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Curated OER

HOW ABOUT A T-BONE?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners investigate the events that created the historical context for the Progressive Era in the United States. They evaluate the conflicts of business and common people of the time. The research is done using primary and secondary...
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Curated OER

Manufacture of Ground Beef

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners study the proper temperature and technique to cook ground meat safely. They examine the critical control points when ground beef is being processed.
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Curated OER

Paying With Their Health

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the plight of immigrant workers. In this undocumented immigrant lesson, students compare the worker of the Industrialization era to the undocumented immigrant workers of today. Students read and discuss literature about...
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Curated OER

What Makes the Writer Write

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students chose a novel which includes social criticism to read. After reading the book, they use the internet to research the issue in the novel and work with others to develop a presentation. In their presentation, they identify the...
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Curated OER

Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders interpret and analyze political cartoons. In this primary source analysis lesson, 11th graders examine the implications of Industrialization as they respond to questions regarding selected political cartoons about the...
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Article
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Upton Sinclair's the Jungle: Muckraking the Meat Packing Industry

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jungle dives into the terrible working conditions in the meat-packing industry which led to investigations and new food safety laws.
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C-SPAN

C Span American Writers: Upton Sinclair and Muckrakers

For Students 9th - 10th
A companion to C-SPAN's series, this site features a brief biography of Upton Sinclair, the text of his influential book, "The Jungle," and links to information about the Chicago Stockyards, as well as to other sites about Sinclair and...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published as a serial in the Appeal to Reason 1905, one work is The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. It exposed harsh working conditions in the meat packing industry.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Upton Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a link to a biography of Upton Sinclair and a link to the complete text of his famous work The Jungle.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Upton Sinclair: A Progressive Era Muckraker

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will describe how Upton Sinclair's The Jungle reflected issues of the Progressive Era.
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SparkNotes

Spark Notes: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a study guide for "The Jungle." It includes chapter summaries, context, characters, study questions, and essay topics.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Migrant Struggle: Upton Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
Muckraker Upton Sinclair is featured in this brief biography drawing particular attention to his novel, "The Jungle," written to alert people to the inhumane treatment of immigrant workers. See "Upton Sinclair Activities" for related...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From the Jungle

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: The Jungle

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on Upton Sinclair's landmark novel, "The Jungle," describing its importance and giving an outline of the plot.
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Other

The Literature Network: Upton Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical details on Upton Sinclair, noted American muckraker, social activist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize winning author who wrote The Jungle (1906).
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The Jungle" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Exhaustive 19-page "The Jungle" teacher's guide includes items such as chapter summaries, pre-reading discussion questions, chapter-by-chapter study questions, significant quotations, vocabulary, and post-reading discussion questions.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Upton Beall Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography, selected publications, and a list of further reading.
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The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Workers and Reformers in Turn of the Century Chicago

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning with primary resources examines the plight of workers during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and compares the perspective of sociologists to that of writers like Upton Sinclair.
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Cengage Learning

Houghton Mifflin Company: The Jungle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Houghton Mifflin Company, presents various ways to examine one of the most powerful books of the century.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The Jungle" Teacher Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Get chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions, discussion questions and ideas for extending the study of the novel beyond the text. Also includes some background information about the author and novel.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Muckrakers

For Students 5th - 8th
Sometimes a pen can be wielded more lethally than a sword. Read about the brave muckrakers who exposed corruption and injustice in government and business. These journalists attacked different areas, but the result was an introduction to...
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Website
US National Archives

Nara: American Originals: Meat Packing House Inspections

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this National Archives and Records Administration site for a short explanation of the term "muckraker," and for a quote by Sinclair, whose writings influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act in 1907.
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Biography of Amer: Philip Armour and Packing House Conditions

For Students 9th - 10th
Philip Armour, an industry titan in the meat industry, made his money by exploiting the need of his workers for jobs. Read about the deplorable conditions the workers endured in the packinghouses and in the shanty towns in which they...
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Website
Texas A&M University

Texas A&m University: Meat Inspection

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive breakdown of the laws and processes of meat inspection. Very informative.

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