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American National Biography: Carrie Chapman Catt
This site provides a detailed biography of Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist leader and peace activist during the early 1900s.
Library of Congress
Loc: America at Work & Leisure: Motion Pictures 1894 1915
The Library of Congress provides a glimpse into work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915.
Scholastic
Scholastic:twentieth Century: Society in the United States
A brief easy to read overview of major developments in the way Americans lived during the first two decades of the twentieth century. This site also provides links to overviews of other major social events in twentieth century America...
Harvard University
Harvard: Women Working, 1870 1930
Harvard historians have collected primary source documents and photographs to create a presentation which examines working women from 1870 to 1930. Modern students may be surprised to learn the extent to which women worked outside the...
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: A Short History of Wisconsin
This collection of five essays on the history of Wisconsin is not as short as its name might indicate. It spans from the prehistory times of First Peoples up to the present, highlighting key events and people, and supplemented by many...
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Radicalism or Reformism? [Pdf]
Read about the variations between socialist, social democratic and labor parties across 18 countries in the early twentieth century. Taking an inside look at case studies, there was a political emergence of the bourgeoisie and an...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published as a serial in the Appeal to Reason 1905, one work is The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. It exposed harsh working conditions in the meat packing industry.
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Chicago Workers During the Long Gilded Age
Learning module in which students use primary source material to examine the plight of workers in Chicago during the 19th and 20th Centuries, their efforts to make changes to working conditions and public response to those efforts.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Great Migration
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Great Migration.
Library of Congress
Loc: Mary Church Terrell Papers
The papers of educator, lecturer, suffragist, and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell consist of approximately 13,000 documents. Spanning the years 1851 to 1962, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1886-1954,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Epsid 2019 2020 Us History
Flexbooks 2.0 are interactive, customizable, digital textbooks. Flexbooks are standards-aligned. Flexi, a student tutor, is integrated into each book to guide you on your learning journey. Flexi can assist in learning, answer questions,...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Student will use primary and secondary sources to gain a richer understanding of women's activism and how the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire led to changes in labor and safety regulations in America.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 6: Becoming a Modern Nation
This extensive learning module examines the role of large-scale industrialization, urbanization, and mass migrations in creating new demands on government and social organizations to design reforms, and looks at the global and domestic...
Library of Congress
Loc: Confrontations, Sacrifice, and the Struggle for Democracy
Learn how women fought for the right to vote and the work of the National Woman's Party(NWP).
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Gross Clinic, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
Thomas Eakins's controversial painting that reflects the skill of professional, scientific practitioners during the late-nineteenth century.
Other
Women in History: Jane Addams
Click here to see a photo of Jane Addams & read her biography. Read about her dedication the Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago.The first female to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Addams was also known for her support of women's...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: w.e.b. Du Bois
Read a brief biography of W.E.B. DuBois, who was an early civil rights activist and supporter of equal opportunity and treatment for African-Americans. See how he acted on his beliefs. Included is a brief quiz about the Progressive Era.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: Republican Ascendancy: Politics in the 20s
With the waning of the Progressive Era, the political landscape of Republican presidents like Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge emphasized business interests.
PBS
Pbs American Experience: Emma Goldman (1869 1940)
A notorious lecturer, fearless writer, and merciless publisher, Goldman was one of the most controversial women in America. For more than thirty years, she defined the limits of dissent and free speech in Progressive Era America.
Curated OER
Sage American History: The Progressive Era: 1896 1920
Photograph of women parading in support of women's suffrage.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Posters From the Wpa
Primary documents to use in your study of the Works Progress Administration. Find posters and narrative that will give you insights into the WPA era. Be sure to click on Collection Connections for more information and learning activities.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Great Depression in North Carolina: Experiences
This lesson plan will result in imaginary Works Progress Administration (WPA) interviews similar to those found in American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 of the Library of Congress that...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Zoom Dinosaurs
Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
This collection uses primary sources to explore The Awakening by Kate Chopin.