The Progressive Era WebQuest Assignment

Beth Stinson – U.S. History

 

 

Introduction:

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 period of great change known as the Progressive Era took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The progressives were people who worked to rid America of many of its problems.  They made the public aware of the problems, which then resulted in the government passing laws to end these evils. Some of the problems that the progressives worked on were alcohol abuse, child labor, corruption in city government, inner city slums, impure food and women’s suffrage

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Task:

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ou will be assigned to work as a small group in class to develop a PowerPoint presentation on your topic. You will complete the activities associated with one topic below.

Women’s Suffrage                                        Temperance Movement

“Boss” Tweed                                               Child Labor

Settlement Houses                                        Anti-Lynching Movement

Tenement Life                                              Theodore Roosevelt

 

Directions

  1. Following the directions below, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation to present to the class the following day we meet.
  2. Make sure every student in the group saves the PowerPoint on his or her student file.  If there are four students in your group, all four need to save to their student files.  You are responsible for completing and presenting your assignment even if a student is absent.  No excuses, no exceptions.
  3. You will have one full class day in the lab to complete the assignment.  If you don’t finish during class, you are on your own.  If you are skeptical of your partner(s) finishing the assignment, finish it yourself.

 

Women’s Suffrage

  1. Create a timeline listing 10 historic events or people related to women’s suffrage, ending with the passage of the 19th Amendment.
  2. Include any pictures associated with the women’s rights movement.

 

William “Boss” Tweed

1. Write a short biography (8-12 statements) on William “Boss” Tweed. 

2.  Find one political cartoon to support your biography and include in your power point.

 

Tenement Life

1. Write a short biography (8-12 statements) on Jacob Riis.

2.  Summarize what living conditions in a tenement on the lower East Side in the late 1800s might be like (8-12 statements).

3.  Include photographs from Jacob Riis or other pictures of tenement housing.

 

Settlement Houses

1. Write a short biography (8-12 statements) on Jane Addams. 

2. Write a history (8-12 statements) on Hull Houses.

3.  Find any pictures to include on your PowerPoint of Adams or Hull Houses.

 

Temperance Movement

1. Write a short biography of Carrie Nation.

2. Find and print at least two political cartoons on the Temperance Movement or Prohibition for your PowerPoint.  Make sure you are able to explain the cartoons to the class.

 

Child Labor

1.       Describe in 8-12 statements why the practice of child labor was a problem in factories.

2.       Include in your PowerPoint pictures associated with child labor.

 

Anti-Lynching Movement

1.      Find either three pictures or political cartoons on lynching in the South for your power point.  Make sure you are able to describe what they mean to the class.

2.      Write a  8-12 statement summary describing the founding of the NAACP.

 

Theodore Roosevelt

1.      Write a short biography of Theodore Roosevelt.

2.      Find at least three political cartoons on Roosevelt to include in your power point.  Make sure you are able to explain the cartoons to the class.

 

WEBSITES    You might find helpful         

 

 

·          Women's Influence (Use for Task 1) - Explains how women claimed more public and leadership roles for themselves during the Progressive Era.

·         Suffrage (Use for Task 1) - An introduction to the issues and arguments for and against suffrage.

·         Women's Movement Timeline (Use for Task 2) - A timeline of key events in the Women's Rights Movement (1848-1994).

·         Women in the Progressive Era (Use for Tasks 1 and 2) - Focuses on the contributions of women to the American Progressive Movement and women's suffrage in particular.

·         Votes for Women: Suffrage Pictures and Cartoons (Use for Task 3) - Find political cartoons that focus on the Women's Rights Movement. To use: click on SEARCH by Keyword, type cartoon in the search box and click on SEARCH, click on the title of the cartoon you want to view, click on the cartoon to enlarge it.

·         Woman's Sphere Cartoon (Use for Task 3) - Find a political cartoon focused on the Women's Rights Movement.

·         Woman Suffrage in Political Cartoons (Use with Task 3) - View political cartoons related to the suffrage movement.

·         . Tenement Life (Use for Task 1- Tenement Life) - History and photographs dealing with the tenement experience.

·         The Muckrakers (Use for Task 1- Muckrakers) - Read essays written by the muckrakers themselves: Upton Sinclair (meatpacking industry), Ida Tarbell (big business), Jacob Riis (tenement life), John Spargo (child labor).

·         Big Business Cartoons (Use for Task 3- Big Business) - Find political cartoons related to big business and the muckrakers.

·         More Big Business Cartoons (Use for Task 3- Big Business) - Find more political cartoons related to big business and the muckrakers.

·         Child Labor (Use for Task 1- Child Labor) - Investigative photos of children working in factories, in mines, selling newspapers, and much more from The History Place.

·         Anti-Saloon League 1893-1933 (Use for Task 1) - A digital archive of the Anti-Saloon League, which formed in favor of Prohibition.

·         Why Prohibition? (Use for Tasks 2 and 3) - Explains how Prohibition came about and includes a table of data about alcohol consumption in the years 1850-1983.

·         Prohibition: A Case Study of Progressive Reform (Use for Tasks 1 and 2) - Read more information about Prohibition.

·         Temperance Movement Political Cartoons (Use for Task 3) - Look at political cartoons from the Temperance Movement.

·         History of Prohibition (NEW!!!!- Use for Timeline!) - Read this essay on the history of prohibition. Use the essay to help you put together dates for the prohibition timeline.