The Progressive Era

Monday Lesson topic(s) for the day Relationship to previous learning Progressivism: Political & Economic Reform Introduction of the Progressive Era and its aims for eliminating corruption in government

Tuesday Progressivism: Social & Urban Reform Building onto the idea of progressive reform in the urban and social sphere

Wednesday The Muckrakers

Thursday Prohibition and Womens Suffrage Building off of the social reforms by introducing prohibition, feminism, and womens suffrage

Friday The Roaring Twenties Concluding the Progressive Era by discussing the Roaring Twenties and the major social changes How did the social atmosphere of the 1920s differ from previous and

Introduce the reform-journalist sector known as Muckrakers and their impact on political discourse

Content, skills, and/or values addressed (Essential Questions)

What were the major political and economic aims of the progressive era? How were these targets carried?

What were the major social aims of the progressive era? Who did these reforms reach

What were the effects of Muckraking journalism Did muckrakers have a positive or negative effect on

Who were the leading figures of these movements and what inspired these

out to?

American society during the Progressive era?

transitions to be made?

following decades? What caused these social changes?

Materials used

Projector Computer Youtube Video: Time for Change: Progressivism The Origins of Progressivism worksheet

Projector Computer Power Point Presentation Progressive Era Study Guide

Projector Computer Excerpts from Upton Sinclairs The Jungle Pictures Handouts

Projector Computer Power Point Presentation Ida B. Wells discussion handout Strange Fruit poem

Handouts Computer Projector Youtube Video: The 1920s Charleston Video clips from The Great Gatsby Whole Class Discussion Small groups

Instructional strategies

Lecture Cooperative Learning Small Groups

Lecture Cooperative Learning

Whole Class Discussion Small Groups

Lecture Whole Class Discussion Small Groups

Checks for understanding/measurem ent of learning

Students will write a Self-Reflection that critically analyzes the changes that were being implemented through the Progressive Era

Students will take notes on the material learned throughout the lesson and fill out the Progressive Era study guide

Students will write Students will Students a brief statement discuss and will create on what they participate in a timeline learned and a debate on to ensure answer questions prohibition the about the pictures and womens understandi and observations rights ng of the from The Jungle events that took place during the Progressive Era

In my placement, my cooperating teacher provided a week-long lesson on the Gilded Age. While this era encompasses two decades, my coop did a good job of outlining the major industrial, technological, political, and social transformations that took place during this period. Along with this, she stressed the political and labor corruption that emerged through these changes in American society. Although the United States was successfully recovering from the Civil War at this time, the government was very susceptible to crooked politicians, unfair labor policies, as well as racial and gender discrimination. The rapid economic and population growth would lead to severe moral, social, and political

problems that would need to be addressed. To continue in a chronological order, I continued on from this period to introduce the Progressive Era and how this period sought to address the social, industrial, and political flaws that preceded this era. In addition, I will focus the instruction on how this period was an effort to purify American society and include more members in democracy. Lastly, through the use of videos, primary, and secondary sources, I hope to project the social atmosphere of corruption as well as the feel-good period of the Roaring Twenties and the consequences it had on the progressive goals.