Muckraker Lesson – Please have your orange packets out – Thanks! Objective – Describe historical events from the Progressive Era by muckrakers who exposed corruption and abuses in : industry/business Government urban conditions/ city life As their duty to help others and society

Setting the stage Name a problem, a real problem either here at the junior high or in the community. Something that needs to really be fixed to help people. Record the item on the index card provided.

Organizing the problems O Each side of the room share your problems on the cards. O With the larger poster paper, work together to make catagories to sort out the problems. O Write the names of the catagories and tape the cards onto the poster paper. O Let’s share how and what we created.

How do people draw attention to a problem for others to see? O Publish an article O Create a political cartoon O Song O Boycott O Protest O Call an elected official O Report it to the news

Modern Political Cartoons What does this tell us about what voter turn out is for a political office vs American Idol voting ? Why is that ?

Page 14 – 15 in your orange packet O Thomas Nast created political cartoons for the public. It is very popular and is a way to tell the public about corruption O What term did we learn describes what Thomas Nast is ? O It is 1871, does the vast majority of the public read the newspaper ?

Who is doing the counting ? Why is he standing right there ?

Thomas Nast cartoons

Page 11 in your orange packet O What is a muckraker ? O Let’s read over the chart of muckrakers from this time period. O Also add to your charts any facts that you feel you need to enrich your own facts.

Pizza Wheel thinking You will pick a muckraker on page 11 in your orange packer. You will complete on your empty pizza wheel each of the catagories listed. You will use your textbook as a resource to help with your “ toppings” When done, return your textbook. You may decorate with markers and colored pencils when done with the “ facts”

6 catagories 1. Name of the muckraker 2. Corruption exposed – the type or kind 3. Historical event that lead to or created the corruption or exposure 4. Principal work- how id the public find out about the corruption? 5. Result of the corruption being exposed. 6. What would you have done to expose this problem? Is there a problem today that needs to be exposed?

Back to the beginning… O Objective – Describe historical events from the Progressive Era by muckrakers who exposed corruption and abuses in : O industry/business O Government O urban conditions/ city life O As their duty to help others and society