The Jungle

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8.H.3.2 - Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States

8.H.3.3 Explain how individuals and groups have influenced economic, political and social change in North Carolina and the United States.

Blue: Analyze the excerpt. Evaluate the working conditions of the new immigrant in the meat factory; Is it possible to see this happen in our society today?

Orange: Analyze the excerpt. Evaluate the the way meat was made and handled in the meat factory; Is it possible to see this happen in our society today?

Yellow: Analyze the excerpt. Evaluate the the way meat was made and handled in the meat factory; Is it possible to see this happen in our society today?

All Groups Must answer the following: Questions from the Jungle Readings

How can we interpret the growth of Cities from reading the Jungle?
How did immigrants play a role in society? What were their working conditions/ living conditions like?
What were some of the conditions workers faced in the meatpacking industry?
How can we interpret those conditions experienced there to represent other industries? What industries might have similar working conditions?
Child labor was still a thing, How did children perform in these environments? Is there a law in place that prevent this from happening today?
What was created after Upton Sinclair published this book to counter the claims he made of the Meat Packing Industry?
Who wants to go to lunch now that we read?