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Theme Team Worksheets for The Journal of Sean Sullivan

This set of worksheets provides reading questions and writing tasks that cover five themes (work, corruption, tensions among immigrant groups, conflict with Indians, boomtowns) found in the historical fiction book, The Journal of Sean Sullivan.

Tags: American West, Common Core Reading, Common Core Writing, Expansion and Imperialism, Immigration and Migration, railroads, Technology
Item Type: Worksheet
Date: 2011

Active Viewing: 1877: The Grand Army of Starvation

In this activity, students watch a short clip from the ASHP documentary 1877: The Grand Army of Starvation to learn about the impact of railroad expansion on Americans and the nation as a whole. After watching the clip, students complete the “Technological Turning Points and their Impact” worksheet in order to examine the positive and…

Tags: Active Viewing, Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Labor Activism, railroads, Technology
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Date: 2011

Themes in The Journal of Sean Sullivan

This is a list of the book’s themes along with the related journal entries.

Tags: American West, Expansion and Imperialism, Immigration and Migration, railroads, Technology
Item Type: Worksheet
Date: 2011

Reading Historical Fiction: The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker

In this activity, students are guided through a close reading of The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, a fictional book for young readers based on historical sources. Students will read a short excerpt from the beginning of the book and determine the meaning of key words. Working in groups, students will then read…

Tags: American West, Common Core Reading, Expansion and Imperialism, Immigration and Migration, railroads, Technology
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Date: 2011

Vocabulary for The Journal of Sean Sullivan

This is a basic vocabulary list to use with this book. There are other words and terms that your students may want to add in the space provided at the end.

Tags: American West, Common Core Reading, Expansion and Imperialism, Immigration and Migration, railroads, Reading Supports, Technology
Item Type: Worksheet
Date: 2011

Technological Turning Points and their Impact

In this activity, students will look at images of various types of technology (eg. TV, video games, subway) and determine which ones are “technological turning points.” To help evaluate whether or not something is a “technological turning point,” students will complete a worksheet that identifies each technology's economic, social,…

Tags: Smartboard, Technology, Turning Points
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Date: 2011

Technological Turning Points and their Impact Worksheet

This worksheet is designed to help students evaluate the impact of a particular kind of technology and decide if and how it was a "technological turning point."

Tags: Technology, Turning Points
Item Type: Worksheet
Date: 2011

Items tagged Technology (7 total)