Monday, 11/25

• Please pick-up a packet titled“Politics in the Gilded Age”

• Read through the information and answer the questions that follow for pages one and two only. Do not go on to the note sheet that is attached.

Also: Drop-off last weeks warm-up/closer sheet and pick-up the one for this week!

Progressive Reforms

CategoriesMoral, Economic, Political, Social

Specific Reforms (Political)Political Machines, Patronage,

etc.

Friday, 11/22

• Please drop-off your letter to an administrator regarding reforms at MHS. Not for 1st period.

• Based on your investigation yesterday, what were some of the important issues that Muckrakers were concerned about?

Progressive Reforms

CategoriesMoral, Economic, Political, Social

Specific Reforms (Economic)Gap Between Rich and Poor

16th Amendment

Progressive Reforms

CategoriesMoral, Economic, Political, Social

Specific Reforms (Moral)End Drinking

Moral Reforms

• Please circle any symbols and key words or phrases on the cartoon that you think are important to linking it to moral reforms (things that need to be fixed). Be ready to discuss!

Thursday, 11/21

How would you fix or reform Middletown High School to improve your education?

Progressive Reforms

CategoriesEconomic, Moral, Political, Social

Muckrakers(Economic Reforms)

“Issues”

•Civil Rights•Conservationism  (protecting the environment)•Women’s Suffrage•Unsafe Working Conditions and/or Child Labor•Unsafe Food Production•Living Conditions•Political Corruption

Closer Activity - 11/21

Now that you know all about Progressive Era Muckrakers, use your knowledge and

readdress your warm-up question/answer.

How would you fix or reform Middletown High School to improve your education?

Write a note to an administrator (Dr. Donovan or Ms. Duggins) explaining your reform issue

and your idea for how it should be fixed.

Wednesday, 11/20

• Pick up a reading in the bin and answer the following question:

•Explain how technological innovations and cultural changes are reflected in the food products offered to Americans in 1900.

Eating Habits Change

Closer – Wednesday, 11/20

• What are some difficulties found in The 1900 House that we do not have today?

• What are some similarities in your life to those of The 1900 House?

Tuesday, 11/19

• Pick-up a reading in the bin and answer the two questions about the Boy Scouts on your warm-up sheet.

1900 Charts/Graphs

• Part I: Use your answer sheet to record data from the charts and graphs.

• Part II: A Power Point will begin scrolling later in the period – it will provide the information for the questions at the bottom of your answer sheet.

• Part III: Complete the worksheet on the back, “Middle Class Life.”

• Part IV: Begin defining the vocabulary on a separate sheet of paper for Economic, Moral, and Muckrakers.

1900 Charts/Graphs - Vocabulary

• Longevity: how long someone lives• Homicides: murders• Nonmarital Births: babies born to an unmarried woman• Infant Mortality Rate: death rate of those between birth

and first birthday• Lynching: to hang someone – used predominately

against the African American community (or those who supported African American freedoms)

Closer - Tuesday, 11/19

• Based on what you now know about life in 1900, describe what your life would be like if you were transported back to 1900!

Monday, 11/18

Predict what life will be like in 100 years by answering the following questions:

• What language is the most spoken language in the world?

• What is the most populated country?• What is the biggest ethnic group in the United States?

(e.g.: Caucasian, Multi-Racial, etc.)• What will transportation look like?

Also: Drop-off last weeks warm-up/closer sheet and pick-up the one for this week!

“The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty—a fad.”

Advice from a president of the Michigan Savings Bank to Henry Ford's lawyer Horace Rackham. Rackham ignored the advice and invested $5000 in Ford stock, selling it later for $12.5 million.

Who is this US President?

Our 32nd PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt

Current Day Prices of Sears Products

• Women’s Corset $.48

• Child’s Walking Cloak (Coat) @ $.75

• Boys Suit @ $4.00

• Bicycle @$10.95

• Now $11.00

• Now $19.60

• Now $105.00

• Now $286.00

Corset Stays Made of Whale Bone

Closer – Monday, 11/18

• What are some differences found in clothing styles between 1900 and today?

• What are some similarities found in clothing styles between 1900 and today?

Previous Semester’s Slides

Pull from these to modify for the current semester

Friday, 5/031. Please review your

notes for the Unit 6, Progressivism Unit Test!

2. Sharpen your pencils!

3. Questions will be addressed right after the bell!

When You Are Finished . . . 1. Review your test – do you

have the version noted? Is your name on your answer sheets?

2. Bring everything up to us!3. Pick-up a reading and

questions about Imperialism and the map w/ a poem on the back. Use your textbook to help with the map. Welcome to Imperialism!

• What rights might women want at the turn-of-the-century?

• How might women make the American public listen and take note?

Thursday, 5/02

Closer for Thurs., 5/02

Answer the following question with details on your closer sheet.

In your opinion who was the more effective leader African American leader: Booker T.

Washington or W.E.B. DuBois?

Wed., 5/01

• Look closely at the picture you received (matching the one above).• Pick five different individuals and create a speech bubble with what

they might be thinking. • The speech bubble should be class appropriate and reflect your

studies to this point.

Hey, you lower class kids, stop stealing my fruit!

Closer - Tuesday, 5/01

Please note the following on your closer worksheet

•3 Things that you have learned about the Tenement Houses and/or Working Conditions (Social Reforms).

•2 Things that you already knew about the Tenement Houses and/or Working Conditions (Social Reforms).

•1 Question regarding Social Reforms in general that you still have.

Tuesday, 4/30

Describe a time when you or someone you know purchased food that was of poor quality or unfit to eat. What did you do?

If this has never happened to you, what do you think you would do?

Wednesday, 12/07 – 4th period only

• Open your notebook to Morality Notes from yesterday.

• We need to get caught up since we had a shortened class on Tuesday!

Progressive Reforms

CategoriesMoral, Economic, Political, Social

Specific Reforms (Social)1. Safer Food

2. Safer Medicines