ALEX Learning Activity Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [SS2010] USS6 (6) 2 :

2 ) Describe reform movements and changing social conditions during the Progressive Era in the United States.

•  Relating countries of origin and experiences of new immigrants to life in the United States

Example: Ellis Island and Angel Island experiences

•  Identifying workplace reforms, including the eight-hour workday, child labor laws, and workers' compensation laws

•  Identifying political reforms of Progressive movement leaders, including Theodore Roosevelt and the establishment of the national park system

•  Identifying social reforms of the Progressive movement, including efforts by Jane Adams, Clara Barton, and Julia Tutwiler (Alabama)

•  Recognizing goals of the early civil rights movement and the purpose of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

•  Explaining Progressive movement provisions of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-first Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

Students will participate in an interactive website activity from the Tenement Museum in New York City. Then, students will create a postcard describing the experiences of immigrants in the United States in the early 1900s. 

This resource was created as a part of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [SS2010] USS6 (6) 2 :

2 ) Describe reform movements and changing social conditions during the Progressive Era in the United States.

•  Relating countries of origin and experiences of new immigrants to life in the United States

Example: Ellis Island and Angel Island experiences

•  Identifying workplace reforms, including the eight-hour workday, child labor laws, and workers' compensation laws

•  Identifying political reforms of Progressive movement leaders, including Theodore Roosevelt and the establishment of the national park system

•  Identifying social reforms of the Progressive movement, including efforts by Jane Adams, Clara Barton, and Julia Tutwiler (Alabama)

•  Recognizing goals of the early civil rights movement and the purpose of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

•  Explaining Progressive movement provisions of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-first Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

This activity allows students to analyze photographs and political cartoons from the early 20th century during the Women's Suffrage Movement. Students will participate in a gallery walk around the classroom and put a modern twist on their comments about the photos by creating a #hashtag statement.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.