Who
ARE You????
My Group’s Progressive Problem to solve is
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My group’s muckrakers
are____________and_______________.
PBLQ (Project Based Learning Question)
Can a single person make a difference in the
world?
Design your own cover:
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Progressives Who Packet SCORING RUBRIC
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some less important ideas or details.
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understanding.
The student shows minimal or basic understanding.
The student addresses only a small portion of the required
task(s).
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Unit I.5 – Reshaping of America: 1865-1917
Standard:
Students will be able to describe the impact of the Progressive Movement on
American Society (USII.4e)
Learning Target:
I can describe some of the changes in society engineered by
Progressives and evaluate their impact.
Learning Progression
Advanced
Proficient
I can identify actions taken in society today that echo the legacy of the Progressive Movement
Proficient
I can describe some of the changes in society engineered by Progressives and evaluate their impact
Intermediate
I can describe the origins of the Progressive Movement
Beginning
I can describe what is meant by the term “Progressive Movement”
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Activity #1 Problem: Child Labor
Solution: Keating Owens Act and later banned
Four Square
Directions: As you read the Child Labor article you will use this note taking
strategy.
1. Use these symbols in each paragraph as you read. (highlighters are a good idea)
Yellow Main Idea !
Blue
Important Detail/Fact *
Green Most Interesting 
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Confusion/Question
2. With a partner, discuss what you marked in your paragraphs.
3. Then place 3 bullets of information in each four squares below.
Main Idea !
Important Details/Facts *
Confusion/Question ?
Most Interesting 
Improved safety conditions
in factories and tenements
– safety inspections
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Activity #2 Problem: Dangerous Working Conditions
Solutions: Labor Unions, the Pure Food and Drug
Act and Meat Inspection Act
Directions: Read The Jungle and write down 5 really Gross.
Read Triangle Shirt Fire and write down 5 Really Bad
Really Gross: The Jungle
Really Bad: Triangle Fire
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Activity #3 Problem: Corruption in Government
Solutions: Secret Ballot, 17th Amendment, Recall
William "Boss" Tweed - Adventures in Justice
As we have discussed, political machines were both a part of the problem in cities that were
experiencing tremendous growth, as well as a part of the solution. Political bosses helped
immigrants find housing and get jobs, but did so at the expense of the democratic system. They
were not elected leaders, but rather men who saw the opportunity to gain power and influence
through the corrupt bribing of immigrants, businesses, city officials, and judges.
Directions: Get and Read Activity #3 Handout and answer the questions.
1. Explain how a kickback works.
2. Tweed was sold out by:
A. A friend with whom he’d had a tiff
B. An honest employee who didn’t like what was happening
C. A member of the ring who was unhappy about his treatment
D. His family, who wanted him to go straight
3. Thomas Nast’s cartoons were described as “satirical.” Explain what that meant and why the
cartoons were so effective in exposing the Tweed Ring.
4. Samuel Tilden was:
A.
B.
C.
D.
the reform lawyer who investigated Tweed
the owner of Harper’s Weekly
the mayor of New York City
a Tweed crony
5. Why was Tweed so confident that no jury would ever convict him?
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6.. What foiled Tweed’s escape to Spain?
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B.
C.
D.
He was arrested in Spain for picking pockets
Someone in Spain recognized him from a Thomas Nast cartoon
An ocean storm turned the ship back
Informants in Florida tipped off the police
7. Explain the phrase “grease the wheels of justice” as it is used near the end of the article.
10. What do you think Thomas Nast was trying to convey or say to the people about Boss Tweed
with this cartoon as was Samuel Tilden?
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Activity #4 Problem: Trusts and Monopolies
Solution: Progressive Presidents
Trust/Monopoly Busting and Reforming
Directions: As you watch the video clips, write down 3 main points about
each president.
Teddy Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
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Activity #5 Problem: Alcohol Solution: 18th Amendment
The Temperance Movement
Directions: Go to the following website: http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/educators/lessonplan/using-primary-sources-awide-open-town/
Scroll to the Discussion Questions, copy them down.
