Homework Due:
For today, finish watching the film and complete the Film Analysis. We stopped the film at the 40:00 mark.

Additional Resources:
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Topic:
Populism and the Election of 1896

Daily Goal(s):
Understand the populist (farmers’) revolt of the 1890s

Lesson Plan:
Today will be broken up into three questions, each of which we’ll explore with a set of documents. Firstly, we’ll consider the plight of farmers in the late nineteenth century.

Secondly, we’ll examine why the populists were drawn to William Jennings Bryan.

Then, we’ll evaluate the validity of the farmers’ claims.

Assigned Homework:
TBA