Progressive Era

Students will partner up, move around your classroom, and break down the positive and negative aspects that simultaneously occurred as a result of Industrialization. This is an engaging introduction to United States History or World History, as you study...

For any class on United States history, this mini-unit is an excellent means of discussing life in the North during the mid-1800s and early 1900s. The resource includes the following: ● A PowerPoint that addresses pay and working conditions in early...

Narrated by Mandy Patinkin, the History Channel's video Ellis Island follows immigrants of every ethnic background as they recount their experiences traveling through America's "Golden Door." Part 2 of this three-part video focuses on the immigrants'...

’Who Stole the People’s Money?' – Do Tell is part of a larger cartoon – “Two Great Questions” – by American caricaturist Thomas Nast and was first published in Harper’s Weekly in August 1871. The cartoon...

The Bosses of the Senate was created by Joseph Keppler and first published in Puck in January 1889. The political cartoon reflects widespread discontent among the American public and concern over the growing influence of large businesses during the...

Political cartoons are an excellent way of keeping students engaged and promoting critical thinking. This series of 21 political cartoons addresses topics in American history between the Revolution and the Progressive Era: Join, or Die The Repeal, or...

This biography of Jacob Riis focuses on his efforts as a "muckraker" to expose the poor living conditions that existed in America's major cities during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The biography includes a series of questions based on the reading...

Looking for a new US History vocabulary review activity to add to your toolbox? This is a fun review for the Gilded Age Progressive Era using the tumbling wooden block game History Blocks! It's a hands-on, low-prep review...

This Progressive Era bundle is all you need to teach the Progressive Era to your students. This bundle includes an intro PPT that helps introduce the material, a vocab list with visuals, a notes guide and PPT, as well as a vocab quiz with the key. Buy...

Engage your students with this extensive 161-question review designed to help you easily assess a student’s knowledge of United States history since 1865.This is easily adaptable to a variety of instructional delivery methods and group sizes.This...

This product comes with a Power Point Presentation and Printable Student Notes. Also, if you don't want to teach this material through a presentation, there is a reading guide worksheet to do instead. It includes Microsoft and PDF formats. There is also...

Are you looking for a fun way to review students for your big EOC (end of course) exam - like STAAR in Texas? This is a fun review game that covers people, events, documents, treaties, wars, vocabulary - you name it - in Modern American...