Do Whatcha Know!
What do you know about Theodore Roosevelt? Do you think he's a progressive? Why or why not?
We spent the rest of the class watching the film, "The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt," answering these questions during viewing.
1. Describe TR’s childhood.
2. How does Roosevelt get involved in politics?
3. How did his first wife Alice die? How does TR respond?
4. Who is Edith?
5. Why does TR quit as Assistant Secretary of the Navy?
6. Who are the Rough Riders? What is the name of their famous battle?
7. Why does Thomas Platt pressure Roosevelt into running for Vice President?
8. How does TR initially feel about being Vice President?
9. How did Roosevelt become President?
10. How does TR feel about:
a. Racial discrimination?
b. Child labor?
c. Trusts?
d. Environmental conservation?
11. Why did a reporter say, “A nervous person has no business being around the White House these days?”
12. Why was the teddy bear named after Theodore Roosevelt?
13. Why does Roosevelt win the Nobel Peace Prize?
14. Why does Roosevelt send the U.S. Navy on a worldwide training mission?
15. Who does TR choose to follow him as President? Why?
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Classwork for Monday 2/16/2009
Do Whatcha Know!
Read “One American’s Story” at the top of page 330. Pretend you live in 1912. What’s your reaction to Camella Teoli’s story? What do you think should be done to improve working conditions?
Intro to New Material
Progressive movement - an early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, restore economic opportunities,and correct injustices in America life
Four goals of progressives
1. Protect social welfare
2. Promote moral reform
-Prohibition - the banning on the manufacture, sale and possession of alcohol
3. Creating economic reform
4. Fostering efficiency
muckrakers - magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and politics in the early 1900s
Progressive victories
16th Amendment - allows national income tax
17th Amendment - lets people directly elect their U.S. senators, instead of representatives doing it
18th Amendment - bans the sale and use of alcoholic beverages
Guided Practice
Fill in the two graphic organizers with the correct answers.
Amendment Purpose
16th
17th
18th
Goal Example
social welfare
Moral reform
Economic reform
Efficiency
Independent Practice
Read “The Muckrakers” on pages 348-9. Complete SOAPS on two of the primary sources.
Learning Log
What were the goals of the progressives? How did they achieve some of their goals?
Read “One American’s Story” at the top of page 330. Pretend you live in 1912. What’s your reaction to Camella Teoli’s story? What do you think should be done to improve working conditions?
Intro to New Material
Progressive movement - an early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, restore economic opportunities,and correct injustices in America life
Four goals of progressives
1. Protect social welfare
2. Promote moral reform
-Prohibition - the banning on the manufacture, sale and possession of alcohol
3. Creating economic reform
4. Fostering efficiency
muckrakers - magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and politics in the early 1900s
Progressive victories
16th Amendment - allows national income tax
17th Amendment - lets people directly elect their U.S. senators, instead of representatives doing it
18th Amendment - bans the sale and use of alcoholic beverages
Guided Practice
Fill in the two graphic organizers with the correct answers.
Amendment Purpose
16th
17th
18th
Goal Example
social welfare
Moral reform
Economic reform
Efficiency
Independent Practice
Read “The Muckrakers” on pages 348-9. Complete SOAPS on two of the primary sources.
Learning Log
What were the goals of the progressives? How did they achieve some of their goals?
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