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Teaching American History Program
Lesson Plans and Teaching Ideas for
Industry, Immigration and the Progessive Era

1. "19th and 20th Century Immigration: The Dream vs. the Reality," Grade 11 by Andrea Barry.
2. "Comparing the World's Colombian Exposition of 1893 and the 1904 World's Fair at St. Louis," Grade 11 by Ron Williams.
3. "Chinese Immigration in America 1850 - 1910," Grade 10 or 11 by Eric Glazier.
4. "Research Project on Progressive Era Reformers," Grade 8 by Scott Rogers.
5. "The Jim Crow Era: Exploring Discriminatin in America," Grade 10 or 11 by Matthew Lynde.
6. "The City of Worcester in the Progressive Era," by Deborah Grady (Powerpoint)
7. "Slavery, Emancipation, Segregation, Discrimination and the Quest for Civil Rights," Grade 8 by Todd Goodwin.
8. "Town Harbor - a Little Town - a Photographic Point of View," Grade 5 by Carmelita Hoffman. Powerpoint
9. "Racial Color Line - Segregation: Post-Civil War Struggles of African Americans to Gain Basic Civil Rights, "Grade 8 by Diane Boucher.
10. "African Americans and Women: Demanding Their Rights," Grade 9 to 11 by Joanne Diaz.
11. "Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and JP Morgan: Great Men or Greedy Men?" Grade 10 by Thomas Kennedy.
12. "Local Industry and Advertising," Grade 10 Honors by June Kelly.
13. "Progressive Music," Grade 11 accelerated class by Michelle Snouffer.
14. "Separate Entrances and Different Times: Should We Continue Letting People into the United States?" Grade 10 by Julia Stitson Fehmel.
15. "Create a Social History Scrapbook for the Industrial Era," by David Kelly.
16. "How the Other Half of the Half of the Half......Lived: A Field Study of Newport, Rhode Island Mansions," Grade 8, 10 or older by Bob Jones. Photo Analysis Form.
17. "Upton Sinclair," Grade 10 by Donna Crowley.
18. "African American Experience," Grade 5 by Susan Reardon.
19. "Analyzing and Interpreting Editorial Cartoons in the Industrial Era," Grade 8 by Robin Allain-Moody. Rubric 1 and Rubric 2.
20. "The Great Migration," Grade 10 by Peter Birney.
21. "Seminar Imperialism - Debate," Grade 11 by Tim Castner.
22. "The Textile Industry and the Triangle Factory Fire," Grade 11 by Valerie Spar.
23. "Turn of the 20th Century Urban Planning," Grade 11 by Elizabeth Cahill.
24. "Introduction to the Progressive Era," Grade 11 College Prep by Laura Pagington.
25. "The Goals of the Progressive Era and the Role of Unions," Grade 11 by Earl Martin. PowerPoint
26. "Unions and Reaction to Industrial America," by Dana Altobelli.
27. "Andrew Carnegie," by Erick Eiben.
28. "Advertising and Consumption as Progress: Examining American Advertisements, 1900 - 1920," Grade 11 by Jamie Lynn Charrier.
29. "The Influences of Political Bosses on the Lives of Immigrants," Grade 10 by Masten Woodward.
30. "Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation," Grade 11 College Prep by Robert McNamara. PowerPoint
31. "Forging an Industrial Society," Grade 10 College Prep/Honors by John Gardella.
32. "Immigration and Urbanization: Late 1800's - Early 1900s," Grade 11 Honors by Christine Olson.
33. "What were the Social, Economic, and Political Issues Surrounding the Suffrage Movement?", Grade 11 by Christine Miranda.
34. "Immigration of Your Family," by Donna Bresnahan.