Goals & Objectives
Goals:
Students will learn about the conditions of the meatpacking industry by reading and discussing excerpts from Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.
Students will recognize how a literary work, such as The Jungle, can lead to social change in society.
Objectives:
Students will be able to discuss and analyze information from Sinclair’s text using a series of discussion questions. After students read their assigned reading excerpt, they will discuss the questions with their group in order to decode (the vocabulary and early 1900s verbiage) and assess the readings. After each group presents their findings with the class, students will identify and evaluate primary resource documents from an activity on docsteach.org.
Students will learn about the conditions of the meatpacking industry by reading and discussing excerpts from Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.
Students will recognize how a literary work, such as The Jungle, can lead to social change in society.
Objectives:
Students will be able to discuss and analyze information from Sinclair’s text using a series of discussion questions. After students read their assigned reading excerpt, they will discuss the questions with their group in order to decode (the vocabulary and early 1900s verbiage) and assess the readings. After each group presents their findings with the class, students will identify and evaluate primary resource documents from an activity on docsteach.org.
California State Content Standards
CA.HSS.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.
Common Core Literacy Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Driving Historical Question
Explain how literature and satire can cause political and social change within society.
Lesson Introduction (Anticipatory Set/Hook/Accessing Prior Knowledge) ‖ Time: 5 minutes
Hook (The Jungle video): This video briefly explains the meatpacking industry in the early 1900s. It also explains how Sinclair developed the narrative for his novel and the effect of the novel on American society. This video serves as a review of prior discussions on changing dynamic of the American workplace and how an industrialized America was dangerous for new immigrant workers and migrants from the South.
Vocabulary (Content Language Development) ‖ Time: 3 minutes
Before reading, the instructor will explain some terminology from “The Jungle” such as “pickle room” and “borax.” The instructor will also inform students that, during the reading, if they need the instructor to explain part of the excerpt, they just need to ask.
For additional vocabulary support, each student will receive a dictionary.
For additional vocabulary support, each student will receive a dictionary.
Content Delivery (Method of Instruction) ‖ Time: 5 minutes
Students will be given direction to split-up into five pre-assigned reading groups. These five groups will each read and interpret an excerpt from The Jungle. These pre-assigned groups are heterogeneous and include advanced readers, striving readers, and English Learners. The goal of this exercise is allow students to have equitable access to content material. Before students start reading, the instructor will ask two questions for students to reflect upon when they commence their group discussion. These questions will also be the focus of the brief group presentations.
Questions:
1. Explain the main idea of this excerpt and use a vivid (descriptive) quote in your explanation.
2. Do you feel that cruel, inhumane working conditions were only in the meatpacking industry? Explain your answer.
Questions:
1. Explain the main idea of this excerpt and use a vivid (descriptive) quote in your explanation.
2. Do you feel that cruel, inhumane working conditions were only in the meatpacking industry? Explain your answer.
Student Engagement (Critical Thinking & Student Activities) ‖ Time: 25 minutes
Jigsaw Groups: Students will silently read their assigned excerpt from The Jungle. While they read, they will note the gruesome nature of their passage and underline brief moments of the passage to quote during their presentations.
After each group has finished reading and has had several minutes to discuss their excerpt, the students will briefly describe their excerpt to the class in the form of a brief presentation. While one group is presenting, other students will be taking notes on their classmates’ presentation.
After each group has finished reading and has had several minutes to discuss their excerpt, the students will briefly describe their excerpt to the class in the form of a brief presentation. While one group is presenting, other students will be taking notes on their classmates’ presentation.
Lesson Closure ‖ Time: 15-17
After presentations have concluded, the instructor will briefly present the students with a quick activity from docsteach.org. This activity uses primary resource documents to highlight “The Path to Food Safety” in the United States. The instructor will use the Promethean Smart Board to quickly open (look at the National Archives’ summary of each document), click, and drag the documents. Due to time constraints, part of this activity may have to be pushed back to the next day of class.
Assessments (Formative & Summative)
Accommodations for English Learners, Striving Readers and Students with Special Needs
Formative (informal): In the student presentations and “The Path to Food Safety” activity, the instructor will note student understanding and comprehension. Additional instruction may be added if jigsaw presentations inadequately address each excerpt.
Summative (formal): In the unit test, there will be a question on this exercise that states “Explain the impact of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle on American society. Use examples of meatpacking practices during the early 1900s in your response.”
Summative (formal): In the unit test, there will be a question on this exercise that states “Explain the impact of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle on American society. Use examples of meatpacking practices during the early 1900s in your response.”
Resources (Books, Websites, Handouts, Materials)
1. The Jungle Excerpts
2. Promethean Smart Board (w/ pen)
3. Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxe9nosWawM)
4. Docsteach.org (http://docsteach.org/activities/17804)
5. Dictionaries
2. Promethean Smart Board (w/ pen)
3. Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxe9nosWawM)
4. Docsteach.org (http://docsteach.org/activities/17804)
5. Dictionaries
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