Progressivism+Power+Point+Project

Project Description Part 1 - early 1900s use primary source packets, google images, and notes to complete this section

Power Point Project Handed Out in Class:

Power Point Scaffolding Worksheet for each group:

Part 2: Articles on Issues going on Currently in the U.S. Today

Labor and Unions [|Child Labor 1] [|Sweatshop Labor] [|Army Recruiters] [|Army Recruiters 2]

Environmental Issues [|global warming 1 - click on link for the Spring '07 issue and choose title called, "climate plant kids have had enough"] [|global warming 2] [|environmental racism] [|WE ACT - Harlem group responding to Environmental Racism - use this with the previous link] [|corporate pollution]

Food Industries [|what fast food companies are like 1] [|what fast food companies do to animals] [|Meatpacking industry - what happened in the past and what is going on today]

Housing Issues [|Affordable Housing/Lack of Housing 1] [|Affordable Housing/Lack of Housing 2] [|Affordable Housing/Lack of Housing 3] [|Affordable Housing/Lack of Housing 4]

Current Reform Issues [|Education Reform]

Abuses of Government [|Right to Assembly of groups to be taken away by the NYPD] [|Government spying on citizens]

Identity Issues

gender article 1 [|female rights 2] - organization [|female rights 3] - youth activist [|female rights 4 - magazine]

[|marriage rights]

[|racism still going on today - understanding the situation of Hurricane Katrina 1] [|racism still going on today - understanding the situation of Hurricane Katrina 2] [|racism still going on today - understanding the situation of Hurricane Katrina and how people are fighting back 1- scroll down to resources section] [|racism still going on today - understanding the situation of Hurricane Katrina and how people are fighting back 2]