Knox County Curriculum (VERY HELPFUL) - 7 Weeks
5.27 Explain the need for the South and Tennessee to move toward industry and mechanization after the Civil
War and identify examples of the effort, including Coca Cola bottling in Chattanooga, mining on the
Cumberland Plateau, coal and iron processing, the growth of urban areas, and the increase in railroads. (G, E,
H, TN)
5.28 Map the sources of new immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe, China, and Japan, and interpret
narratives and excerpts from informational text describing the role that Chinese and Irish laborers played in the
development of the Transcontinental Railroad. (C, E, G, H)
5.29 Summarize why the United States was viewed as the land of opportunity by immigrants versus a growing
sense of protectionism and nativism by American citizens. (C, P)
5.30 Write an argumentative piece from the viewpoint of American Indians and the viewpoint of American
settlers about their rights to the land west of the Mississippi River.
5.31 Analyze the appeal of the Great Plains to settlers and immigrants, including geographical factors,
railroads, homesteading rights, and the absence of American Indians. (G, H)
5.32 Describe the role of Buffalo Soldiers in settling the West, including Tennessee native George Jordan. (H,
TN)
5.33 Write a short piece with concrete words, phrases, and sensory details of the life on the Great Plains from
the viewpoint of a particular immigrant or migrant group. (C, G, H)
5.34 Engage in a collaborative discussion to explore the ideas and events of the Gilded Age and determine the
significance, including: (C, E, H, P)
political machines
major scandals
economic disparity
industrial capitalists
5.35 Describe child labor and working conditions in factories. (C, E, H)
5.36 Analyze the role of Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor in changing standards for
working conditions. (E, H, P)
5.37 Use a graphic organizer to provide information about important business leaders, inventors, and
entrepreneurs and the impact they had on American society, including: (C, E, H)
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
George Eastman
George Washington Carver
Henry Bessemer
Swift and Armour
Cornelius Vanderbilt
5.38 Use multiple media elements to create a presentation describing the 1897 Centennial Exposition,
including its purpose, sights, exhibits, and impact on the state. (TN)
5.39 Analyze the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish American War, including: (C, E, G, H, TN)
yellow journalism
USS Maine
Rough Riders
Imperialism
5.40 Analyze the major goals, struggles, and achievements of the Progressive Era, including attacking racial
discrimination, child labor, big business, conservation, and alcohol use: (C, E, P)
Anti-Trust laws
16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments
immigration reform
5.41 Describe the effects of Jim Crow Laws on the nation and Tennessee and the efforts of Ida B. Wells and
Randolph Miller to bring attention to the inequalities of segregation. (C, H, P, TN)
Primary Documents and Supporting Texts to Read: excerpts from Twenty Years at Hull House, Jane
Addams; excerpts from How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis; excerpts from The Jungle, Upton Sinclair