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__Unit II Objectives__
Objectives include content, literacy, and technological goals.

By the end of Unit II, I will be able to...
 * CONTENT ** 1. Define and describe the Progressive Era, its key issues, people, and events.
 * LITERACY & CONTENT ** 2. Make a strong argument of my opinion about the successes and failures of the era.
 * LITERACY ** 3. Identify main ideas and supporting details in a reading.
 * LITERACY & TECHNOLOGICAL ** 4. Thoughtfully mark up a text digitally.
 * TECHNOLOGICAL ** 5. Effectively use technological programs such as Wikispaces, Google Documents & Presentations, Wordle, and Voicethread.
 * LITERACY & CONTENT ** 6. Define and explain essential Key Terms:
 * Progressivism, Progressive Era, Progressives
 * Muckraker
 * Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Upton Sinclair, Thomas Nast
 * Reform
 * Legislation
 * 16th Amendment
 * Federal Reserve Act
 * 19th Amendment
 * Meat Inspection Act
 * Pure Food and Drug Act
 * Sherman Antitrust Act & Clayton Antitrust Act
 * Standard Oil Co.
 * Northern Securities Company
 * Theodore Roosevelt
 * Woodrow Wilson

=HOW DOES CHANGE HAPPEN IN SOCIETY?=

Starts with a **__PROBLEM__** =
 * ==the problem is identified by people==
 * ==people start to get together to talk about addressing it - form a movement (power in #s)==
 * ==debate ideas for how to address the problem - brainstorm TACTICS (write a letter, make an appointment for a meeting, protest, boycott, strike, ALERT THE MEDIA)==
 * ==choose a plan of action - address whoever is in power (government official, superintendent, principal, parent, boss, owner, etc...) and TAKE ACTION==
 * ==at some point, hopefully quickly, those in power make the change (or the group becomes the ones in power) - LAWS, rules, regulations, programs==

started in 1909 - during the Progressive Era The Progressive magazine site
 * THE PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE **=

__Unit II - The Progressive Era – 1870-1920 - individual work__


 * HOW MUCH PROGRESS WAS MADE DURING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA? **


 * What were the problems? What was done about them? How much change occurred? **

You will be researching one of the topics below. For your topic you will:

· Conduct internet research and create 2-column __notes__ to acquire information about your topic from at least 3 different sites. Keep track of the sites that you use. · Find at least 2 __images__ that relate to your topic and analyze them (can be a picture or a cartoon). · Find at least 1 __primary source__ (can be a piece of writing, a speech, a newspaper article, etc) that relates to your topic and analyze it, including analysis of POV. · A list of (at least 5) key __vocabulary__ terms for your topic – listed and defined in your words. · A 2-3 paragraph __summary__ of your topic, especially focused on the results – what was changed by the progressives? What stayed the same? Also include connections to today – what progress has been made up to this time? · A __Glog__ to put it all together in an impressive presentation.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Definition Marked up Doc APPARTS chart Doc The perspective of my primary source A different perspective would be _

__Example:__
==__When the Celtics beat the Wizards last night the Celtics fans would say it is because the team is better than the Wizards, but the Wizards fans might say that the Wizards only lost because their best player didn't play.__==

__A site that explains the perspectives on different issues__

= __WHAT IS A BLOG?__ =

=__A blog is like an online journal that is shared with anyone who wants to read it. It is a place for making comments and giving opinions or anything else the writer wants to share. A blog is a forum for sharing your perspectives.__=

=__Examples:__= __NPR politics blog__ __Basketball statistics blog__

=__** The Most Important Laws of the Progressive Era **__=

=There are about 10 extremely significant laws that were passed during the Progressive Era. Four of them are amendments to the Constitution, meaning that they were laws added to the original laws of the Constitution.=


 * =__16th Amendment -__ allows the government to take income taxes. The more money you make, the more taxes you pay. The upper class helps society through their tax money.=
 * =__17th Amendment -__ citizen voters allowed to elect their Senators. This made voting more democratic - the people have more power over who represents them in government.=
 * =__18th Amendment - PROHIBITION__ - outlawed the making, selling, and distributing of alcohol - passed in 1919. Lasted until 1933, when the 21st amendment repealed it.=
 * =__19th Amendment -__ women allowed to vote in national elections. Passed in 1920.=


 * =__Jim Crow Laws__ - laws that required racial segregation - whites and blacks used separate schools, restaurant sections, bathrooms, water fountains, etc...NOT PROGRESS - racism, discrimination, prejudice were still in need of progress!=


 * =__Tenement Act of 1901__ - law to improve living conditions in cities - must have running water, bathrooms, lights in the hallways, fire exits, etc...Muckraker Jacob Riis made this happen through his book __How the Other Half Lives__=


 * =Jacob Riis - muckraker - housing conditions in tenements=
 * =Ida Tarbell - muckraker - business practices - exposed Rockefeller's Standard Oil Co.=
 * =Lincoln Steffens - muckraker - political corruption in cities - wrote about corrupt politicians=
 * =Thomas Nast - muckraker - drew cartoons for newspapers about corrupt politicians=

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