02.29-03.04.2016
Social Studies - Arkansas History
Toward a New Century

Grade Level:

8

Subject:

Arkansas History 1800 - Present

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THE BIG IDEA:
Students understand the concept of point of view, and growth of Big Business, Populism in the State of Arkansas & the United States 1880s-1910.

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Essential Questions:

1. How did Satchel Paige help strike down “Jim Crow” laws in the south?
2. How did Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 court case began the era or time of Jim Crow laws in the U.S.?
3. How did the Spanish-American War of 1898 begin American Imperialism or expanding into other lands?

Understandings:

• SWBAT understand the reasons behind & the people involved in the growth & conflicts impacting Arkansas & the USA at the end of the 19th Century & the beginning of the 20th century. 1890-1910

Content Goals:

Students will understand Plessy v. Ferguson 1896, Jim Crow Laws, Spanish-American War 1898, Imperialism.

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