Tenth graders analyze editorial cartoons focusing on progressive reform. They compare their analysis and research. Students discuss the cost of reform leading to the creation of a national income tax through the passage of the 16th...

Eighth graders examine the American immigration experience. In this immigration instructional activity, 8th graders watch a video about Ellis Island and discuss the processing that took place there. Students write letters in the voice of...

Students develop an appreciation and understanding of the people, their attitudes, values and beliefs as reflected in their architecture. They use slides and or a walking tour showing the various styles of architecture, in New Haven,...

In this 4th grade unit, young scholars 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...

Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Jane Addams (1860-1935), social reformer and founder of Hull House. She advocated juvenile-court law, tenement house regulation, 8-hour work day for women and labor rights.

See a portrait of activist Jane Addams painted by American painter, George deForest Brush, and read a brief discussion of Addams' important role as a reformer.

Biography of Jane Addams from childhood to death. Includes information on Hull house, the juvenile courts and her campaign against sweatshops.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to investigate the photographs of 19th-century progressive...