Student Learning Objective (SLO)

High-Risk Issue (Why is it difficult for the students?)

Enhanced Academic Support (activity or way that the SLO is presented?)  Be specific

Evaluation (How will you measure?)  Be Specific

Explain the rise of big business and labor unions

Students have trouble understanding the relationship between the rise of big business and the development of labor unions.

Students will listen to a presentation over the relationship of the rise of big business and the emergence of labor unions.

Students will be evaluated based on the pretest question related to this objective.  This question will be included in the Exam for the appropriate unit.

Analyze the main reform movements of the 19^th and 20^th centuries

Summarize the causes and consequences of the major foreign wars of the 19^th and 20^th centuries

Students have difficulty understanding the causes and consequences of the major foreign wars

Students will listen to multiple presentations over the relationship of the rise of big business and the emergence of labor unions.

Students will be evaluated based on the pretest question related to this objective.  This question will be included in the Exam for the appropriate unit.

Evaluate the principal changes of U.S. foreign policy during this period

Examine the major social and cultural issues of the 19^th and 20^th centuries

Students have difficulty relating to the cultural and social movements of this time period

Students will watch an applicable film and write a critical analysis of its content.

Pretest Question: 18 & 20

Critical analysis of cultural or social issues in this period which includes information from film, lecture and relevant reading material.  (Assignment and rubric attached.)