Progressive Era

Students will review a year of United States History (American History, US History) with the critical thinking review game, "what doesn't belong and why?" Each topic has up to 11 sets of words (people, events, terms, laws, documents, speeches, etc) for...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from W.E.B. DuBois' "Address to the Nation" in 1906 on ending segregation/discrimination and having full access to voting rights by answering 23 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included...

Students will demonstrate an understanding of what they learned in each unit of American History (U.S. History) with these editable tests and quizzes. Depending on the topic, the questions include image analysis, primary source excerpts, maps, fill in...

Students will read and analyze 2 points of view from 1909 on whether women should get the right to vote by answering 35 questions. They will then answer 11 overarching and compare and contrast questions. Lastly, they will analyze 8 images and political...

Students will review Teddy Roosevelt's life and political career by creating his presidential campaign for the Election of 1904. They will address 4 items from 3 areas of Teddy Roosevelt's life and career for a total of 12 items. There is also a compare...

Students will play true, false, fix to review the events and people related to the Progressive Era (Progressivism) by reading 29 statements and determining which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3 other tasks with the material. This...

Students will review muckrakers from the Progressive Era and related social ills by creating a pamphlet to highlight 3 social concerns and 3 muckrakers while meeting 5 academic and 2 creative requirements. One task has the students consider multiple...

Students will read a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 on the need for inspections and safety/sanitary standards in the meatpacking industry. There are 15 questions and 6 images for students to analyze. There are 4 prompts to respond to on 3...

Students will get an overview of the Progressive Era with this presentation and note guide covering, but not limited to, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, the goals of Progressives, muckrakers, New Nationalism, New Freedom, conservation, the...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on conservation and preservation (Pinchot and Muir) as related to Hetch Hetchy Valley by answering 26 questions and completing a creative task. They will also analyze 3 images according to provided...

Students will read excerpts from the Justice Brewer's majority opinion of Muller v. Oregon and answer 18 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! Sample questions...

Students complete an interview activity to review President Roosevelt's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then students "interview" Roosevelt right after his inauguration (5 questions and answers), then students conduct Roosevelt's...