Conservatism Lesson Plans

1. The Industrial Revolution
...of people in society (gender, children, socio-economic class, etc.). 2. Students will evaluate the impact of industrialization on the environment. 3. Students will compare and contrast the new ideologies which developed in response to the conditions/abuses of the Industrial Revolution (liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and communism). _ Duration: One class period, 42 minutes _ Materials/Web Resources: SMART Board and SMART Notebook software (if unavailable, please use a projector in conjunction with a white/chalk board), United Streaming _ Procedure: 1. The teacher will address class. 2. Students will...

2. The Givens Foundation: K-12 Curricula: Curriculum Index
...hes, Sterling Brown and Margaret Walker. Suggested recordings, books, and web sites related to these four authors are listed in a section of supplements, following. Activities: 1. Prior to discussing the poems, clarify the historical context. Following World War I, the 1920s was a time of increased conservatism in the United States. There were Klu Klux Klan agitation, a strong anti-immigration movement, economic conservatism with the rich getting richer, and emphasis on materialism and conformity. While most important white literary figures were railing against the materialism, shallow values, and cultural...

3. The Past Is Gone, But Not Forgotten
...Evaluation / Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on written journal response, participation in class discussions, and written analysis of the value of preserving a specific historic site in their community or town. Vocabulary: scythes, fertile, unaccustomed, tilling, farmstead, frugality, conservatism, gumption, remnant, agricultural, testimonies, mechanism, evocative, replenished, ingenious, resolve, modernization, dismal, introspection, curator, sanitized, consolidated, nostalgia, rural, decrepit Extension Activities: 1. Research landmarks related to a historical figure (such as Martin Luther K...

4. Undercover-ed?
...gly, omnipresent, nostalgia, myriad, contingency, levied, monotheistic, pantheon, crusades, jihads, seditiousness, culminated, enigmatic, degenerated, niche, purists, tenured, gadfly, oxymoron, self-indulgent, blog, gerrymandered, disproportionate, incurably, pre-eminence, Hobbesian, cult, elitist, conservatism, esoteric, deteriorating, speculative, commodities, unfettered, loathing, civil liberties, irreplaceable, metaphors, alumni, meritocracy, legacy, disparages, axioms, tethered, underutilized, pecking order, pandemic, multifaceted, ubiquitous, paranoid, concealing, distorting, partisan, unpatriotic, s...

5. No More Freedom Fries?
...tion / Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on their responses to the opening exercise, participation in group research and article segment writing, and completion of one-page responses for homework. Vocabulary: gaggle, unabashedly, work ethic, upward mobility, genuflect, tar, compassionate conservatism, teetotalers, bellicose Extension Activities: 1. Compare France's post-election protests in 2007 to those it experienced in the fall of 2005. Which parties were involved? What issues were they protesting? What role did Mr. Sarkozy play in each? Create a presentation for your class. 2. Write a featur...

6. Stand Up for Her Rights
...e purpose of education, or are there many possible purposes? Do you think that everyone has the right to education (consider various groups to whom education is sometimes denied, including minorities, women, prisoners, or the mentally ill)? Do you think that progressivism should always win out over conservatism? In practice, which of these viewpoints do you think usually prevails? Evaluation / Assessment: Students will be evaluated on participation in Warm-up activity, participation in class discussion, participation in group preparation, participation in class forum, and completion of analysis and proposa...

7. The Final Countdown
...journal responses, contributions to the class electoral college pamphlet, participation in group discussions, well-informed battleground state and election predictions, and thoughtful response to the outcome of the 2004 election. Vocabulary: intensity, tinglingly, deployed, stump, furor, trending, conservatism, wooing, troika, third-party, hairbreadth, treacherous Extension Activities: 1. In the 2004 Election Guide interactive graphic (http:// www.nytimes.com/packages/html/politics/2004_ELECTIONGUIDE_GRAPHIC/ ), The New York Times addresses the "Nader Factor," or those states where Independent and Reform...

8. Remembering to Never Forget
...nds reform, revolution, and social change in the world economy of the early 20th century. Benchmarks: Understands the industrial power of Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States in the early 20th century; Understands prominent features and ideas of liberalism, social reformism, conservatism, and socialism in the early 20th century; Understands events that led to revolutions in the early 20th century World History Standard 39- Understands the causes and global consequences of World War I. Benchmarks: Understands events that contributed to the outbreak of World War I; Understands how dif...

9. Women and the Law Ladies of the 80's: 1780's, 1880's, 1980's
...ercised. Law practices began to prevail and with that, a closer application of the more conservative aspects of English common law. Bar association and professional training for lawyers were evident before the Revolution, but they increased in their influence, contributing to the even greater legal conservatism after 1776. There was an increasing reliance on the Blackstone's Commentaries of Common Law, and thus, a declining legal status for women.(7) QUOTATIONS FROM THIS ERA: Abigail Adams to her husband John, the future 2nd president of the United States: "Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of...