riis photographs, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, the movie All the President's Men, and read about the Tailwind fiasco to study investigative journalism, its ethics, pressures, and past mistakes. Students write an essay, product an investigative piece, a news article, and journal entry.
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read chapters 6-11 of Upton Sinclair's' The Jungle and then respond to 12 short answer questions based on the reading selection.
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read chapters 18-22 of Upton Sinclair's' The Jungle and then respond to 8 short answer questions based on the reading selection.
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read chapters 1-4 of Upton Sinclair's' The Jungle and then respond to 11 short answer questions based on the reading selection.