Aim: In the Progressive Era, how and why did reformers seek to address the problems of industrial America? To what extent did they succeed?
Bell Ringer: "Theodor Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century" handout (5 min)
Agenda:
1. Roosevelt is known today as an activist president and the nation's first "modern president." Why? To what degree, and in what ways, were Roosevelt's policies progressive?
2. Antitrust Legislation (WXT), Newland's Reclamation Act (GEO) (10 min)
3. Exam Alert: The 2007 AP exam included an FRQ asking, "To what extent did the role of the federal government change under President Theodore Roosevelt in regard to TWO of the following: labor, trusts, conservation, and world affairs?"
4. Wisconsin Idea (POL), recall (POL), referendum (POL), Muller v. Oregon (POL), NAACP (CUL), (10 min)
5. www.thecrisismagazine.com / The Crisis remains in publication! Skim through issues that were published between 1910 and 1917. What do the contents tell us about the issues concerning African Americans in this period? (10 min)
alternative: http://www.modjourn.org/render.php?view=mjp_object&id=crisiscollection
6. Exam Alert: Past exams have asked students to compare W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington.
Classwork:
Using a Venn Diagram, compare and contrast the goals of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois to gain civil rights for African Americans.
*play brain pop episodes of both.
Home Learning:
1. Panic of 1893 with Lawrence Reed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_b6N-G1Os (1 hr, 10 min)
*Jot down notes about the video, creating bullets for every major turning point.
2. Journal 108 - How did various grassroots reformers define "progressivism," and how did their views differ from Theodore Roosevelt's version of "progressivism"?
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