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Progressivism


Learning Tools


Interpreting Primary Sources:

Urban Political Machines

The Rise of the City

Immigration

Problems of Youth

Progressive Reform and the Trusts

World War I


Interpreting Statistics:

Voting

The Growth of Cities

Immigrant America

Impact of Immigration Quotas

Child Labor

Education

The Great War


Study Aids

Progressive Legislation

Wilson's 14 Points


Recommended lesson plan:

Women's Suffrage

The Gilder Lehrman Institute devoted an issue of its online journal History Now to the topic of women's suffrage. Click here for 4 lesson plans on the subject, divided by grade level:

http://www.historynow.org/03_2006/teacher.html


Fact Check:

Quiz on the Progressive Era

Primary source documents with classroom questions:

Jane Addams and Hull House
Child Labor: The Keating Owen Child Labor Act 1916
The Value of Preserving Bird Life/T. Roosevelt
The Conservation of Natural Resources by Theodore Roosevelt

Timelines:

A timeline of the 19th century

A timeline of the 20th century









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