Topic :Progressivism

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 America 1900 (PBS)
Key features of this site include an interactive map that provides you with a list of events in the region of the world you select, a search function for locating people and events of the early part of the century, a genealogical "tree building" program to trace your family's roots and a teacher's guide

 Feature Presentation on Immigration in America (Library of Congress)
The feature provides an introduction to the study of immigration to the United States. It is far from the complete story, and focuses only on the immigrant groups that arrived in greatest numbers during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The presentation was shaped by the primary sources available in the Library's online collections and these questions

 TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (PBS)
A companion to the American Experience video series, this site features real audio interviews, biographies, a timeline, a teacher's guide and a discussion of TR's legacy.

 Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film (Library of Congress)
This presentation features 104 films which record events in Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to his death in 1919

 The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 (Library of Congress)
This site documents the development of the conservation movement and offers a collection of books, pamphlets, federal statutes and resolutions, prints and photographs, a motion picture and more

 Immigration in America (Library of Congress)
Part of the American Memory collection, this site provides a general overview of American immigration and immigrants. There are student activities, educator guides, photos and links to useful resources

 Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000
This website is a project of the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Binghamton and includes roughly 900 documents, 400 images, and 350 links to other websites. There are twenty comprehensive lesson plans with over a hundred lesson ideas mounted in the Teacher's Corner.

 The Triangle Factory Fire
This website provides a detailed account of the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City on 25th March, 1911 that claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers and highlighted inhumane working conditions.

 The Wright Stuff (PBS)
A companion to the American experience series, this site focuses on the story of the famous vacation brothers. There is a QuickTime movie that features a replica of Kitty hawk in flight as well as audio interviews and a bibliography

 Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
This PBS companion site to the Ken Burns documentary film features an interactive, virtual trip through the women's suffrage movement. It also provides biographical and primary source information about Stanton and Anthony, classroom resources and more.

 Half the People: 1917-1996 (PBS)
Part of PBS's People's Century television series, this site focuses of women's fight for equal rights. There are interviews, a timeline, and a teacher's guide

 Living the Legacy : Women's Rights Movement, 1848-1998
Sponsored by the National Women's History Project, the site provides a history of the movement and a detailed timeline.

 Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000
This website is a project of the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Binghamton and includes roughly 900 documents, 400 images, and 350 links to other websites. There are twenty comprehensive lesson plans with over a hundred lesson ideas mounted in the Teacher's Corner.

 Agents of Social Change (Smith College)
Smith College offers an on-line exhibit and several lesson plans drawn from its collections The lesson plans are directed at middle and high school students and make use of both the text-based documents and visual images that can be found at the curriculum portion of the Web site. They highlight women's part in struggles for social change in the 20th century including labor, socialism, civil liberties, peace, racial justice, urban reform, welfare rights, and women's rights.

 Inside A Factory:Westinghouse Works, 1904 (Library of Congress)
This LOC site has 21 films of the Westinghouse companies that were intended to showcase the company's operations. There is background information on the factories, a timeline, index, search function and recommended sources

 The Campaign to End Child Labor
Explores the origins and goals of the movement to end child labor and its legislative victories and defeats from the introduction of the first child labor bill in 1906 to passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938.

 Life of Henry Ford
Details Henry Ford's Life and his Ford Motor Company

 Museum of Women's History: Political Culture and Imagery of American Women Suffrage
Provides a succinct overview of the suffrage movement in words and pictures

 Immigration at the turn of the 20th Century (Ohio State)
Features two interesting articles on immigration and a chart of immigrant earnings

 Immigration, Ellis Island (UC)
Contains a good collection of historical photos

 American Leader's Speak (Library of Congress)
Here you can listen to fifty-nine sound excerpts from speeches by American leaders during the Progressive era

 Titanic
In 1998 National Geographic headquarters hosted screenings of a short, 3-D film shot at the wreck of the Titanic. See selected pictures from the filming, and more.

Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides, Activities and more

 Teacher Lesson Plan: Music and Our Reform History
By exploring sheet music, students analyze issues related to industrialization and reform to answer the essential question, "How does society respond to change?" Students will have the opportunity to create original lyrics and song covers that reflect the Progressive Era. Provided by the LOC, recommended for grades 7-12

 The Age of Reform: Multiple Choice Quiz, Fill-in-the-Blank, Flashcards, American History Glossary, American History Appendix
The Student Resources section of The American Nation companion web site features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes, flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History Appendix

 The Progressive Movement: Practice Test
High School level quiz on Progressivism from Prentice Hall.

 Then and Now: Public Health From 1900 to Today
Throughout the 20th Century, the world has become a healthier place, for example, life expectancy has increased by almost 30 years. These changes can be attributed to improvements in public health, disease control, sanitation, immunization, better maternal and child health, and healthier lifestyles. This lesson plan will examine the public health issues and diseases doctors faced during the 1900's.

 The Progressive Movement: Document Based Essay
This Prentice Hall DBQ is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents and is based on the accompanying documents (1–6).

 Interpreting Primary Sources
Digital History provides brief excerpts from primary sources and statistics and questions to think about: Urban Political Machines, Immigration, Problems of Youth, Progressive Reform and the Trusts

 Digital History Resource Guides
The Digital Resource Guides provides links to American history web sites by period and provide historical overviews, readings (online textbook chapter, Reader's Companion) primary source documents (documents, maps, cartoons), teaching resources (chronologies, maps, quizzes), audio-visual resources, and additional resources. It is an excellent and comprehensive teaching resource.

 HistoryTeacher.net: AP United States History Quizzes
A New York teacher has produced a great general site for history teachers that offers AP-level United States history quizzes on many different periods and topics.

 AP United States History DBQs:1875-1925
These student-created DBQs are part of the excellent Historyteacher.net site

 The American People: The Progressives Confront Industrial Capitalism
PowerPoint Presentation on the Progressive movement as part of the online companion to The American People. Click Chapter 21.

 U.S. Women's History: Lesson Ideas and Document Based Questions
The Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at the State University of New York at Binghamton offers lesson plans, DBQs, links and more on American women's history

 American Immigration
The American Immigration Home Page was started as a part of a school project for a 10th grade American History Class. The project was meant to give information as to how immigrants not only were treated, but also why they decided to come to America.

 The American Nation: Internet Activities
Prentice Hall's phschool.com offers internet activities based on their The American Nation textbook chapters. Middle School grades.

 A History of the United States: Internet Activities and Student Self Test Questions
Prentice Hall's phschool.com offers internet activities and interactive quizzes based on A History of the United States textbook chapters. High School.

 Technology in America (PBS)-Timeline
From Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod to the Hubble Space Telescope, this timeline covers some of America's technological innovations and inventions

 World's Transportation Commission Photograph Collection
Contains nearly nine hundred images by American photographer William Henry Jackson. Library of Congress.