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Teaming Up on Health Care
Use this political cartoon handout to help pupils understand the role the Blue Dog Coalition plays with regard to Health Care Reform. Football is used metaphorically to represent a player (Blue Dogs) tackling someone on his team (Obama)....
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Unit Two: The French Revolution and Napoleon
Have your class define, examine, and explore the causes and effects of the French Revolution. The presentation is organized so that students will be able to take effective notes on each topic covered. Critical thinking is promoted...
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Expansion and Reform: Applying the Declaration of Independence
Students conduct inquiries and research-acquiring, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, evaluating, and communicating facts, themes, and general principles operating in American history. They use the Declaration of Independence to...
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Getting t Know Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington, and Woodrow Wilson
Learners study what reform means. In this social science activity, students are put into small groups and create posters, oral reports, or role plays on the life and work of either Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington,...
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Understanding The Progressives And Their Viewpoints
Eleventh graders explore the Progressive Era in American history (1900-1917). They use the internet and other sources to research the Progressive Movement, identify three Progressive presidents, and explore considered reforms. Students...
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How far have we come in the "Freedom Struggle"?
Eleventh graders assess an appreciation for the sacrifices made to achieve fundamental rights in our society. They analyze how far we've come to explore what more needs to be done in the "Freedom Struggle." Each student completes a...
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Methods of Reform: The Lowell Mill Girls
Students define reform. They identify different reform methods.
Students evaluate reform efforts inspired by the Lowell Mill girls. They see how group organization and advocacy would eventually lead to important scoical change.
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People of the West
Sixth graders research and identify key facts about men and women of the Westward Movement. They assess the events and reasons that motivated people to move west, hardships they faced and their contributions to the nation. Each student...
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Reform in the Late 19th Century
Eleventh graders explore, examine, and study the concept of reform in the late 19th century in the United States. They explain the methods that social critics advocated to improve society and examine efforts to help the urban poor found...
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Reform Movements
Students research the reform movements in connection to the suffering of women, African American rights, temperance and prohibition, education reform, etc... They brainstorm in groups in order to come up a historical analysis of the...
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Dorothea Dix: Reform in Massachusetts
Students examine the life and reform efforts of Dorothea Dix on behalf of people with disabilities. They discover how her efforts resulted in the passage of legislation. They also examine the care people with disabilities receive.
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What if the Senate were Reformed on the Triple E Model
Students investigate what the Canadian Senate does and what reform would do to the power relationship between the Prime Minister and the Senate.
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To what extent should the Canadian Political and/or Electoral systems be reformed?
Twelfth graders look critically at the government and then take a defend a position on the prospect of reform.
BBC
Bbc: Hungarians Rise Up Against Soviet Rule
An excellent primary source article describing the Hungarian Revolution. Describes the causes of the revolt and how the protests turned violent. Site includes description offering a general context as well as related links.
Other
Full Online Text of "Progress and Poverty"
Open this page for links to the full text of Henry George's "Progress and Poverty", which became popular during the American Progressive Era.
Other
Guide to American Political Parties
Complete directory of the political parties that are active in the United States. Links to each party's website are included along with a brief overview of each one with major players.
Other
100 Years of Manhattan's Garbage
"What could you smell on the streets of New York in 1890?" An interesting question that this paper answers well by examining an exhibit at the New York Public Library entitled "Garbage: The History and Politics of Trash in New York City."
Other
D Archives: Alice Stone Blackwell, Objections Answered
Read this 1915 essay by Alice Stone Blackwell, who outlines the basic reasons women should be granted equal voting rights in the U.S.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Origins of the Progressive Era
Given broad categories that describe the major goals of the progressive movement and general information about selected issues of the late 1800's/early 1900's, students will categorize the issues according to corresponding progressive...
BBC
Bbc News: Russian Ex President Yeltsin Dies
Information about the death of Russia's first President, Boris Yeltsin. Provides highlights of his political career including his banning of the Communist Party in the early 1990s. (4/23/07)
US National Archives
Nara: Charters of Freedom: The Constitution: Amendments 11 27
Check here to read the three amendments passed during the Progressive Era, the 16th, 17th, & 18th amendments. From the National Archives and Records Administration.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Politics of Reform
[Free Registration/Login Required] A great look at the Progressive Era, the issues dealt with at that time, and the legistlation passed to help alleviate social ills. Read about the great range of personalities and viewpoints that drove...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: African American Activists
Learn about Ida B Wells, Rosa Parks, and Fannie Lou Hammer, all female African American activists who fought for justice and equality.
Library of Congress
Loc: Primary Source Investigation
Choose from a list of photos from the Civil War, Reform, Harlem Renaissance, and Campaign to study and record observations.