Update: Progressive Café Invitation Name: ______
H US History Pd. _____
Sculley-Ellett
60 Points
You have been invited to the most stylin’ club in town, the Progressive Café, which intellectuals and artists from all walks of life frequent on Monday October 27, 2014 in room 228 or 231.
Essential Questions: What does it take to bring about change in America? What is progress?
Thinking Skills: Exhibiting imagination, curiosity and wonder through the senses.
In order to participate in our café you must do the following:
1) Research and become familiar with all of the individuals listed below. All are found in your textbook. Focus on their major goals and accomplishments as they relate to the Progressive Era (reforming society). You can fill in the information about each on the Progressives Definition Sheet. (15 Points)
2) Complete the Progressive Café Worksheet (attached). (30 Points)
3) Write ONE creative component: (poem, rap or song) about your individual: Must be typed. Make sure to put your name on the front and your progressive’s name on the back. (15 Pts)
Explanation of Creative Component:
Poem, Song or Rap about your progressive personality. Choose ONE only.
Create a Poem, Song or Rap that includes at least SEVEN (7) specific details about your character. Include a Title and Underline and number each detail. Insufficient detail and / or a less than polished, thorough poem, song or rap will reflect negatively on your grade. MUST BE TYPED!!! DO NOT INCLUDE THE NAME OF YOUR CHARACTER IN THE POEM. Write your character’s name on the back and your name on the front. You will read or post the poem during the café and our class will have to guess which reformer you are.
4) Dress the part or have a propJ and maybe get extra credit if you go all out.
5) Identify, during our café, which progressive each of your classmates represents by using
the Progressives Definition sheet.
6) Also you are welcome to bring food, refreshments and a positive attitude as well.
1) Margaret Sanger2) Alice Paul
3) Carrie Chapman Catt
4) Jane Addams
5) Florence Kelley
6) Charlotte Perkins Gilman
7) Louis Brandeis
8) Frank Norris
9) Upton Sinclair
10) John Muir / 11) Ida Tarbell
12) Jacob Riis
13) Lincoln Steffens
14) Theodore Roosevelt
15) Woodrow Wilson
16) William Howard Taft
17) Gifford Pinchot
18) Robert La Follette
19) Sigmund Livingston / 20) Frances E. Willard
21) Carry Nation
22) William “Big Bill” Haywood
23) Susan B Anthony
24) Lewis Hine
25) Lillian Wald
26) WEB du Bois
27) Booker T. Washington
28) Ida B Wells
Progressives Definition Sheet 15 Points
Use this page to prepare for the Progressive Café and to turn in on Monday October 27, 2014. You can use this page during the café.
1) Margaret Sanger (Birth Control Advocate) ______
2) Alice Paul (Women’s Suffragist) ______
3) Carrie Chapman Catt (Women’s Suffrage) ______
4) Jane Addams (Hull House) ______
5) Florence Kelley (Fought Child Labor) ______
6) Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Women and Economics) ______
7) Louis Brandeis (Brandeis Brief, working conditions for women) ______
8) Frank Norris (Wrote The Octopus) ______
9) Upton Sinclair (Muckraker, Meat Packing Reform) ______
10) John Muir (Conservation/ Preservation) ______
11) Ida Tarbell (Standard Oil expose, Muckraker) ______
12) Jacob Riis (Photographer and Muckraker) ______
13) Lincoln Steffens (Muckraker and Cities) ______
14) Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive Pres.) ______
15) Woodrow Wilson (Progressive Pres.) ______
16) William Howard Taft (Progressive Pres.) ______
17) Gifford Pinchot (Conservationist) ______
18) Robert La Follette (Progressive Gov., Wisconsin Idea) ______
19) Sigmund Livingston (Founded the ADL)______
20) Frances E Willard (Temperance movement) ______
21) Carry Nation (Temperance) ______
22) William “Big Bill” Haywood (Leader of IWW) ______
23) Susan B Anthony (Women’s Rights) ______
24) Lewis Hine (Child Labor Photography) ______
25) Lillian Wald (Public Services for Poor) ______
26) WEB duBois (Civil Rights, Niagara Movement) ______
27) Booker T. Washington (Civil Rights, Tuskegee Institute) ______
28) Ida B Wells (Civil Rights, Anti-Lynching) ______
Update Progressive Café Worksheet Your (actual) name: ______
H US Ms. Sculley-Ellett
30 points
Keep your character’s identity secret. This is a must! The class will guess at your persona.
Directions: You will research your character and adopt her or his persona during our café so that you can engage other “progressives” in conversation. You must answer these questions for credit. You may write on this sheet or type up your answers. NOTE: The energy and time you devote to preparation largely will determine your success. You must come with questions and conversation; this will enhance our learning and fun.
1) A. What vocation(s) did you follow? (education, law, journalism, politics, etc.). b. Explain.
A.B.
2) A. What was your background? Give a brief (VERY BRIEF) biography of relevant information. B. What made you become a progressive?
A.B.
3) A. List the problems that your character tried to solve. B. Why did you focus on these problems?
A.B.
4) A. What were your greatest contributions to the Progressive Movement? B. What were your solutions to the problems of the time?
A.B.
5) Social banter that your character might have used in conversation. – interests, friends and associates, enemies, or talents.
6) Come up with 1-3 jokes that your character might have told. They must relate to issues or philosophies from the Progressive Era and must be appropriate. *You may also include any interesting stories or anecdotes related to your person if you cannot think of any jokes.
7) Come up with 1-3 pick-up lines your character might have used at a social gathering. – They must be appropriate. *You may also include any interesting stories or anecdotes related to your person if you cannot think of any lines.
Tips: Don’t overly stress, especially on the jokes and lines. Consider ones already in use and then tailor them to your persona. If you are stuck, find something about their life you think is interesting and use it. YOU CAN USE THIS PAPER DURING THE CAFÉ.
DUE DATE: Monday October 27, 2014
Food or Beverage you are bringing in. ______