Unit+II+-+The+Progressive+Era

**Unit II Lessons - objectives & tasks**
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY Go see the MHS play on Fri 11/19 or Sat 11/20 @ 7:30pm and write a reflection on how it applies to what we have been studying and your general thoughts about the topics of the play.

Unit II - The Progressive Era



__BRAINSTORM__

 * Create a Unit II page.
 * In the discussion tab of your Unit II page, create a new post called "Progressive Era" to brainstorm what you think the Progressive Era was all about: what word is within that term? What does it mean? What is an era? What do you think happened during the Progressive Era? Make sure to try to connect to Unit I.
 * Respond to a classmate's post.
 * What is progress? How do you measure it? Recent examples of progress?
 * 2nd Discussion Tab post: What are aspects of MHS, Malden, Massachusetts, The U.S., or the world that are in need of progress? What can be done to make improvements in those areas?
 * Make class list as first content of Unit II page. Include date and heading.
 * Insert page line break. Then add: What aspects from the second industrial revolution were in need of improvement? What could be done to improve those issues?

__WORDLE__

 * We are going to read and mark up the document below. But first, we are going to preview it using a Wordle. Open the document, copy the text, and then paste it at Wordle.net and click GO.
 * Customize the Wordle as you like, then we will embed it to your Unit II page, analyze it below, summarize what a Wordle does, then actually read the document that introduces us to the Progressive Era.



Here is the link to the reading as a Goolge Doc - copy and paste it into your own Google Doc so you can mark it up there - use the highlighter and the comment feature (found under the Insert tab).

Mr. Max's marked up version

__**Brainstorm / Definitions**__
 * Using Bubble.us we will now brainstorm, outline, and define the terms Progressive Era, Progressivism, and Progressive(s). Then, add to your outline using all of the key info from the Progressive Era intro reading that you read and marked up.
 * After finishing this outline, make sure to create an account and embed it into your Unit II page of your notebook. Write down your bubbl.us account info!

As a class we will now revisit the reading on President Obama's creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency and mark it up in one Google Document as a class, making sure to connect it to the idea of Progressivism.

Period 6 - Google Doc - Article - New Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Period 4 - Google Doc - Article - Obama's Consumer Protection Agency



__Unit II Objectives__

 * Please copy these objectives into your Unit II page - use page line breaks to separate topics or activities this unit (like I have done on this page). Objectives include content, literacy, and technological goals.
 * What are the differences among content, literacy, and technology?
 * Next to each of the 6 objectives, write which one or ones it is: is it Content? Literacy? Technology? 2 of them? All 3?

By the end of Unit II, I will be able to... 1. Define and describe the Progressive Era, its key issues, people, and events. 2. Make a strong argument of my opinion about the successes and failures of the era. 3. Identify main ideas and supporting details in a reading. 4. Thoughtfully mark up a text. 5. Effectively use technological programs such as Wikispaces, Google Documents & Presentations, Wordle, and Voicethread. 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

=** Individual Inquiry Assignment: **=


 * Pick a topic
 * Research and 2-column notes in a google doc - what were the problems and what progress was made? Keep track of your sources, complete L-col, R-col, and summary, embed it into notebook
 * 5 most important vocab terms on your topic
 * 2 images with analysis of each
 * Define primary source
 * Find one relevant primary source - paste it into a google doc and mark it up, then link it into notebook
 * APPARTS chart about primary source - copy the chart into a google doc, fill it in, embed into notebook
 * Find a good video (youtube, schooltube, etc) on your topic and embed it in your notebook with a brief summary beneath
 * Define perspective, bias, and POV
 * Provide an example of a real life situation and the different perspectives on it
 * Define Blog, find 2 examples, link them, and summarize what each is about, who it is by, what the perspective is
 * Set up Blog - through Google account, use Blogger blog service to set up individual blog
 * Make 2 different blog postings about your topic - one from one perspective, one from another perspective
 * 2 paragraph summary in your notebook of your topic in the progressive era
 * Class review and notes of all of the progress made during the P-Era
 * Define all essential key terms from the P-Era
 * Watch a few videos of the P-Era
 * Add 1-2 more paragraphs to summary - summarize other areas of progress & answer: how successful was the progressive movement?
 * Revisit Objectives
 * Test

__P4 HW Assignment due 11/29__ 1. Find a YouTube Video about your topic within the Progressive Era and embed it to your wikispace notebook 2. Set up your blog and make first blog entry (directions below)

Tenement.org - Virtual Tour Tenement.org - Photos How the Other Half Lives - Photos The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Video - Progressives Overview Video - Progressives overview - focus on TR Video - Progressives - Songs w text & images Progressive Era overview - Digital History - many great links within Progressive Era Timeline 3 Key Muckrakers Chart of Progressive Reforms (scroll to bottom) The Progressive Presidents & their reforms [|Teddy Roosevelt site] Primary Sources - LOC - 1900-1929 The Progressive magazine - history & mission The Progressive - magazine site

1.4.A - Urban Reform - housing and living conditions 1.4.B - Taking on Big Business & Banking 1.4.C - Transforming Politics 1.5.D - Fighting for Women's Rights 1.6.E - African-American Civil Rights Issues
 * __1.4 - Progressivism & Reform__**