Scroll to the Background, read it.
Scroll back to the Video, watch the video and answer the questions.
Wide Open Town History Detective Questions
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Activity #6 Problem: Alcohol
The Temperance Movement
Solution: 18th Amendment
Slogans and Images
Directions: Google Temperance Movement Images. Write down three slogans you find .
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3.
We had a Temperance Movement in Loudoun County
Directions: Check out the website: http://www.novahistory.org/Purcellville_Rink/Purcellville_Roller_Rink.html
Write down 5 thinks that were interesting to learn.
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Activity #7 Problem: Suffrage
Solution: 19th Amendment
Analyzing Video Sources
Bad Romance Directions: Go to the following website http://www.soomolearning.com/suffrage/ , watch the video and check
out the lyrics.
Explain the purpose of the video using lyrics from the song.
Second to None Video Documentary Directions: Go to the following website
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAaqFdNZISI
Explain the purpose of the video using words from the video.
School House Rock Directions: Go to the following website http://www.mytowntutors.com/2013/06/school-house-rocksufferin-til-suffrage/, watch the video and listen to the lyrics.
Explain the purpose of the video using lyrics from the song.
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Activity #8 The Progressive Movement Summarized
Directions: Go to web site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGEMscZE5dY,
watch John Green and fill in the blanks.
_____________ was a group of people asking for reforms. A reform
is a change for the better and is often supported by a _____.
_________wanted to reform factories, business, and government to
make life better for the people.
Sometimes when workers did not get what they wanted, they went on
strike. When they went on ______, they stopped working so that the
factory owners would listen to them. Workers joined _______ to
work together to make factories safer. One of the most powerful
unions was the __________ created by Samuel Gompers. The
_____________ were the minimum wage, accident insurance, fewer
hours, an eight hour work day and eventually an end to child labor.
________________ helped make laws to control business. He called
his program the __________. Under his leadership new laws to stop
big companies from taking over small companies were passed such as
the ________________. Big companies like Rockefeller’s
____________ could no longer set prices, and the government
checked to see if prices were too high. It took three presidents to bring
about the ending of _____________. No more Monopolies meant
that business was fairer and the __________ protected. Roosevelt
also helped get new laws passed that protected workers.
The Progressives wanted to make the government more honest.
________________ wanted the government to hire workers based
on a merit system. A ____________ is when people are hired
based on their qualifications rather than by favors to friends or family
members. Progressives made the hiring of government officials more
honest.
The Progressives also helped make changes about voting and
elections. State laws made voting secret. Elections became more
honest because people could vote freely. Women still did not have the
right to vote. __________ and other women worked for
________________. Women got the right to vote from the
______________ in 1920.
Many women also supported the ________________, which wanted
to stop the use of alcohol. The temperance movement supported the
18th Amendment. The ___________ stopped people from making,
selling, or transporting alcohol. The 18th Amendment was passed and
became law in 1919.
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Before and After the Progressive Movement Project
1. WEB Dubois
Exposed and wanted to fix: problems of discrimination facing African Americans
2. Jacob Riis
Exposed and wanted to fix: slums and terrible conditions in the tenements
3. Ida Tarbell
Exposed and wanted to fix: unfair monopoly business practices of Standard Oil
4. Samuel Gompers
Exposed and wanted to fix: working conditions in factories
5. Theodore Roosevelt
Exposed and wanted to fix: the unfair monopolies and trusts.
6. Theodore Roosevelt
Exposed and wanted to fix: Unsanitary/unsafe meat/food and drugs.
7. Upton Sinclair
Exposed and wanted to fix: Unsanitary/unsafe meat/food .
8. Carrie Nation
Exposed and wanted to fix: stop the sale and consumption of alcohol.
9. Susan B. Anthony
Exposed and wanted to fix: women not having the right to vote (suffrage).
10. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Exposed and wanted to fix: women not having the right to vote (suffrage).
11. Thomas Nast
Exposed and wanted to fix: illegal activities of Boss Tweed in NY City.
