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 * The Progressive Era** //__The growth of the transportation and communication industries fueled the Second Industrial Revolution__// //During the early 1900’s the Progressive movement arose to redress the negative impact of industrialization and resulted in many wide-reaching reforms that affected __American political, social, and economic life__// //__The Progressive Era impacted all people of the United States, including the most powerful and those with no power at all__//

Objectives for the unit: (Students will be able to...) 1. Define and describe the Progressive Era, its key issues, people, and events. 2. Make a strong argument of opinion about the successes and failures of the era. 3. Identify main ideas and supporting details in a reading. 4. Thoughtfully mark up a text. 5. Analyze images and political cartoons. 6. Define and explain essential Key Terms:
 * Progressivism, Progressive Era, Progressives
 * Muckraker
 * Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Upton Sinclair, Thomas Nast
 * Reform
 * Legislation
 * 16th Amendment
 * Federal Reserve Act
 * 19th Amendment
 * Meat Inspection Act
 * Pure Food and Drug Act
 * Sherman Antitrust Act & Clayton Antitrust Act
 * Segregation
 * Suffrage
 * Political Corruption
 * Political Machines
 * Trust-busting
 * Settlement Houses and Jane Addams
 * Theodore Roosevelt
 * Woodrow Wilson

__**Activities:**__ 1. Review Immigration in "Stations" 2. Practice "marking up" with Progressive Era intro reading 3. Connect what we know and what we will learn with "America: The Story of Us" movie introducing Progressivism with an anecdote re: the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire media type="custom" key="12881354" 4. Read Henry George and discuss Social Darwinism v. the Social Gospel 5. Debate Social Darwinism v. the Social Gospel 6. Social Gospel leads to learning about Jane Addams and Settlement Houses
 * THESE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES AND ACTIVITIES WILL ILLUSTRATE EACH OF THE PROBLEM AREAS WHERE REFORMS TOOK PLACE IN THE PROGRESSIVE ERA. YOUR JOB IN THE PROJECT WILL BE TO RESEARCH AND PRESENT SOLUTIONS OR REFORMS FOR SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS.**
 * Here is ANOTHER video regarding the Triangle Shirtwaist fire
 * Read and find main idea of document [[file:Henry George document.pages]]
 * 2-day debate
 * Looking at historical points of view in partner work with Herbert Spencer and William Jennings Bryan biographies


 * Hull House reading and worksheet[[image:Tenement_Floor_Plan.jpg width="424" height="278" align="left" caption="Dumb bell floor plan of some tenement houses"]]
 * HW: Class Differences and Urban Life worksheet and Read Ch.6 Sec. 3 and complete worksheet
 * Class Activity: Discuss things from the reading that were surprising, interesting or important
 * media type="youtube" key="FDmPcSWE0WU" height="315" width="420"
 * Music Video that we watched in 8-2 Group relating to modern day "social work"
 * Homework corrections in partners
 * Brain frame Hull House and Jane Addams

7. African-Americans at the Turn of the 20th Century media type="youtube" key="cI8HLYPBgkY" height="315" width="560"
 * "Hopes Raised and Denied" Slavery-->Freedom/Reconstruction-->Rights Denied
 * 2 Day Movie with key terms and concepts worksheets
 * Chapter 7 Section 3 Reading and Worksheet for homework
 * Look at W.E.B. Dubois v. Booker T. Washington points of view [[file:WashingtonDubois.doc]]
 * [[image:WEB_and_Booker.jpg width="508" height="374"]]
 * Narratives and Accounts of Jim Crow South [|Narratives of Jim Crow]

8. Quiz

9. TRUST-BUSTING and REGULATING BIG BUSINESS Panel Discussion Simulation and group work.

10. Monsanto Video and Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" reading (Compare to business regulation simulation) Link to video from class: http://video.pbs.org/video/1143263943/

Monsanto video clip from Food, Inc.: http://youtu.be/2P1CJ7IEt0c

11. Political Cartoons, Thomas Nast, Boss Tweed, and Political Corruption media type="youtube" key="YildL_ilQFY" height="315" width="560"

10. Women and Public Life media type="youtube" key="YNOznB9NV-Y" height="315" width="420"media type="youtube" key="Kax3Aknlio4" height="315" width="420"

Which event do you think was the most important for women's rights? WHY???

