Goals:

To understand different goals of the Progressives during the late 1800's and early 1900's.

To learn a list of  key Progressives.

To prove why a Progressives was important

 

Progressives

Setting the Scene:

 

          During the early 1900’s forward thinking people with all sorts of ideas wanted to improve life for the American people. They wanted to change wrong conditions and end corruption. Some people decided to investigate and dig up dirt on companies and organizations. Others decided to take a stand on issues where one was needed. Out of this emerged muckrakers like Upton Sinclair, Presidents like Hayes and Garfield that combated political corruptness, and other important leaders like Robert La Follette that started the Wisconsin Idea. No matter what the cause these reformers became known as the progressives; their actions shaped American ideals forever.

 

Greatest Progressives

Your task will be to study one of the following progressive leaders and explain to the class who they were and how they helped our society today.  You will create a short video on your person.  The video should be like a commercial explaining why this person was important. 

Video

·         45 sec- 1:30 long

·         Introduce the problem they tried to solve

·         Shows what the person did as a Progressive to solve this problem. Persuades people that without them our life would not be the same.  Either what life would be like without them or how they influence people today. 

·         How this relates to today.  Show one problem you think this person would want to fix today if they were alive.  You do not need a solution of the problem just explain why you think they would care about that issue.

List of people

Margaret Sanger

2.     Teddy Roosevelt

3.     Upton Sinclair

4.     Ida Tarbell

5.     Robert La Follette

6.     Booker T. Washington

7.     Jane Adams

8.     W.E.B. DuBois

9.     Woodrow Wilson

10.            Samuel Gompers

11.            Samuel S. McClure

12.            Eugene V. Debs

13.            John Dewey

14.            Jacob Riis

15.            Rutherford B. Hayes

16.            James Garfield

17.            William Tweed

18.            Carrie Chapman Catt

19.            Alice Paul

20.            Florence Kelley

21.            Frances Willard

22.            Carry Nation

23.            Ida B. Wells

24.            George Washington Carver

25.            Frank Norris

26.            Mary H “Mother” Jones

27.            William M Trotter

28.            Francis Perkins

29.            Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.

30.         David W. Griffith

 

Grading

Topic	10	8	6	0
Video is finished, edit, titles, and voice is clear
The Problem that needed to be fixed is clearly stated.  Pictures showing the problem or some sort of evidence.
What the person did to solve the problem, their accomplishments are clearly stated with pictures or sources of evidence.
Modern day problem.  Show the problem and explain how it relates to the problem they solved.