Progressive Era
What are we doing? "We are studying the goals, methods and outcomes of reforming society."
Why are we doing it? "Progressive reform is a constant part of the evolution of society."
When unit is over can you...?
3 formative assignments
1. understand why there was a Progressive Era.
2. understand how the issues were exposed and changed because of muckraking journalism?
3. apply how progressivism is still relevant today?
Gilded Age Vocabulary
Monopoly
Robber Baron
Vertical/Horizontal Integration
Political Machine
Unionization
Muckraker
Gilded
Trust Busting
Progressive
Reform
Progressive belief
The Progressive era changed U.S. society permanently; every aspect of modern American life still shows the impact of the reformers of the era. But what did they want? And why did they want it? The belief of all Progressives - that we really could end all human suffering - was the inspiration for a massive overhaul of American life.
Example of a need for progressive era
On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City. The factory workers, most of them immigrants, nearly all women, ran for the doors to exit, only to find them locked from the outside. The workers crowded to the rooftops and on window ledges as fire engines arrived only to find that neither their hoses nor their ladders could reach high enough to help. Many of the workers (60, by one estimate) chose to jump to their deaths rather than face the fire inside.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was one of the worst industrial accidents in U.S. history. The idea that 248 people might die in such a senseless, seemingly preventable way was a matter of outrage for many Americans. Why had the doors been locked? How could this have happened? The calls to action that followed were emblematic of a spirit of reform that had swept across the U.S. around the turn of the century. This movement, 'Progressivism', would go on to fundamentally change the nation, as well as create a permanent shift in what Americans expected from their governments.
As an idea, Progressivism generally refers to the belief that government or people acting on its behalf can be used to address social problems, inequalities, or inequities facing the nation. As a political term, the Progressive Party was born in 1912 in light of this idea.
Progressive Platforms( Republicans) 1900-1917
Urban reforms- Corruption, crime, disease, fire.
Workers rights- Minimum wage, 5 day work week, 8 daily hours, 40 hour week, safety
Women's rights- suffrage, pay.
Industrial reforms-end monopolies, trusts, strike breaking
Conservation- parks and pollution
Food and drugs- safety, USDA, FDA
Moral reforms- prohibition, fundamentalism
How is it important to you? "Everyone should be able to identify what constitutes Progressivism and its effects."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFlOLyMwnjU 15 min. links industrialization and its corruption and conflict for the need to reform.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FPkuCNSd4X9d2V2OEL640UcUAIjdCfhiZiN4MvvPGIM/edit?usp=sharing Use this Doc
Essential Question: What constitutes progressivism?
Introduction: Progressive_Era intro and amendments.pptx Let's View this power point as a preview of the unit. Feel free to review it after the unit is done.
Activity 1
What is progressivism?
Articles:
Use progressivism organizer from above
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfUYi8ehLMk 1:49 introduction of progressivism
Progressive era concept map.docx Do this organizer on muckrakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_mx6zAqyMM 10:00 Progressive Era Mr Hughes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8i4UBCtoSm6G1XY6z6LwfrLSE3Wyy67sa58UAAEPss/edit?usp=sharing Quick write on Progressive Era
Quick Write: What is Progressive in respects to a progressive Era? Paragraphs
Statement
reason
reason
reason
conclusion
Activity 2
Part 1
What is a muckracker?
A spirit of reform marked the Progressive Era from around 1900 to 1917. It was in this spirit that muckrakers, who were influential journalists, worked to reveal injustices and oversights in society to Americans. Learn how muckrakers raised awareness of America's social, economic and political problems.
I don't know about you, but it's hard for me to pass up a good piece of investigative journalism. This is especially true if a villain goes down or if an underdog triumphs. Sensational news stories aimed at uncovering the truth or exposing corruption grab the public's attention and often bring about change for the better.
In keeping with the mood of the Progressive Era (from around 1900-1917), the pen was used to combat social ills and evils and made calls for reform. Sensational, jaw-dropping articles were written by journalists who set out to investigate and reveal wrong-doing and to prompt American society to fix social, economic and political problems. Popular magazines, such as McClure's and Cosmopolitan, competed for readers and fueled the push for the provocative material. The bottom line for publishers was: the more shocking, the better.
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, president of the United States from 1901-1908, nicknamed these investigative journalists muckrakers. He borrowed the term from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in which a rake was used to dig up filth and muck. The term caught on, and many journalists were proud to be considered muckrakers. Muckrakers presented problems to the American public in such a way as to invoke moral outrage and prompt citizens to take action.
Muckrakers targeted many turn-of-the-century injustices brought on by the large increase of immigrants, the rapid growth of the cities, unregulated big business and the influence of political machines, as well as many other social problems.
Journalists described immigrant ghettoes and the poor living conditions of tenement housing. They revealed the high number of industrial accidents and advocated for tougher health and safety standards. Muckrakers condemned exploitation of child labor and white slave traffic in women. Corruption in business, including unfair trusts, insurance fraud and dangers of patent medicines, were exposed. Muckrakers also criticized abuses of power in politics and government.
