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?

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