Appendix B: Standards Implemented with this Unit
California State Standards in Social Studies
11.2.1. Know the effects of industrialization on living and working conditions, including the portrayal of working conditions and food safety in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.
11.2.4 Analyze the effect of urban political machines and responses to them by immigrants and middle-class reformers.
11.2.8 Examine the effect of political programs and activities of populists
11.2.9 Understand the effect of political programs and activities of the Progressives (e.g., federal regulation of railroad transport, Children’s Bureau, the Sixteenth Amendment, Theodore Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson).
11.3.5 Describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art, with special attention to work of writers.
Common Core RL.11-12.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
Common Core RL.11-12.7. Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem; how each version interprets the source text. Students will focus on poems that deal with historical events or trends.
Common Core W.11-12.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Common Core W.11-12.9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Students will perform historical research correlative to the poems covered and make inferences about the connection between the two.
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