In many cases, muckraking articles took on a very serious nature. Magazine editors would often go to great lengths to check the facts as they were reported in their publications. Some muckrakers even lived in the slums they wrote about or worked in the factories they investigated. The factual nature of the muckrakers' articles leant credibility to the message the authors were sending to the American readers.
Progressive Era Muckrakers[1].pdf list of journalists and the topic.
Article:
muckraker pdf.pdf- short reading on muckrakers
Progressive Era and Muckrakers
Video:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gkqME4178AEpnQmXF6bZmgNaNEsgRNQaeK3p8ZevQVo/edit?usp=sharing Death reforms DOC
Ralph Nader
Jamal Khashoggi
James O'Keefe
Greta Thurnberg
Activity: Frayer Model frayer_model progessive era 2.docx
Just how much reform was needed?
Part 5
Activity on "The Jungle"
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o2ONTcCa_2B3S7k_ns3-9pVkuI3tjzGLTqsgajY0CQY/edit?usp=sharing Three excerpts from the jungle.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s0RuAWiHaQHVe_nI1mNe_QECZd1rSWdbQXch7_WnBMI/edit?usp=sharing Class 1 Responses about the jungle excerpts
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E6J2DUa6ThG_5H_XV3EpNRsUDHwTVEvz59ChJim_t0Y/edit?usp=sharing Class 2 Responses
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r9THjEXUyKhRv74bDWtd3mQ4krRtfyJj6uyU-QkSAWA/edit?usp=sharing Class 3 Responses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY0hyPjGjBE 22:57 Great Books "The Jungle"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHF_BWfSPik 2:25 Trailer for Jurgis of the "Jungle"
Exit slip: What constitutes a muckraker?
Quick write/admit slip: What is the link between progressiveness and muckrakers?
Respond on google classroom
Activity 3
How to read a political cartoon
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ds8V6LN4YQ5XGBtwckPfe7ohmj8lMVpFtuzh0yxUGQ/edit?usp=sharing What to look for in a political cartoon.
Activity 4 Progressive Centers Let's analyze a combination of articles, political cartoons, pictures, primary sources and more to gain an understanding of the goals - strategies - outcomes of progressive era reforms.
progressives believe in.pdf Outlined reading on what progressives believe in.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16QoOmJUZGg0j32SkWONQ3MwA4NtpOkrUuai-s4ESBEk/edit?usp=sharing organizer for what progressives believe.
View the following Centers and identify the Progressive Era Reforms.
Do these 5 centers
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t07HVupQzeM8t0JbuNdyTwMS9zhVsIsdT6LTOvouODU/edit?usp=sharing
Question: Why do we need progressivism or reform? What constitutes progressivism?
Center 1
Urban Problems
http://www.ushistory.org/us/38b.asp Urban life
How the Other Half Lives article
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mDmpUaFoGqUoGT9enR72GqpZKQRdAN67esAdt7KAq0Y/edit?usp=sharing Political cartoon immigration
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/city/ Article on Urbanization
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o2ztz5KR6aTysDYeSW2Fsr-Ki0tJT6Xvb-9ari5Xvv4/edit?usp=sharing dumbbell tenements
Center 2
Regulation of Business
http://www.ehow.com/about_5465763_government-regulate-businesses.html Article on why we regulate businesses
USHistory.org Trust Busting article on trusts
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c6x8lQPNDET4HIFg7dJoAvHPeVgF9dIhy48dfsZHj1Y/edit?usp=sharing Trust busting
Center 3
Conservation
USHistory.org Conservation article
Library of Congress Conservation article
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zbOEjGz-GvtvgbYFEjOMniW9Q_ngDTwoGH4oxg-vd0k/edit?usp=sharing Conservation Cartoons
Center 4
Women's Rights
National Women's History Museum Search for articles on many issues with women. Its a museum!
USHistory.org Women's Rights article
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wEFB3VDyFZ4sRU-4olJVjZrRUZ0F9N3L37B8euxgSWE/edit?usp=sharing political cartoon
Center 5
Food & Drug Safety
USHistory.org Meat Packing Industry article
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d9lTtevN00RJ7yqplxgCOgpy58mkW-Y01Qcu4ep45s8/edit?usp=sharing article
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gRbz3iLt6PH9pw47i3Sc-MztIFRlZduvJKrNRCrbiFo/edit?usp=sharing Meat industry cartoons
Rubric on the 5 centers
2- in all the way on Progressivism
1- in a little but not much on progressivism
Activity 5 Child Labor DBQ
Before there was teenagers, adolescence, and education some children were exploited for their labor. Lets look at Child labor before and during the progressive era.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IggXbW6YEHmX0XfZ28d31GtXrmgt8Fw9tPCpIHusC8U/edit?usp=sharing
Activity 6 Make a trading card of Progressivism
Enduring Question: How progressive was Wisconsin under LaFollette?
Progressive Era Trading Cards 1900.docx This is the activity for all progressives.
Or
Wisconsin Under Robert "Fighting Bob" LaFollette was a leading progressive state.
