Week 5, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: Progressive Leaders Time: Week 5, Feb 11-15 Unit: The Progressive Movement
Objectives:
1. Students will learn about the key issues and figures in the early Progressive Movement.
2. Students will read and analyze an excerpt from muckraking classic and then write their own.
3. Students will begin to research their own report on the Progressive Era.
4. Students will list significant figures and issues related to reforming government.
5. Students will evaluate the reform movement under Taft and Wilson.

Monday
1. Hand out Rubric.
2. Chapter 18, Section 1, Lecture.
3. Homework-read section 2. Quiz tomorrow. Homework Practice Online Quiz tomorrow.

Tuesday
1. Homework Practice Online Quiz. SD3 HP18 or http://go.hrw.com/activities/frameset.html?main=3082.html
2. Read Lincoln Steffan’s The Shame of the Cities.
3. Imagine you are writing an expose for the Chicago Tribune. Your editor gives you a choice of topics to write on: child labor, women’s working conditions, safety in the workplace, alcohol abuse, poor living conditions, or the monopolistic practices of big business. Write a one-page, handwritten, single spaced expose for the Tribune on one of these topics. Invent a situation, interview characters, and imagine statistics that help document your point. Finish for homework.

Wednesday
1. Computer lab time for 3rd Q project.
2. Homework-Read section 3, Reforming Society.

Thursday
1. Class discussion on Reforming Society section.
2. Chapter 19, Section 1, Reforming Government
3. Homework-Roosevelt and the Square Deal. Do sections 1, 2, and 4 on page 581.

Friday
1. Lecture-Reform Under Taft and Wilson’s New Freedom, Chapter 19, Section 3 and 4.
2. Homework-Understanding Main Ideas and Reviewing Themes on page 594.