Extra Credit #2

Read this interesting article in the 01/28 LA Times about modern immigrants working in the meatpacking industry:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-immigrant-nebraska28-2010jan28,0,6078807.story

Then, read this article about immigrants in the meatpacking industry during the Progressive Era:
http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-24-1-b-upton-sinclairs-the-jungle-muckraking-the-meat-packing-industry.html

Write a 1 page reflection, comparing and contrasting the experiences of immigrants described in the LA Times article with immigrants in the Progressive Era.

8 points, turn in with History Notebook.

Research sources for Progressive Era figures

1. JOHN MUIR
· http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/cnchron1.html
· http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/muir_biography.html

2. IDA WELLS
· http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/idabwells/biography.html
· http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/il2.htm
· http://greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=167

3. W.E.B. DU BOIS
· http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/ma2.htm
· http://www.duboislc.org/html/DuBoisBio.html
· http://www.naacp.org/about/history/dubois/index.htm


4. JANE ADDAMS
· http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/newdesign/ja.html
· http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/615.html


5. ROBERT LA FOLLETTE
· http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-035/?action=more_essay
(also see links below article)
· http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/WER0661.html
· http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/progress/suffrage/publrole.html


6. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
· http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/roosevelt/trintro2.htm (also see links to timeline at bottom)
· http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1207820,00.html?iid=sphere-inlinesidebar (also see other related articles on left hand side)


7. UPTON SINCLAIR
· http://www.uni.edu/english/1906/jungle/sinclair_bio.htm (also see other pages on this site)
· http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-24-1-b-upton-sinclairs-the-jungle-muckraking-the-meat-packing-industry.html
· Chapters three and nine in The Jungle best illustrate why the Meat Inspection Act was passed. Chapter 3: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Sinclair/TheJungle/03.html Chapter 9: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Sinclair/TheJungle/09.html


8. SUSAN B. ANTHONY
· http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwtl.html
· http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/


9. ALICE PAUL
· http://www.sewallbelmont.org/mainpages/aboutus_nwp-history.html
· http://www.alicepaul.org/alicepaul.htm


10. MOTHER JONES
· http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/majones.htm
· http://depts.drew.edu/wmst/corecourses/wmst111/timeline_bios/MoJones.htm


11. EUGENE DEBS
· http://www.kansasheritage.org/pullman/debs.html
· http://www.eugenevdebs.com/pages/political.html


12. IDA TARBELL
· http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/peopleevents/p_tarbell.html
· http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1105.html
· http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=156

13. JACOB RIIS
• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Davis/photography/riis/riis.html (see other links on right)
• http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/r/jacob_riis/index.html
•
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91981589

HW for Wed 01/20 and Th 01/21

Period 2: Debate Reflection (to be COLLECTED tomorrow)

Drawing upon the arguments and evidence presented during the debate, how would you personally answer the debate question:

Who had the better vision for improving race relations in the early 1900s: Washington or Du Bois?

Please answer in approximately 1 page (2-3 well written paragraphs), being specific in your response.

Period 1: Socratic Seminar preparation

Period 3: Read, annotate Washington v. Du Bois packet

Period 4: none