Women during the Progressive Era actively campaigned for reforms in __education__, __children's welfare__, __temperance__, and __suffrage__.

10. Growth of Cities causes new problems with politics: Political Corruption and reforms 11. Review tenement houses and reforms 12. Review working conditions and reforms 13. Introduce Theodore Roosevelt and Trust-Busting 14. Resume project, examining resources in computer lab 15. Share projects 16. Review this unit with the following activity: Match the Progressive Era legislation/event with the appropriate description on the right side. DIRECTIONS: On the bottom half of the page there are three columns. List the issues Progressives sought to address in the column "Issues." For instance, Progressives sought to address working conditions, so one issue would be "Working Conditions."
 * Discuss political cartoon analysis
 * I See...It Means and cartoon analysis with Boss Tweed (Thomas Nast) cartoons
 * read Reforming Government and answer the following questions:
 * 1) What characterized the secret ballot?
 * 2) In what ways was Robert La Follett’s Wisconsin Idea ambitious?
 * 3) Why was the Texas hurricane of 1900 a mixed blessing for Galveston?
 * Text reading and worksheet for HW
 * Whole class I See...It Means of tenements with focus on what laws would help fix problems
 * Text reading and worksheet for HW
 * Whole class I See...It Means of factory pictures with focus on what laws would help fix problems
 * Examine the infographic on page 525 and answer the Skills Focus question: What was the biggest obstacle preventing the workers' escape from the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?
 * [[file:Reforming the workplace.docx]]
 * Text reading and worksheet for HW
 * Cartoon analysis/I See...It Means to look at which businesses and industries will be regulated
 * Upton Sinclair and The Jungle reading and analysis
 * Read the selection of American Literature on page 528. The book by Upton Sinclair is called The Jungle. Based on what you read, why do you think he called his book The Jungle?
 * What dangers to workers and to food does Sinclair describe?
 * What does The Jungle suggest about reasons workers would want to form unions?

In the middle column match the laws/events from the top half to the issues each addressed. For instance, one law that addressed working conditions would be #8, the Meat Inspection Act of 1906. Because the Meat Inspection Act was also a way to regulate big business and protect consumers, this law could be matched with multiple issues so be sure to note the ones that could be in multiple rows.

In the third column, note Activists/Reformers/Muckrakers associated with the law/event that was addressing the issue. Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle" to expose problems in the meatpacking industry, so he would be an example of somebody for the third column in the row "Working Conditions/#8 Meat Inspection Act."

17. PROCESSING exercise connecting progress and reform to modern day Brookline (See Below)

__**Hand-outs from Class:**__

(Intro to Progressive Era- document we marked up for homework)

(Original Project Assignment)

(Updated Project Assignment)

(Henry George Document used prior to the debate on Social Darwinism and Social Gospel)









__**Templates, Directions, Rubrics, Graphic Organizers (For Learning Strategies We Will Use Regularly):**__







__**Some Resources for your Project:**__ >
 * [|Progressive Era overview - Digital History - many great links within]
 * [|Progressive Era Timeline]
 * [|Chart of Progressive Reforms (scroll to bottom)]
 * [|The Progressive Presidents & their reforms]
 * [|Primary Sources - LOC - 1900-1929]
 * [|The Progressive magazine - history & mission]
 * [|Muckrakers and Reformers]

PROCESSING
Brainstorm from your lives in Brookline and what you have observed in your community. If need be, use
 * 1) What is one example of progress in Brookline? Cite a recent issue that you feel was a problem but has now been addressed.
 * 2) Identify a problem area that you feel still needs to be addressed in Brookline.
 * 3) Offer a solution to that problem.

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