In this lesson students first explore the party platforms of the Republican, Democratic, Populist, and Greenback Parties. They then read informational texts and complete a graphic organizer about the readings. After students share their graphic organizers in small groups, the teacher leads a discussion comparing narrative to informational text and discussing the attributes of each. The lesson concludes with students using the information to complete an assessment of the information learned.

Additional Tags

presidential election of 1896, campaign and election of 1896

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Common Core

RH.9-10.6