12. Lewis Hine
Exposed and wanted to fix: Child Labor in factories and in the coal mines.
13. Jane Addams
Exposed and wanted to fix: Problems facing immigrants.
14. Lincoln Steffens
Exposed and wanted to fix: Political corruption in large cities.
15. Samuel Hopkins Adams Exposed and wanted to fix: The fraud and untruth in patent medicines.
16. WCTU
Exposed and wanted to fix: stop the sale and consumption of alcohol
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.
17. Helen Hunt Jackson Exposed and wanted to fix: The government’s mistreatment of Native
Americans.
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Directions:
 You are a muckraker, an investigative journalist; who uses words and pictures
to expose a problem that needed to be fixed.
(Chapter 21)
 You are a TEAM of muckrakers who will contribute to this month’s edition
by writing and creating a series of pictures with captions, highlighting what it
was like before and after your group’s problem of Big Business, Immigration
and Urbanization was exposed and fixed.
1. Pick a partner and one person who helped solve your problem from
the “Who are You” Power Point
2. Research your person in class and at home using the PDF of the
Textbook , class readings, my power point as well as the WEB.
Fill in your Muckraker Template. (HAND WRITE)
3. At home, fill in the YOUR Muckraker Template from my Web
Page with the information and pictures you have found. (TYPE)
4. Print 2 typed copies of YOUR Muckraker and bring to class.
5. In class, exchange your information with your partner. Copy down
on your paper what they have and you do not. (HAND WRITE)
6. In class, exchange your information with the rest of your group by
filling in the GROUP Muckraker Template.
7. Hand in your Team’s Muckrakers.
8. Your TEAM will then share your writings and pictures to create the
“Progressive Profile Monthy Edition”. On DATE: ____________
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Muckraker Sample Template:
Muckraker: Linc S. Tuptoni
Problem: unhealthy conditions in meatpacking industry
Actions: Linc S. Tuptoni went undercover in a meat packing factory. There he lived and
experienced the life of a meat packing industry worker.
Solution: He then wrote and published a book called, You Would Not Believe It. His book
described how unsanitary, disgusting and dangerous the meat packing industry was. People
were outraged after reading Tuptoni’s book and soon laws were passed by the government to
fix the problem.
Fix by LAW: The Government under President Roosevelt passed the Meat Inspection
Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act and Agency, each guaranteed the cleanliness of
the meat packing industry by requiring factory inspections and labels on foods and
drugs.
Before The Fix
3 Sentences, describe
Before it was fixed
After the Fix
3 Sentences, describe
After it was fixed
Workers did not wear gloves or hair nets
which was unsanitary.
Workers now wear gloves and hair nets,
protecting the food from contamination.
When food fell on the floor, workers would
Your Muckraker:
pick it up and still package it to sell.
Any meat that falls on the floor goes into the
trash and is not sold to consumers.
Rats and insects ran around the factories and
often made it into the meat supply.
Factories are inspected to make sure 15
they are
clean and safe.
Your Muckraker:
Problem:
Actions:
Solution:
Fix by law:
Before The Fix
3 Sentences, describe
Before it was fixed
After the Fix
3 Sentences, describe
After it was fixed
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Group Muckraker:
Problem:
Actions:
Solution:
Fix by law:
Before The Fix
3 Sentences, describe
Before it was fixed
After the Fix
3 Sentences, describe
After it was fixed
WHO NEWS Here
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WHO News insert here
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Activity #9 Who is the Muckraker Reformer?
Directions: Using your Jigsaw on Muckrakers complete the chart with the
names of the Progressive Reformers.
Muckraker Reformer
Before
How Solved?
After
Immigrants and factory
workers, who were poor lived
hard and difficult lives in the
cities
Helped the poor by starting a
settlement house.
Settlement houses in cities
offered daycare, English
lessons, and a safe place for
children to play.
The cities poor had a
place to go for help
and assistance.
Women had little rights and
could not vote in any elections.
Fought for a woman’s right
to vote along with Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Alice
Paul. Held marches,
parades and hunger strikes.
This led to the passage of
the 19th Amendment.
