Social Studies Chapter 17 Study Sheet

Social Studies – Grade 5
Chapter 17 ~ The Nation is Industrialized
April 14, 2015
Dear Students:
This is your study sheet for Chapter 17. All the items listed on this sheet will appear on the
assessment. Begin studying a little each evening. Review the lessons each evening and quiz
yourself on topics that are included on this study sheet. Please take copious notes, and look over
them daily.
The last part of the assessment is a writing assignment that is designed to find out how well you
think and write in social studies. Please read this information carefully and adhere to the due
dates. I will NOT ACCEPT LATE ENTRIES FOR THE WRITING ASSIGNMENT!
Vocabulary: Study the following words/phrases from Chapter 17.
Rough Rider
Reform
Settlement House
Conservationist
Strike
Comprehension:
What are the inventions of Thomas Edison?
Explain how American cities changed after the Civil War.
What new territories did the United States gain at the end of the Spanish American War?
Explain why President Roosevelt wanted the Panama Canal built.
Explain what Muckrakers were known for.
Study Skills: You will be asked to look at two documents. After reading the two documents
carefully, you will be asked to answer questions.
*****The Study Skill pages in your textbook will prepare you for this part of the assessment!
This information is located on pages 516 and 517 of your Social Studies textbook.
Understand what a primary source is.
Understand what a secondary source is and be able to provide an example of a secondary source.
Be able to compare and contrast the two documents.
Writing in Social Studies: This assignment is to be done at home! Please read the information
carefully. You will have enough time to respond to the prompt in a thoughtful manner.
PLEASE TURN THE PAGE FOR THE WRITING ASSIGNMENT
DESCRIPTION: Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago that provided care, education,
and other services to the poor immigrants. Hull House helped many immigrants learn English,
find jobs, and become American citizens.
EXCERPT FROM JANE ADAMS
The dozens of younger children who first came to Hull House were
organized into groups which were not quite classes and not quite clubs…
The public schools then contained little hand work of any sort, so that
naturally any instruction which we provided for the children took the
direction of this… work. But it required a constant effort that the pressure of
poverty itself should not defeat the educational aim. The girls in the sewing
classes would count the day lost when they could carry home a garment, and
the insistence that is should be neatly made seemed (strange) to those in dire
need of clothing.
--Jane Adams
TASK: Imagine that you live in Chicago in the late 1800’s. Write a letter to a family who is
about to immigrate to Chicago. Tell them about the Hull House and the services that it and other
settlement houses provide for immigrants.
Places on the web to find out more information on Hull House and Jane Adams:
https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/progressiveera/hullhouse.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/275272/Hull-House
A rubric for this task will follow separately. This will give me time to go over the rubric with the
class, so everyone knows exactly how they will be graded.
DUE DATE FOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT IS APRIL 22!
SOCIAL STUDIES ASSESSMENT APRIL 22!
Study Hard!
Mrs. Kilkenny