Reading 1 http://www.biography.com/people/robert-m-la-follette-40226#synopsis Who was Robert LaFollette?
Reading 2 http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-035/ Robert LaFollette
Progressive "Wisconsin Idea"
Reading 3 Progressivism reading Wisconsin Ideaprintfriendly.pdf Wisconsin Leads the country in progressive politics. past
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-036/?action=more_essay original version
View today's progressive issues
Reading 4 https://progressive.org
https://progressive.org/magazine The magazine Championing grassroots progressive politics, civil liberties, human rights, economic justice, a healthy environment, and a reinvigorated democracy.
Create a playing card
How much of a super star was Robert LaFollette in the progressive world?
Create a playing card about Lafollette's accomplishments as a super star progressive.
Read the above links and pull out the most impressive details of Robert Lafollette and what he accomplished.
What is a trading card? Why are they created?
A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia).[1] There is a wide variation of different types of cards. Modern cards even go as far as to include swatches of game worn memorabilia, autographs, and even DNA hair samples of their subjects.
Trading cards are traditionally associated with sports; baseball cards are especially well-known. Cards dealing with other subjects like Pokémon are often considered a separate category from sports cards, known as non-sports trading cards. These often feature cartoons, comic book characters, television series and film stills. In the 1990s, cards designed specifically for playing games became popular enough to develop into a distinct category, collectible card games. These tend to use either fantasy subjects or sports as the basis for game play.
Two sites for creating trading cards.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html Trading card creator
http://www.mypokecard.com/en/ trading card creator (like Pokémon)
Share your cards with others. What were the highlights of La Follette's career?
War on Progressive politics
Reading 5 progressive era Scott Walkers War on Wisconsinprint friendly.pdf Scott walkers war on progressive politics. present
http://progressive.org/news/2015/02/187987/scott-walkers-war-wisconsin Original version
progressive Wisconsin State Government organizer.docx
Is Wisconsin still Progressive?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R3gEgW6y3tcptNlWADuor7QxdOmhadbifgvTbFt1230/edit?usp=sharing Organizer after activity.
Final assessment Progressive Era
Directions: Use the information below to answer the questions in the red link below
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JF777_mbiv3Ofl1WnVnOZijfEBQlV5pkYKoJgq5bf6E/edit?usp=sharing Use this organizer for assessment
Progressive Era differentiation blue final.docx Differentiated version by teacher permission only.
Henry Ford quote:
"The job of the Industrialist is to make the highest goods possible, at the lowest cost possible, while paying the highest wages possible" ~Ford
With Henry Ford's great generosity towards his workers, his business grew rapidly and wealthy. He also did not discriminate based on race. ... Henry Ford was an industrialist and a social progressive who greatly influenced American history in the 20th century
INFORMATION
Part 1 Prohibition
Use the resources below and complete the section on prohibition.
Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure
Prohibition Images (Google Search)
Prohibition Resources (articles, images and more)
America Goes Dry with Prohibition (video)
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Part 2 Women's Rights
Big question: What constitutes progressivism? What matters, why does it matter, how do we know?
Use the resources below and complete the Women's rights section.
Why Do Women Still Earn Less Than Men?
Woman's Rights (Google Image Search)
Introduction to Women in the Progressive Era
Click here to access two videos (password clue: Where are you?)
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part 3- Business Regulation
BIG QUESTION:What constitutes progressivism? What matters, why does it matter, how do we know?
Is business regulation punishing entrepreneurial success?
READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES TO FIND EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE BIG QUESTION.
The Muckraker vs. the Millionaire
History of monopolies in the United States.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V_2neIi-SPNMeTuhklMvMdv8pCjUYC0IPqKErBNcj6k/edit?usp=sharing Beef trust cartoon
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Part 4- Food Safety
BIG QUESTION:
Is it the government's responsibility to keep food safe or the free market?
READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES TO FIND EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE BIG QUESTION.
Click here to access two videos (password clue: Where are you?)
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Part 5-Child Labor
BIG QUESTION:What constitutes progressivism? What matters, why does it matter, how do we know?
Are Child Labor Laws progressive or are they an infringement on civil liberties?
READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES TO FIND EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE BIG QUESTION.
Photographs of Child Labor: 1900-1937- Open the link to photographs of child labor. Pick your favorite picture. What do you like about it? What inferences can you make about child labor by studying the photographs?
Go to the U.S. Department of Labor website and open "child labor presentation for teens."
Child Labor in the Canning Industry in Maryland (primary source document)
The Fight to End Child Labor (Video)
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Part 6-Conservation
BIG QUESTION:What constitutes progressivism? What matters, why does it matter, how do we know?
What is the right balance between conservation and economic development?
READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES TO FIND EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE BIG QUESTION.
Progressive Era Centers new.docx both sets of questions red and blue
When unit is over can you...?
3 formative assignments
1. understand why there was a Progressive Era.
2. understand how the issues were exposed and changed because of muckraking journalism?
3. apply how progressivism is still relevant today?