Women were allowed
to vote at the local,
state and national
level. Women’s rights
expanded as well as
educational
opportunities.
People were consuming too
much alcohol which led to
accidents in the factories and
poor decision making.
Axe swinging grandmother
who crusaded for
temperance (stopping or
limiting the use of alcohol).
This led to the passage of
the 18th Amendment.
Workers worked 12-16 hours a
day. They were paid less than
10 cents a day and often
working conditions were very
dangerous and unsafe. Many
children also worked in the
factories.
Cigar maker who started the
American Federation of
Labor union to fight for better
pay, shorter hours and a
safer work place. Unions
would go on strike or sit
down with the owners to
negotiate what they wanted.
10 hour work Act
Minimum Wage Act
Prohibition was a
period of time in
history from 1919 to
1933 when people
were not allowed to
make, transport, sell
or drink alcohol. This
led to the creation of
the FBI and Mobsters.
Many workers became
members of a union.
Unions got passed the
10 hour work act, the
minimum wage work
act and got the
government to require
that factories be
inspected for
cleanliness and safety.
Many African Americans were
treated unequally.
Started a college where
African Americans could
learn a job (plumbers,
electrician, etc.) in order to
earn enough money to gain
economic equality with
whites.
African American now
had an opportunity to
attend Tuskegee
Institute in Alabama
and learn a
vocation/job. This
would lead to
economic equality.
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Many African American were
treated unequally.
The first African American
with a doctorate from
Harvard. Organized
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) to fight for
equal rights.
African Americans
now had an
organization that
would fight for social,
political and economic
rights bringing about
greater equality.
The meat packing industry was
dirty, unsanitary, unsafe and
disgusting.
Wrote a book that exposed
unhealthy and unsafe
practices in the meatpacking
industry. This led to the
passage of the Meat
Inspection Act and the Pure
Food and Drug Act.
Now inspectors check
the meat and factory
for cleanliness and
safety. Other foods
and Drugs are also
checked for safety.
John D. Rockefeller was putting
people out of business so he
could be the only one selling oil
for a very high price.
An investigative reporter
who wrote newspaper
articles exposing the unfair
business practices of John
D. Rockefeller and big
business. This led to
Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Monopolies were taking
advantage of consumers and
business was unfair.
“Trust-buster” who fought to
make foods and drugs safe
by passing laws when he
was president. He also
worked to create national
parks to conserve nature.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act,
National Parks Act, Meat
Inspection Act,
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Sherman AntiTrust Act and three
presidents Roosevelt,
Taft and Wilson all
fought to end
monopolies and make
business and prices
fair for workers,
owners and
consumers.
There are millions of
acres preserved as
National Parks. Food
and Drugs are safe to
consume and a
regularly checked.
Trust and monopolies
may not exist in the
United States.
Many cities neighborhoods
were crowded, dirty and
unlivable. They were slums
with unsafe wooden apartment
buildings called tenements.
Wrote articles about the
living conditions in cities and
got laws passed so that
tenements were safer and
better built. Got cities to
improve sanitation and to
clean up the neighborhoods.
Model Tenement Act.
Drew cartoons to inform
people of corrupt politicians
who took bribes and spent
tax payer’s money especially
Boss Tweed of New York.
This led to the passage of
the secret ballot and the 17
Amendment. Both made
sure that people voted
directly and secretly.
Political bosses ruled cities with
corruption. They offered
immigrants and others a job
and a tenement apartment in
exchange for their vote. This
was bribery and not the way
voting is supposed to work.
City neighborhoods
were more closely
watched by local
government so that
conditions were better
and safer.
Boss Tweed was
arrested, but died
before he was
convicted. Now,
political officials are
elected by secret
ballot.
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Activity #10 and #11 Modern Problem Muckraker:
Directions: Think of a Modern Problem that exists today. It may even be a problem that existed during
the Progressive Movement that is still a problem we are working on today.
Modern Problem our Group Selected: ___________________
Approved by my teacher?
