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Library of Congress

Loc: Women Suffrage in the Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of women's suffrage during the Progressive Era with links to documents of the time primarily supporting women's right to vote although there is some documentaion of opposition also.
Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Social Gospel and the Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay on the shifting tide and changing attitudes brought about by social science during the Progressive Era with an increased emphasis on social welfare, race relations, and fair labor practices in an industrial age.
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Other

Tsu: The Progressive Era and World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive outline covering the major ideas, leaders, and actions of the Progressive Era and the transformation of the United States as a result of World War I.
Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Progressive Era? What Does That Mean?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use strategies to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases that describe political, social or economic aspects of the Progressive Era.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 1929

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website defines and explores the Progressive Era and various aspects of American society during that period of history. It contains fairly simple text and several images.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Political Activism in the Progressive Era: Becoming Helen Keller

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and political activism of Helen Keller, one of the 20th century's human rights pioneers, in the AMERICAN MASTERS documentary Becoming Helen Keller. Utilizing video, discussion questions, teaching tips, and a...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fighting Racism: Civil Rights in the Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson, students take a closer look at some of the women who risked their lives to fight against systemic racism in the United States during the Progressive Era.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Age of Empire: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
The Progressive Era from the 1890s to the 1920s evolved as a response to the negative effects of industrialization. Reforms that emerged provided protections for workers and consumers and gave women voting rights. Backlash against the...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the first two decades of the twentieth century, when Texans shared the optimism and confidence that permeated American society in the time period called the Progressive Era.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Progressive Era: Political Reforms

For Students 9th - 10th
Given information about political reforms of the Progressive Era, students will evaluate the impact of those reforms.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Upton Sinclair: A Progressive Era Muckraker

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will describe how Upton Sinclair's The Jungle reflected issues of the Progressive Era.
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin History: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Wisconsin was at the forefront of progressive legislation at the turn of the last century. Read about the leading progressive politician, Robert M. LaFollette, the reforms passed, and the ideas that spread to the rest of the country.
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Other

Bringing History Home: The Progressive Era

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this 4th grade unit, learners study how citizens and government of the early 20th century sought solutions to problems that accompanied immigration and industrialization. By focusing on child labor, factory working conditions and...
Primary
Other

Middle Tennessee State University: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a plethora of primary source documents to further your understanding of the Progressive Era. Background on this time period and a bibliography for further research are provided. Documents include flyers, pictures,...
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Other

Polytechnic School: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
A great outline that highlights the important parts of the Progressive Era from those involved in reforms to the reform programs themselves. Not much detail, but good information.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Progressive Era to the New Era 1900 1929, World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about World War I from the primary source documents contained here. Also contains a short overview, lesson plans, timelines, maps, and images, as well as recommended videos, books, and other...
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Other

Middle Tennessee State University: The Progressive Movement: Life as a Muckraker

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, learners learn about the muckraking journalists who exposed social injustices during the Progressive Era and what the Progressives believed. They will examine primary sources, including the works of...
eBook
Other

Full Online Text of "Progress and Poverty"

For Students 9th - 10th
Open this page for links to the full text of Henry George's "Progress and Poverty", which became popular during the American Progressive Era.
Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
A good overview of the many social and economic changes that occurred in the United States in the early 20th century. There are hyperlinks to information about the many social reforms, the sad state of race relations at the time, and the...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Progressive Era Politics Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of Progressive Era legislation with brief descriptions of the laws.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Progressive Era Politics

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this overview of the Progressive Era to find out about the economic, political, and philosophical conditions of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that led to changes in working conditions, reforms in...
Unit Plan
George Eastman Museum

Lewis Hine: Immigration and the Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Lewis Hine documented the conditions of life during the industrial development of America. His photographs show the impact of both child labor and immigration.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Progressive Movement 1890 1920: Origins of Progressive Spirit

For Students 11th - 12th
Learn how the muckrakers explosed problems and corruption, which galvanized the public to demand change from the government, thus triggering the Progressive movement, and everything that meant.
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US National Archives

Nara: Treasures of Congress: Progressive Reform Votes for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this wonderful interactive site from the National Archives and Records Administration, to learn about the women's suffrage movement during the Progressive Era. See photos and primary documents related to the topic (click to...

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