Group Activities - post notes activity - alternate minor assignment. Please post to blog by Thursday Feb.5th.

*You will be graded on the following scale: 
A+ = 101 (college level)
A = 96 (excellent work)
A = 93
B = 89 (good, room for improvement)
B- = 85 (decent)
C+ = 84
C = 81 (mediocre)
C- = 78
D = 74 (danger zone)
failed to meet guidelines = 65
0 - did not turn in assignments/assig)nments incomplete

Labor Unions:

Research the following:

Great RailRoad Strike of 1877 (http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h717.html)

Haymarket Riot 1886 (http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h750.html)

Homestead Strike 1892 (http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h769.html)

Pullman Strike of 1894 (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483131/Pullman-Strike)


Your group will create a one pager (4 total) that depicts the event from a pro-union or anti-union stance. Your 1 pager should include cause(s) of the strike as well as the results. Please post each 1 -pager to your blog with a short caption.

Philosophy of the Industrialists: 

1. Create a writing prompt/essay question for your documents. Provide a thesis and an outline.  Please post to your blog.


Urbanizing America

1. find and post (to your blog) a recent article that discusses a current issue dealing within America's cities. You will need to: a)state main idea of the article b)outline supporting information c)Compare and Contrast to the rise of urbanization and immigration during the Gilded Age