10/30- Progressivism group work

Student learning objective- Students will explain the point of view, intended audience, purpose and historical situation of an excerpt.

Directions- In the following groups on Wednesday, October 30, do your best to answer the questions after reading the provided excerpts.  The groups will lead class discussion Thursday, October 31.  It will be evident if you tried your best.


Group 1- Abell, Berge, Merchant - Ida Tarbell- History of the Standard Oil Company

What is Ida Tarbell's point of view?

Who is the intended audience?

What is the purpose?

What is the historical situation at the time?

How does this connect to other time periods, especially today?


Group 2- Whaley, Patel, Maddalena- Upton Sinclair- The Jungle

What are the most shocking details in the Jungle?

Despite the excerpt being referred to as fiction by the website due to names, what are multiple historically factual issues pointed out in the Jungle? (Historical situation)

What is the solution to the problems?

What is the purpose of this book?

How does this connect to other time periods, especially today?


Group 3- Costa, Madruga, Murawski- Lincoln Steffens- The Shame of the Cities

What is the historical situation?

What is the purpose of this?

How do Philadelphia and New York compare? (Similarity and difference)

How does this connect to other time periods, especially today?


Group 4- Young, Porcello, Francis - "Fighting Bob" La Follette- The Danger of Threatening Representative Government

What is Fighting Bob's point of view?

How is that Progressive?

What is an example we learned about that would corroborate this source?

What is an example to provide as a counter-point to this claim La Follette makes?


Group 5- Harrison, Vidal, D'Annolfo - Luis Brandeis- The Brandeis Brief (Page 31)

What is the historical situation in the late 1800's and early 1900's?

What is Brandeis' point of view?

What is the purpose of this document?

How does this connect to other time periods, especially today?


Group 6- Brown, Castellucci, Ciolino - Theodore Roosevelt- The New Nationalism (Read the second half)

What is Roosevelt's point of view?

What is the purpose of this document?

What does he use to support his claim?

How does this connect to other time periods, especially today?


Group 7- P. Cook- Woodrow Wilson- New Freedom

What is the purpose of this speech in 1912?

Who is the intended audience and why?

What is the historical situation in 1912 that this could be relevant to?

What historical developments would occur (in Chapter 29) that would corroborate or contradict his claim?

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