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Progressivism. Emily Gordon Unit and Lesson Plans For College Prep Classes – 11 th Grade SO 572. If you could change one aspect of American life, whether it be in politics, moral beliefs, social standards of acceptance, education or the economy, - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
From The Ram’s Horn, 1896
If you could change one aspect of American life, whether it be in politics, moral beliefs, social standards of acceptance,
education or
the economy,
law etc…
WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
•Lower the drinking age
• Legalize Marijuana
• Make gun ownership illegal for non-military citizens
• Take speed limit away
• Make definite age limit for a person to be considered a minor.
• Raise minimum wage
A symbol for the American Reform Party (see the Umbrella does work..).
The Progressivism Umbrella
•Progressivism touched every part of American Life.
•REFORM REFORM REFORM!!!
•The Government became active in a national and federal sense.
•“Public Interest” instead of “special” or “private” interest.
Lesson One
The Power of the PenWriters exposed the American public to corruption and
injustices in politics, business and society. Many government reforms enacted, and amendments added to the Constitution, were in part, created based upon the influence of American writers (journalists) at this time.
Lesson One
Theories Differences
PopulismScared Middle
Class and Business
ProgressivismConsensus: Now
possible to improve society
1. Centered in rural areas2. Poor, uneducated3. Considered radical ideas, like
socialism4. A failure, too radical.
1. Centered in the cities2. Middle class – well educated3. Political mainstream, wanted
existing system to work better (moderate)
4. An overwhelming success
* The Populist Party brought success to Progressivism because it exposed the corruption in business and the desperate conditions of farmers and factory workers.
Muckrakers and other Social Reformers
Lesson One
Reformer
Objection in Society Resulted in… UnderWho?
Upton Sinclair
John Spargo
Jane Addam
s
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Stephe
ns
Jacob Riis
Method:
Students are separated into 6 groups and must read excerpts by their assigned author (from the ones listed to the left). Together, the group will outline the author’s objection in society and what THEY (the students) think was a result, from their knowledge of present-day relevance.
Time : 2 class periods = 110 minutes total
Continued…Lesson One
Reformer
Objection in Society Resulted in… UnderWho?
Upton Sinclair
John Spargo
Jane Addam
s
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Stephe
ns
Jacob Riis
* After each group has presented, I will present what each writer accomplished in society (in terms of laws, movements, etc), and compare that to what the students thought would be the solution or reform.
Feminism
Key Terms
• Alice Paul
• Carrie Chapman Catt
• National American
Women Suffrage Association
• 19th Amendment
Lesson Plan Two
Pivotal Question
• Since the ratification of the 19th Amendment that granted women’s suffrage, has the position of women in American society advanced or digressed?
Booker T. & W.E.BBlack Reformers in Conflict
List the main ideas of Washington and Dubois you got from the reading;
Booker T. Washington W.E.B Dubois
Fill in which point belongs to which Reformer(write either Washington or Dubois in the space provided)
1.______________ Urged accommodation, not agitation.
2.______________ Stressed gradualism.
3. ______________ Found J im Crow Laws to be totally unacceptable.
4. ______________ Urged for blacks to strive for the top in education and jobs.
5. ______________ Wanted blacks to train for manual labor.
6.________________ Urged protest and agitation.
7. _______________ Demanded black rights immediately.
8._________________ Believed blacks needed to prove that they deserved rights.
Objectives
• Students will be able to describe the differing philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois.• Students will debate and defend which Reformer they agree with and why.• Students will recall the importance of Washington and Dubois and their relevance to present-day race relations
Lesson Three
CLASS DEBATE!!!
Feel the fury…
Politics: Presidents of the Progressive Era
Lesson Four
Teddy Roosevelt (R) 1901-1909
William Taft (R) 1909-1913
Woodrow Wilson (D) 1913-1921
How do the policies of T.R and G.W and their actions with other “disadvantaged” nations compare and contrast?
•Iraq War
•Panama Canal
Can a person’s positive contributions to society be overshadowed by their negative attributes?
"It's like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all terribly true." – Woodrow Wilson
Works Cited•http://libwww.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/g/GrapesOfWrath/lgimage/TheJungle.jpg
•http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_paul_1_e.jpg
•http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ath/library/teachers/philp/child%20labor%20in%20factory.jpg
•http://www.thewhiskystore.de/einsteiger/images/n03406.gif
•http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/26_t_roosevelt/images/trrr.gif
•http://www.virtualstampclub.com/images/woodrow.jpg
Slide One
Slide Two
•http://medallionusa.com/4230%20American%20Flag.jpg
•http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsuffrage.htm
Slide Three
•http://www.americanreform.org/freedom.gif
Slide Four
•http://www.coppercutters.com/WebPage/CatalogImages/Miscellanious/umbrella.jpg
Slide Eight
•http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_paul_1_e.html
•http://www.autry-museum.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/awakening_full.html
Slide Nine
•http://www.doitnow.org/jpg/babes/camel2k1.jpg
•http://www.people.virginia.edu/~cbd5f/obsession.jpg
•http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/index.html
Works Cited ContinuedSlide Ten
•http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0%2C1558%2C1402695%2C00.asp
Slide Eleven
•http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/
•http://www.ralphmag.org/AP/taft-fullsize473x502.gif
•http://www.modjourn.brown.edu/Image/Sargent/President_Theodore_Roosevelt.jpe
Slide Twelve
•http://www.historywiz.com/images/amer-imperialism/bigstick.gif
•http://users.actrix.co.nz/killeen/assets/images/db_images/db_Great_White_Fleet2.jpg
Slide Thirteen
•http://img.timeinc.net/time/time100/images/main_troosevelt.jpg
•http://www.laughatliberals.com/images/george_w_bush.jpg
Slide Fourteen
•http://www.ou.edu/class/arch4443/Tribune%20Tower%20Competition/Federal%20Reserve%20Building.jpg
•http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t631/T631357A.jpg
•http://www.historyteacher.net/USProjects/DBQs2000/Images/Mercado-ApeCartoon.JPG
•http://www.pbs.org/heavenonearth/images/leaders_thinkers/LA174.jpg
Slide Fifteen
•http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/p/images/propagnd_griff_birthnation_lg.jpg
•http://www.cinematicreflections.com/birthgriffith3.jpg