Day 2 Activities

(60 Minute Block)

Lesson Objective: Students will be able to. . .

• examine a graph to identify how much people drank in the Early 19th Century and what alcoholic beverages they consumed.
• analyze quotes to determine if alcohol was a problem in the Early 19th Century and to identify reasons why people drank.

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Do Now:

Pair/Share:

• Open your graphic organizer from the pre-assignment
• Compare the key people and key terms
• Revise as necessary
• Answer any questions

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Activity 1:

Document #1
Think/Write
Open the document below
Read the document, mark up the text, and complete two-column notes

Think : How did the statistics change over time?
Write: Predict what might have caused these changes.

Pair/Share

• respond to comments, connections, questions, predictions and inference
• revise as needed
• generate a question based on chart that you would like to pursue

Share your responses with the class

In 10 words or less, complete the summary for your two-column notes

• what conclusions can you draw from the chart?

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Activity 2:

Read the exerpts below from the book, The Alcoholic Republic, An American Tradition, by W. J. Rorabaugh.
Complete the "It Says/It Means" chart to help you answer the guiding questions.

--Was alcohol a problem in the 19th Century?
--Identify the reasons why people drank alcoholic beverages.

Directions

• open the documents below

• read and mark-up the text, by highlighting important ideas and inserting comments

• complete the "It Says/It Means" chart

• Pair/Share and revise as needed

• pairs will share information with the entire class and revise as needed

• print your completed document

Quote, The Alcoholic Republic, p. 19-21 assignment.doc

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Exit Slip:

• List 3 reasons why people drank in the early 19th Century?
• List the 2 alcohol beverages most consumed.
• During the 19th Century do you think alcohol was a problem?

Open the Ticket to Leave" document and use your notes from today's lesson to write your responses to the above questions.

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Homework:
Complete the following graphic organizer containing key terms and key people to prepare for the upcoming activities in this unit.
You may add any terms that you need to define to your graphic organizer.