The
Progressive Movement—what was its impact?
Resources:
Books
Boyer, Paul et al, The Enduring Vision. Lexington:
D.C. Heath, 1990.
This well written college-level text provided very useful narrative and
context of the Progressive Era, particularly chapter 21.
Foner, Eric and John A Garraty, eds. The Reader’s
Companion to American History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
Very helpful entries of short to medium length on Progressivism, its key
leaders and events.
Gevinson, Alan, Kelly Schrum and Roy Rosenzweig. History
Matters: A Student guide to US History Online. Boston: St. Martins,
2005.
Useful to consult, as well as the History Matters website, for descriptions
of vetted websites on Progressivism.
McCormick, Richard L. “Public Life in Industrial America,
1877-1915,” in The New American History, edited by Eric
Foner. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997.
An excellent and thorough introduction to this period, including its historiography,
that sets out key issues to consider about Progressivism; very helpful
in writing my historical background.
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Websites
Virginia Department of Education, Enhanced Scope and Sequence
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/EnhancedSandS/history-ss.shtml
This website for Virginia Department of Education, Enhanced
Scope and Sequence for U.S. History II, 1877 to the present provides
useful for a range of resources including activities, outlines, and
annotated list of websites.
Observations of Life in Lower Manhattan at the Turn of the
Century
http://acad.smumn.edu/History/contents.html
Useful for Observations of Life in Lower Manhattan at the
Turn of the Century.
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu
Used to locate vetted and relevant websites on Progressivism,
as well as primary sources in Many Pasts including pieces on John Spargo,
Upton Sinclair, Florence Kelley, Samuel Gompers, Terrence Powderly,
Carrie Chapman Catt, and Frances Willard. [I really like the inclusion
of names to give teachers ideas for search terms!]
The Ram's Horn
http://history.osu.edu/Projects/Rams_Horn/default.htm
Used for selections from The Ram’s Horn; An Interdenominational
Social Gospel Magazine published in Chicago in the 1890s and early 1900s,
for political cartoons from various points of view on immigrants, prohibition,
and political bosses.
Votes for Women
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
Used for selections on the National American Woman Suffrage
Association, 1848-1921, including cartoons and documents from pro and
anti groups.
Women's Sphere Cartoon
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/
timeline/progress/suffrage/cartoon.html
Used for cartoons and other information on women’s suffrage,
see above.
Photo Collage of New York City in the Early 1900s
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/
timeline/progress/cities/nycphoto.html
Used for the photo collage of New York City in the early
1900s with six photos selected to show the contrasts in the way the
middle/upper classes and poor classes lived.
Temperence and Prohibition
http://prohibition.osu.edu/
Used for a variety of cartoons on prohibition that originated
with the Prohibition Party.
Lobbying for Passage of the National Suffrage Amendment
http://womhist.binghamton.edu/teacher/lobby.htm
Used for information on lobbying for passage of the National
Suffrage Amendment, including letters and newspaper accounts on the
late phase of the suffrage campaign.
Child Labor in America, 1908-1912
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html
Used for extensive and annotated collection of Lewis Hine’s
photographs of laboring children, 1908-1912, which are annotated. Also
contains a short biography of Hine.
Modules on Major Topics in American History
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/modules.html
Used for the module on Progressivism, the Introduction was
particularly helpful for writing my historical background and Learning
Tools were useful for a selection of short readings from different points
of view, as well as collections of relevant statistics.
Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods,
1889-1963
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp
Used for extensive collection on Hull House, particularly
photographs on the work of Jane Addams and her fellow social workers.
Also contains Addams’ writings Twenty Years at Hull House.
The Triangle Factory Fire
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/narrative1.html
Used for a wealth of information including background and
primary sources on the Triangle Fire, including extensive narrative,
photographs, cartoons and connections to the contemporary labor movement.
History of the Anti-Saloon League, 1893-1933
http://www.wpl.lib.oh.us:80/AntiSaloon/history
Used for background information and some primary sources
on the Anti-Saloon League, particularly a narrative and description
of the leaders.
Teaching With Documents
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/teaching_with_documents.html
Used for a thoughtful lesson on Lewis Hine, including biographical
information and primary sources. Also contains excellent sets of questions
for analyzing a wide variety of primary sources.
Overview of 1912
http://history.osu.edu/projects/1912/ChoicesIn1912.htm
Used to provide a range of pro- and anti- suffrage information,
as well as information on organized labor in 1912. Presented interestingly
in terms of choices people made then.
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