Given broad categories that describe the major goals of the progressive movement and general information about selected issues of the late 1800’s/early 1900’s, students will categorize the issues according to corresponding progressive era goals.

After analyzing primary and secondary resources about the child labor, the students should be able to draw conclusions about the need to reform child labor practices.

Students will describe how Upton Sinclair's The Jungle reflected issues of the Progressive Era.

Given information about Roosevelt’s Square Deal, students will create cause-and-effect diagrams to explain the reasons for and impact of selected reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administration.

Given background information, students will be able to trace the historical development of the civil rights movement in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and describe the roles of political organizations that promoted civil rights.

Given information about political reforms of the Progressive Era, students will evaluate the impact of those reforms. 

Given background information, students will be able to identify and analyze various methods of expanding the right to participate in the democratic process.

Given background information, students will be able to identify economic, social, and political issues surrounding the Gilded Age. Students will identify significant historical figures associated with the Gilded Age.

The student understands the causes of the Great Depression.

Given primary and secondary sources of information about selected New Deal measures (e.g., the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps or the passage of the Agricultural Adjustment Act), students will analyze how these measures affected various regions of the United States.