The 8th Grade class recently completed their unit on The Progressive Era. This was one of my concentrations during college and is an era of history that I truly enjoy and love teaching. During this era, there were many new political parties and ideals that came to be. The Populists were a party in search of help for farmers. Socialists were hoping for jobs for everyone. The Radical Republicans just wanted everyone to stay out of their way and let their businesses prosper. I showed the class images of cartoons from this period to give an example of not only the creativeness of the artists, but to also understand some sarcasm as well as satire.
Here is the entire set of cartoons displayed outside the classroom. A few of these I personally believe could be published as the accuracy was spot on and the artistic features were excellent.
The Populist Party demanding an 8 hour work day.
The Radical Republicans wanting "Big Oil" to succeed and be left alone.
The Socialists asking for the government to enforce the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Another successful project completed by the 8th Grade in Social Studies. The students now have a sense of appreciation and a deeper, stronger understanding of the different groups that polarized this era in history.
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