The Progressives

References:

Books & Media

Bailey, Thomas and Kennedy, David. The American Pageant, 10th Ed. Toronto: D.C. Heath and Company, 1994.
College level textbook that my class uses. It provides a good basis from which to start a study of the Progressives.

Foner, Eric and John A Garraty, eds. The Reader’s Companion to American History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
Provides a good snapshot of the Progressives and many individuals involved in the movement.

Time: The Making of America. “Teddy: How Roosevelt Invented Modern America,” July 3, 2006.
This special issue of a time magazine focuses on Theodore Roosevelt. However, there is a lot of relevant information that ties directly into the political aspect of the Progressives.

Websites

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Superintendent/Sols/
historysecondary.doc
This is the website for the Virginia History SOLS and framework that I am responsible for teaching.

http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Literature/Sinclair/TheJungle/
This is a page that has the entire book, The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. It is electronic so you can read the entire book or use it for certain key passages that the students can access.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
This is a site that has many photos taken by Lewis Hine that deal with issues such as child labor, industrialization, urbanization, and working conditions around the turn of the century.

http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst203/documents/pure.html
Page to find copy of the Pure Food and Drug Act. There are also many other government documents from US history there.

http://www.museum.msu.edu/Exhibitions/Virtual/
ImmigrationandCaricature/7572-749.html
This is a site to find Joseph Keppler's political cartoon "Looking Backward."

http://www.tburg.k12.ny.us/kwiggins/american_progressive_era.htm
Good site that has links to many other sites on the Progressives. Includes sites to find both primary and secondary sources. It was helpful when I was writing my historical background for the mini unit.

http://www.census.gov
Used this site to find census data relating to the urbanization of America at this point in history. In particular will use information about percent of rural v. urban. See chart included in lessons.

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/puck/theme/
Puck_Lampoons_the_Senate.jsp?Counter=21
Use this site to find “Bosses of the Senate” and other political cartoons that have to do with the Senate.

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
This website offers many resources for teachers and historians. There are many primary sources of all kinds (text, pictures, speeches, etc) and resources to help guide students through the process of deciphering these sources.