Progressive Era Assignment
Create a brochure using Microsoft Publisher or Microsoft Word about one of the following Progressive Era (~1890-1920) reform movements.
| Social | Moral | Political | Economic |
| Women’s Rights
Environmental Protection City Life (Tenements) Unsafe working conditions Child Labor Safer Food & Drugs Civil Rights |
Immigration
Illiteracy Alcohol |
Political Machines
Corruption Recall Initiatives Referendum |
Monopolies
Trusts |
Keywords:
Conservation, industrial revolution, progressive era, progressive reformer, prohibition
Keywords: Names of people, places or events!
DI Resources
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Encyclopedia covers: Arts, History and Government, People, Places, Plants and Animals, Science and Mathematics, Sports and Hobbies, World Religions.
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Full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. -
Browse from broad subjects to narrower topics using the topic tree. Covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Grolier Kids
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8 encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World, and The New Book of Popular Science.
DI History Web Resources
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from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C
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photos by Lewis Hines. Click under Collection Contents
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Hoover (1929) to Bush (2008)