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Urban Politics: Machines and Reformers Lesson PlanUrban Politics: Machines and Reformers Lesson Plan
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City University of New York
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11th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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Urban Politics: Machines and Reformers

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What were political machines and whom did they serve? As part of a study of US immigration patterns and how these patterns influenced politics, groups investigate how Tammany Hall and other political machines gained support from voters.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

political campaigns, american industrialism, industrialism, the progressive era

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Flip the lesson and have class members complete the readings and worksheets out of class, saving class time for the discussions and the project

Classroom Considerations

  • The fourth in a series of six resources devoted to elections and politics
  • Although designed to be used with Prentice Hall's, America: Pathways to The Present, the activity may be used with any US history textbook

Pros

  • The 21-page packet includes the primary source documents, worksheets, and a glossary

Cons

  • No rubric is included for the campaign materials assignment

Common Core

RI.11-12.1 RH.11-12.1

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