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The
Progressive Movement—what was its impact?
Materials:
- Copies of primary resources listed for each lesson
- Large chart paper for brainstorming activities
- Specific materials are included within each lesson
Materials for Lesson 1
- Flip chart and markers
- Talking points
for teacher reference on Immigration, Growth of Cities, and Rise of
Big Business
- Photo Collage of New York City in Early 1900s with six photos
- Three-column worksheet for note taking
- Overhead projector and transparencies
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Materials for Lesson 2
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Materials for Lesson 3
- Rubric
for the exhibit that includes criteria for selection and use of primary
sources, grasp of the connection to the Progressives, organization,
presentation, and group work skills
- Five packets with sources on each of the five topics: each packet
to include selected photos, cartoons and documents, questions
on analyzing primary sources and questions on problems, people, methods
and solutions of Progressives. Primary sources from the five topic
categories
- Child
labor: Lewis Hine photos (assortment from mills, mines, and factories)
as well as background info on Hine, excerpt from John Spargo on the
work of a 12-year old boy in a coal mine, photos from the work at Hull
House and a description of Jane Addams’ contribution.
- Working
Conditions: Excerpt from Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, excerpt
from Annie Daniel document on work done in tenements, excerpt from Florence
Kelley on women workers, and photos, cartoons and document excerpts
from Triangle Fire website.
- Rise
of Organized Labor: two excerpts on the Knights of Labor, a political
cartoon on “the labor question,” a political cartoon about
the American Federation of Labor, a bar graph on membership of the American
Federation of Labor, and an excerpt from AFL appeal in 1893 to provide
relief for workers.
- Women’s
Suffrage: pro and anti suffrage cartoons and a photo and arguments,
and an excerpt from the N.Y. Times about the leadership of Carrie C.
Catt.
- Temperance
Movement: an excerpt from Frances Willard on battling alcohol in
the late 19th century, prohibitionist political cartoons from The Ram’s
Horn, and excerpts from documents of the Anti Saloon League
- Five flip chart pages and markers
- Five three-panel display boards, colored paper, glue or tape and
scissor
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Materials for Lesson 4
- Five exhibits that the students have created
- Paper for students to write down their feedback and take notes on
what others have to say about their exhibits
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Materials for Lesson 5
- Five exhibits that the students have created ready for visitors
- Flip chart pages, markers and masking tape
- Web that students completed on Day 1
- Rubrics on this culminating assessment for teacher to complete
- A digital camera or video camera to capture the exhibit for later
viewing
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