Progressivism+Hearings

**For class Thursday 2/2 and Friday 2/3**
Each period's students will be broken into groups of 2-3 and assigned to one of the reform movements of the Progressive era. Your group's goal is to persuade a panel of Congressmen to appropriate funds/pass new legislation for your cause. Because Congress's time is so valuable, each group of reformers will only have 5 **TOTAL** minutes to make their case, followed by 3-5 minutes of cross-examination by the members of the panel (the rest of the class).

Your presentation should start with a **clear statement** of the outcome your group seeks: funding for an organization, new legislation, a constitutional amendment, etc. Each presentation needs to **identify** the causes and conditions that created the need for reform and the major individuals/groups involved in the reform movement as well as **explain why** your cause deserves federal funding/attention.

You must use note card(s) for the presentation to keep track of your facts and arguments but reading directly from cards is NOT presenting and will make your appeal MUCH less persuasive. This matters because...

//There is never enough funding for every cause!// The members of the Congressional panel (each period) will vote on the top 2-3 causes, which will receive "funding" in the form of 5 extra credit points.


 * Grading**

The assignment is worth **15 points**. I'm looking for **clear speaking** and **solid content**. You CANNOT receive full credit (15/15) without turning in the note cards you used to present at the end of class. Notecards should be prepared individually and MUST have your name AND reform on one side.


 * Reforms**

A. Women's rights - Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul, Maud Wood Park, Susan B. Anthony, 19th Amendment B. Consumer protection - Upton Sinclair, Harvey Wiley, Florence Kelley C. Worker's protection/child labor - Jane Addams, Florence Kelley D. Temperance/prohibition - Francis Willard, Carrie Nation, WCTU, 18th Amendment E. Legal system/prison reform - Clarence Darrow, Thomas Mott Osborne, F. Antitrust legislation/business regulation - Ida Tarbell, David Graham Phillip, Theodore Dreiser, Frank Norris G. [|African-American rights] - Ida Wells, W.E.B. DuBois, NAACP/Niagara movement H. Direct election of US senators - 17th Amendment I. Education - John Dewey, Francis W. Parker, William T. Harris J. Conservation/environmentalism - Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir K. Municipal government/utilities reform - Robert LaFollette, Lincoln Steffens, Samuel "Golden Rule" Jones, Hiram Johnson


 * Groups**

__Period 1__ Claros Crawford Reynolds - B Krystoff Martin Moll - A Colangelo Lederer Monek - C Cano Johnson Tesauro - D Larsson Ledwidge Martinez - E Barredo Chin Timlin - I McMullen Noguera - G

__Period 4__ Hughes Statham - A Thomas Vargas - C Carrizosa Kerr Wolfe - I Farrell Garrison Pozo - B Bachelor Lievano Wathen - F Cortero San Martano Wheeler - J Lasalle Munoz Socarras - G

__Period 5__ Childress Higgs Tuyn - A (women's suffrage/19th Am) Etzig Zavertnik Ager - A (reproductive economic and other rights for women including mothers) Orshefsky Geary Hoyer - F Russo Mantilla Cabrera - D Recht Garcia Reddin - I DeBianchi Munoz-McDonald Deutschmann - K Pedraza Hartwick - C Williamson Marsh Morrison - J Bricio Cerna-Balanoff - G

__Period 6__ Colon Gallo Berger - G Reynolds Lopez Carsello - F Serrano Rodriguez Mastrodicasa - I Dorman Schloss Catlette - E Beans Holbrook Herrington - C Pedraza Bosch Harkins - D Gray Scricca van der Eijk - A Sharkey Aguirre - B