Photo Album Assessment

1. The Progressive Era Photo Album Assessment Walden University M. Teal

3. Understandings: What leads to change? How leaders and American citizens can make change? How racial issues change society?

5. What tactics were most effective in bringing about the social, economic, and political reforms of the Progressive Era?

6. How effective was the Progressive Movement in addressing the political, economic, and social needs of all Americans?

7. To what extent were the social, political, and economic standing of African Americans positively affected by progressive efforts?

10. Performance Task

11. Students will compare a social, economic, industrial, political and consumer problem in today’s society that match that of the Progressive Era. Students will compare and contrast the solutions of today with that of the Progressive Era and evaluate the solutions of both time periods. Students will choose 1 problem from today and the Progressive Era and design their own solution and send those solutions to the appropriate official(s).

13. Reflections Evaluate excerpts of muckraking articles (Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and John Spargo) and use them to define what it meant to be “a radical” during the Progressive Era. Compare conditions in industry today with those in the late 19th century. Compare excerpts from Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle to second hand knowledge of the House of Raeford (local factory). Read excerpts from W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Ida B. Wells Barnett writings. Compare and contrast their solutions to the plight of African Americans in the late 19th and early 20th century. Determine which solution you support, and write a justification of your position. Ask students to come up with a list of items that cause Americans to want change in government, the economy, foreign relations, and in their daily lives. Then ask students to compare their list to the changes that Americans wanted to make during the Progressive Era. Divide the class into small groups representing the different perspectives of the Progressive Era such as the presidential cabinet, state governors, women’s clubs, and selected ethnic groups. Give each group a problem to resolve from their viewpoint. Chart their solutions, illustrating all views from far right to far left. Select one progressive law/amendment. Identify groups most impacted by the law and whether the law’s objective was achieved.

17. Group Rubric for Photo Album