LESSON TITLE: The Homestead Steel Mill Strike of 1892

Name: Alec Peek Grade: 11 Date: 5/14/18

Subject Area: US Time Duration:

History 4:00-4:35

The Content:

1. CA Content Standard(s) and Common Core Standards Addressed:

 CA Content Standards: 11.2 Students analyze the relationship among the rise of
industrialization, largescale rural-to-urban migration, and massive immigration
from Southern and Eastern Europe.
o 2.Describe the changing landscape, including the growth of cities linked by
industry and trade, and the development of cities divided according to race,
ethnicity, and class.
 Common Core Standard: 9. Integrate information from diverse sources, both
primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event,
noting discrepancies among sources.

2. Objective(s):

Purpose is to guide instruction toward a coherent goal. Should be a significant and measurable
statement of what students will know or be able to do as a result of the lesson. Most easily
measurable when written in behavioral terms, but can also be cognitive, affective terms.

 Students should analyze and understand the dispute between Labor unions and big
business (i.e. Philanthropy, Carnegie, Etc.). As well as look at the big picture in how thins
event played a role in the American Labor Movement of the late 19th century. Although
the strike failed, it showed that workers and their unions were not to be taken lightly.

3. Materials

 Materials used for this lesson are: Primary source documents, such as pictures and letters.
Videos, explaining how the Homestead strike began and its entirety. Online articles from
a secondary source. Online programs, such as Socrative to asses a student’s knowledge
on the topic. As well as the lesson itself to give students a grasp on what happened during
this manutentions event.

Teaching the Content:

4. Anticipatory Set/Motivation (Engaging Students)

Purpose is to access prior knowledge, cue attention and create interest. Set introduces the lesson
but should not overwhelm the lesson. A good set seamlessly flows into instruction.

 The opener will consist of introducing the new topic to the students, going over the CA
and Common Core standards for the certain section that the class will be going over. A
“Previously Learned” slide that will refresh student’s memory of what happened in the
previous class lesson. Finally, the last part of the opener will have a 5 min YouTube video
talking about the Homestead Strike, essentially a “In a Nut shell” video. This will then
transition into Instruction. Lastly, they will look at essential questions which students will
need to think about for the entire lesson and answer at the end.

5. Instruction & Checking for Understanding

Instruction: Purpose is to present information, usually new material. May be direct,

collaborative, experiential, etc. For your lesson, you will deliver information through direct
instruction.

Checking for Understanding: Purpose is for teachers to ensure that students comprehend
information and are ready to use it. Usually occurs as monitoring during instruction. This is
not the same as guided practice and must occur before guided practice. Often a series of
questions related to the Instruction directed to the class. Teacher solicits cues from class that
indicate understanding of the instructional concept.

 The lesson will be including information about the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the
major players that were included with this certain event. Class will be looking at the
background of this event, as well as Andrew Carnegie, the owner of the Steel Mill, Henry
Clay Frick, the foremen of the steel mill, tasked with breaking up the strike. The
Pinkertons, a detective/ security agency that was hired by Frick to break the strike
quickly, along with an end cap slide that will go over deaths, injuries, and the significance
of the event. Laced through the lesson, there will be check point questions to ensure that
students are understanding the material, this will also asses how the students to learning
about the topic and how they might respond to questions or homework.

Using the Content:

6. Guided Practice

Purpose is to ensure that students can use new information properly. Teacher (or some other
expert) provides timely, useful feedback to students before they work independently. This
consists of students using information under supervision. Here is a good time to incorporate
collaborative activity.
  Guided Practice will consist of an activity that will involve students in a debate among
themselves. Students will have homework over the weekend to read an article about the
event from the eyes of a union. An article from the AFL-CIO that looks at what happened
in the Homestead strike will give students talking points about the event. I will assist
students in any questions that they may have about the article or the debate itself. I will
also play the role as moderator of the debate.

7. Independent Practice

Purpose is to allow students to use new information independently, without direct supervision.
May occur during class if time permits or as homework.

 Independent Proactive will consists of Homework, a 1-2 page paper about the event. “Put
yourselves in the shoes of the workers during the Homestead Strike. What is going
through your mind? Are you scared, nervous about losing your job, or do you think that
this strike will benefit you and your fellow workers for future disputes? Explain your
answer in a 1-2-page paper. Use examples from the lecture, video, and external reading
that I will post online. Due on Friday at the end of the week. Good Luck!” Students will
have enough information to complete with assignment with ease.

Summing Up the Learning:

8. Closure

Purpose is to summarize new learning for students. Usually performed by the teacher, it answers
questions like, “So what? Why did we do this? What is this good for?” Closure wraps up the
lesson for students.

 The wrap up will look back on the essential questions and have the students write their
answers on a piece of paper as their exit slip. “How were American workers treated
before and after the Homestead Strike? How does this show progress for the American
worker in the late 19th century?” They will hand this in to leave.

Measuring Learning:

9. Assessment

Purpose is to evaluate student performance of the objectives. Should reflect each element of
each objective. Usually performed by students individually with teacher monitoring integrity.
Must be valid and reliable. Place this in unit lesson plan.

 For this part of the lesson I will reflect on how the students absorbed the information that
I presented. I will find the strength and weaknesses of the lesson and work on them
accordingly for future classes.