Unit+12+-+The+Progressive+Era

__**Homework**__ 1. Read pg. 627-633 (Stop at “Society’s Masses”) and pg. 642-650 2. Read by Upton Sinclair and think about the following question: Had immigrants known the "horrors" that faced them in America, would as many have immigrated?
 * Class #1 - Industrialization rears its ugly head... (February 3rd) **

__**In Class Activities**__ 1. Q&A 2. Discussion of The Jungle 3. Debate - Muckraking - an abuse of the 1st Amendment, or necessary for the good of the people?

__**Homework**__ 1. Read pg. 633-641 and 653-665 (Stop at “The Republican President”) 2. Read the following primary sources: 3. Answer the following question in a single sentence of no more than 50 words, "Why were the Progressives split on the concept of racial equality and how did African-Americans respond to this dilemma?"
 * Class #2 - Progressives and the Struggle for Equality (February 4th - Block D, February 5th - Block F) **

__**In Class Activities**__ 1. Q&A 2. Discuss Progressive "disunity" 3. Small Group discussion - early civil rights leaders

__**Homework**__ 1. Read pg. 665-673 (Stop at “Differing Philosophies in the Election of 1912”)
 * Class #3 - The Progressive Presidents (February 8th - Block D, February 9th - Block F) **

__**In Class Activities**__ 1. Q&A 2. View "The Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt" and discuss 3. Discuss the split in the Republican Party and the emergence of the Bull Moose Party

__**Homework**__ 1. Read pg. 673-677 and 680-681 2. Read Zinn, Chapter 13 3. Study for Unit 12 Quiz 4. Timelines are due
 * Class #4 - Wilson and the Progressive Era (February 10th) **

__**In Class Activities**__ 1. Q&A 2. Unit 12 Quiz 3. Discussion of Zinn 4. Reflecting on the Progressive Unit - What have we really accomplished?
 * Unit Resources **

Chapter 22 Reading Objectives and Notes

Chapter 23 Reading Objectives and Notes

[|Lecture Notes on the Progressive Era by Professor Schultz]

Unit 12 Timeline Terms