Abstract:
Suggests site to help students find primary sources dealing with the Progressive Era.

Standard
History - 6250-0106 - 11th Grade
Students will use primary sources to understand important eras of American history.
Keywords: US History, Progressive Era, Primary source, Suffrage
Submitted by: David Seiter

Learning Outcomes
Students will search for primary sources explaining the different historical movements and people of the Progressive Era.

Background
The teacher should visit the site (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html, and http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rbannis1/Progs/ ) beforehand to verify the site contains appropriate information.

Materials

Introduction

Instructional Procedures
1. Students are assigned a certain historical movement or historical figure from the Progressive Era (EG. Women Suffrage, African-American Movement, Ila B. Wells, W.E.B DuBois).

2. Students visit the web sites and locate a document referring to the movement or the figure.

3. Students write down the address, a summary of the document, and whether or not the document is a primary or secondary source.

4. For each document found, the student must explain why they identified the document as a primary or secondary source.

5. Students may want to visit search engines (www.hotbot.com) to locate additional documents about the historical movement or historical figure.