Progressive+Era+Projects


 * The Persistent Problems of the Progressive Era - A Study of How to Make Change **

__ **The Progressive Era Projects ** __ 

 **__ANNOUNCEMENT__**: In the interest of perfecting our work and better articulating ourselves in the peer review process, the Progressive Era Projects due date has been backed up until February 21 (A-day students) and February 22nd (B-day students.) This will give us the added time to give the project the attention it requires during class, and allow students to engage in the all important peer review process. My apologies to everyone for postponing the work again!

During the Progressive Era, advocates for social, political, and economic change worked to pass laws in the United States which addressed the problems they perceived in American society. In this project, you will need to identify one persistent problem which existed during the Progressive Era and still lingers on - in one form or another - to this day.

Your task is to create a presentation in which you explain the history of this problem, evaluate how progressive reformers attempted to wrestle with it in the past, and suggest a solution which would help to solve the problem as it exists in contemporary society.

The first part of this assignment took place in class, as we identified different types of Progressive Reforms which we had studied and evaluated the merits of the primary actions taken by the advocates for change. You may wish to review this aspect of our studies.

__**The Progressive Reforms Movement Organizer: **__ [|Progressive Reform Movements Organizer.docx]

The project was formally introduced during a two-day research trip to the PAMS Library Media Center before the holiday break. The directions to the project and a formal checklist for completing the work can be found below.

** __The Progressive Era Projects:__ ** [|Progressive Era Projects.docx]

__**PLEASE NOTE**__: Since there are a variety of ways to present your final project, the directions to this assignment are necessarily vague. Be certain that you have addressed every aspect of the project by following the specific directions as they are delineated in the document above, and by filling in each part of the Progressive Era Project Checklist below.

__ **The Progressive Era Project Checklist: ** __ [|Progressive Era Projects Checklist.doc]

Use the checklist in order to make certain you are on track!

__**<span style="font-family: 'lucida console',monaco,monospace;">The Due Date and What to Look for in the Near Future: **__

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'lucida console',monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">__**DUE DATE**__: The due date for the Persistent Problems of the Progressive Era has been pushed back to February 6th (A-day Students) and February 7th (B-day Students).

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'lucida console',monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">There will be a rubric posted during the course of this week which students can use as a guide to evaluate and revise their work on this project. Students will also need to consult the rubric in order to participate in an important peer review process which will take place in class during the last week of January.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'lucida console',monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">We will also post an example of a completed powerpoint project during the course of the week. While a powerpoint is not the only format which students can use in order to complete and submit their work, it is a representative template for the project.