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Additional Lessons 1 - 10 of 75 for William McKinley
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1. Timeline of William McKinley's Life
Corner Graphic McKinley Educational Lesson Plans Online Catalog Grade Level 3 State Standards: History: 1. Define and measure time by years, decades, centuries. 2. Place local historical events in sequential order on a timeline. 3. Describe changes in a community over time including changes in businesses, architecture, physical features, employmen...
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Grade Level: 3-5
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2. The Road to Emerald City Is Paved with Good Intentions
...omist Hugh Rockoff relates the characters in L. Frank Baum's classic to various parties in turn-of-the-century America. According to Rockoff, Dorothy represents traditional American values; the Scarecrow represents farmers; the Tin Woodman represents industrial workers; the Cowardly lion represents William Jennings Bryan, the unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate and the standard bearer for the silver movement; the Wicked Witch of the West represents President William McKinley; and the Wizard of Oz represents Marcus Alonzo Hanna, the chairman of the Republican party, depicted by Baum as a person who makes promises but...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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3. The Assassin's Hand
...gs, speeches, graphic displays, and computer-based programs. Materials -Classroom copies of the play Julius Caesar (Most tenth grade literature books contain the play.) -Library resource materials -Pencil -Note cards -Pen -Paper Preparations Teacher should be familiar with the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Teacher should do a study of the life of William Shakespeare before reading the play. Teacher could research and provide a list of names of assassinated victims, such as John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Kennedy, Yitzhak Rabin, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Thomas A. Becket, Mahatma G...
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Grade Level: 6-8
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4. The Turn of the Century
...These and the personalities of the people who created them transformed America into the diverse melting pot that it has become. View Teacher Notes The Task You are a historical person from the turn of the century. You have been invited to attend a celebration for the President of the United States, William McKinley. A fancy tea will be held in the president's honor at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on December 2, 1900. In order to show the variety of supporters the president has, the organizers of the tea have invited a wide cross-section of society. Along with many of the famous writers, inventors, industrial mogo...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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5. White Man's Burden: Expansionism & Anti-Imperialism
...mperialism? How might these same factors and concerns affect the extension of US influence and power since the turn of the century? Resources General Information Anti-Imperialist http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/ai_lit.html Mark Twain http://www.historywiz.com/primarysources/marktwain-imperialism.htm William Jennings Bryan http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/peopleevents/pande34.html http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/ail/bryan.html Sixto and Clemencia Lopez http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/ail/zwick98a.html http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/wj/wj_19020607.html http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/kipling/lopez_wmb.html Katharine Lee Bates http:...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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6. Gilded Age Lesson Plan: The Issue of Bimetallism in the Late Nineteenth-Century
...2, you will need the primary source readings. Student Preparation: Students should read the textbook section dealing with the issue of bimetallism, which usually is in a part dealing with farmers and populism. This section usually will end with a discussion of the presidential campaign of 1896 and William Jennings Bryan's famous "Cross of Gold" speech. If students have access to the Internet, or if the previous day, you have access to the Internet in the classroom for 10 minutes, students can watch the video: The Presidential Campaign of 1896, Part 2, by Michael Kazin, Ph.D., Georgetown University. (To save the video, right c...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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7. Gilded Age Lesson Plan: The Issue of Bimetallism in the Late Nineteenth-Century
...2, you will need the primary source readings. Student Preparation: Students should read the textbook section dealing with the issue of bimetallism, which usually is in a part dealing with farmers and populism. This section usually will end with a discussion of the presidential campaign of 1896 and William Jennings Bryan's famous "Cross of Gold" speech. If students have access to the Internet, or if the previous day, you have access to the Internet in the classroom for 10 minutes, students can watch the video: The Presidential Campaign of 1896, Part 2, by Michael Kazin, Ph.D., Georgetown University. This video gives an excelle...
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Grade Level: 3-5
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8. Timeline Fun
...elebrate America" Pre-made timeline At least five computers with internet access An additional computer to open Timeliner 4.0 Timeliner 4.0 Worksheet "Your Day" Procedure Sponge Activity: "Celebrate America" will be playing as the students enter the room. James Madison, James Polk, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and George W. Bush will be written in random order on the board. (Note: These Presidents are those who have served during the United State's involvement in a war. This is not the focus of the lesson plan, but simply a method I used to...
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Grade Level: 3-5
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9. September 6, 1901| President McKinley Assassinated
Leon Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a concealed revolver in this 1905 drawing, "Assassination of President McKinley," by T. Dart Walker. On Sept. 6, 1901, Leon Czolgosz stepped from a crowd at the World's Fair in Buffalo and, using a revolver hidden under his handkerchief, fired two shots at President William McKinley, who died eight days later. As the S...
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Grade Level: K-12
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10. McKinley's Foreign Policy
Net Investigations Home Page English Math Science Social Studies US History A Link to Student Activity US Becomes a World Power Title: McKinley's Foreign Policy Skill: Historical Document Analysis Teacher Lesson Plan Description: This plan will teach students how to evaluate presidential foreign policy decisions, using President William McKinley's policy regarding the Philippines before and after the Spanish-American War. Students will read an excerpt from McKinley...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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