Now, chose a Super hero Muckraker and a TV Hero to solve the problem. Using your device, Research
your Superhero and TV Hero and discover what they would do to solve the problem your group has
selected. Complete the two organizers templates.
Superhero Choices
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Spider man
Hulk
Thor
Iron man
Captain America
Wonder women
Superman
Wolverine
Batman
The Green Lantern
Cat woman
Robin
Bat girl
Black widow
Captain Marvel
Ben 10
Bat women
Ant man
Superwoman
Flash
Storm
Megaman
Protoman
Shazam
Nightwing
Ryu
Ken
Goku
Luke Cage
Daredevil
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Cyclops
Green Arrow
Hawkeye
Groot
Rocket
Star Lord
Ninja Turtles
TV Choices
Cartoon characters:
 Elsa
 Bugs Bunny
 Curious George
 The Grinch
 Popeye
 Sponge Bob
 Patrick Starfish
 Squidward
 Kai Lan
 Dora the Explorer
 Diego
 Bob the builder
 Phineas and Ferb
 Snoopy
 Mr. Krabs
 Pink Panther
 Tom and Jerry
 Sandy Cheeks
 Power Rangers
 Teen Titans
 Uncle Grandpa
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Mordecai
Chowder
T.U.F.F Puppy
Timmy from Fairy Odd Parents
Winnie the pooh
Pikachu
Ash Ketchum
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Jake from State Farm
Flo from Progressive
Lily from ATT
Emma the Savior on “Once Upon a
Time” in Storybrooke
Abby Lee Miller “Dance Moms”
Instructor in charge
Lab Rats
Chef Ramsey of _____ Kitchen
Wizards of Waverly Place
Dean or Sam Winchester from
“Super Natural”
Olivia Moore “Liv from iZombie”
The Librarians
Rick Grimes of “Walking Dead”
Henry from Henry Danger
Ricky, Dickey, Nicky, and Dawn
Bucket and Skinner
The Ross family from Jessie
Trish from Austin and Ally
Joey from Liv and Maddie
Lucas from Girl Meets World
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Avery from Dog with a Blog
Teddy from Good Luck Charlie
Cece from Shake it up
Lily from Hannah Montana
London from Suite Life of Zach and
Cody
Lindy from I didn’t do it
Chyna from Ant Farm
Demi Lovato from Sunny with a
Chance
Bea from Fish Hooks
Chad from So Random
Dipper from Gravity Falls
Mabel from Gravity Falls
Aria from Pretty Little Liars
Hannah from pretty little liars
Alison from Pretty Little Liars
Teresa from Real Housewives of
New Jersey
Serena Van der Woodsen from
Gossip Girl
Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl
Leroy Jethro Gibbs from NCIS
Tony Dinozzo from NCIS
Ziva David from NCIS
Gregory House from House M.D.
Robert Chase from House M.D.
Quinn from Glee
Will Schuester from Glee
List prepared by Ms.Z’s 8th graders
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Activity #10 Your Super Hero Muckraker:
Problem:
Actions:
Solution:
Fix by law:
Before The Fix
3 Sentences, describe
Before it was fixed
After the Fix
3 Sentences, describe
After it was fixed
Your Television Muckraker:
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Activity #11 Your TV Muckraker:
Problem:
Actions:
Solution:
Fix by law:
Before The Fix
3 Sentences, describe
Before it was fixed
After the Fix
3 Sentences, describe
After it was fixed
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Activity #12 Child Labor Today
Directions: View the Primary Sources and gather information to
complete your web. Your webs will be posted in the House 7
Show Case for February.
View DVD from AFT: Child Labor Videos, especially Lost Futures
View the Web site: http://ourownbackyard.org/problem.shtml
Watch the Video by ILO Child Labor in the World Today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc5QuTVb_6k
Walk the Gallery Walk
Go to website and read
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-10-20/childlabor-is-still-prevalent-around-the-world-dot-heres-how-toeliminate-it
To see more current statistics go to the website
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/--ipec/documents/publication/wcms_221513.pdf
Read class resource: “The Real Cost of Fashion”
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