Progressive Reformer Superhero Comic
For this assignment you will create a superhero comic featuring reformers from the Progressive Era. You will first research your reformer and create a comic featuring the their actions and the resulting changes for America.
Your comic should include the following:
- Their Name
- A Superhero Name (Giving us a hint about what they are famous for - For example, Theodore Roosevelt was known as "TheTrust Buster")
- What was his/her area of concern? What were the conditions of the Gilded Age they were trying to change?
- What was their superpower (What did they do to fight against the injustice?)
- What did he/she do about that issue? Be specific and give multiple examples.
- What was the impact of his/her actions? Give examples - legislation, changes in culture...etc)
- Who did they work against? Who was their main opponents? (Villians)
Part I: ResearchDue Date: Sunday, April 22,2017
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Part II: Progressive Superhero ComicDue Date: Wednesday/Thursday, April 26/27 ,2017
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Possible Progressive Reformers to Choose From:
Jane Addams - Settlement House Movement
Notable Women: Jane Addams - biography with links from About.com.
Hull House Association - bio, links, images.
Jane Addams - hypertext bio and coverage of start of Hull House; includes excerpts from her works.
Jane Addams - bio and accomplishments.
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum - links include biography, chronology, and Hull-House firsts.
Women in History: Jane Addams - biography includes list of websites.
A View of Jane Addams's Hull House as a Feminist Initiative - looks at how Addams fit into Progressive thinking.
Lincoln Steffens - Author: The Shame of our Cities
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564894/Lincoln-Steffens
http://spartacus-educational.com/Jsteffens.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Lincoln_Steffens.aspx
Lillian Wald
Henry Street Settlement - pictures and info.
Jewish Women's Archive: Lillian Wald - multimedia exhibit on Lillian Wald; includes an online search engine of archival finding aids.
Profiles in Caring: Lillian D. Wald - bio and legacy.
http://www.biography.com/people/lillian-d-wald-9521707
http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/people/wald-lillian/
http://www.henrystreet.org/
Margaret Sanger - Birth Control Advocate
Notable Women: Margaret Sanger - biography with links from About.com.
Margaret Sanger Papers - in-depth coverage; begin with About Margaret Sanger.
https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/margaret-sanger/
Walter Rauschenbusch - The Social Gospel Movement
The Social Gospel - overview of Social Gospel Movement.
Modern History Sourcebook: Walter Rauschenbusch: The Social Gospel, 1908 - excerpt from Rauschenbusch's Christianity and the Social Crisis.
The Rise of the Progressive Mentality - Henry F. May, in his study Protestant Churches and Industrial America, explains the crucial link between the Social Gospel and progressivism.
Florence Kelley - National Consumers League
National Consumers League - background from Teaching History Online.
Florence Kelley - background of Kelley and her accomplishments; be sure to click on the hypertext for further information, especially on the Consumer's League.
Women and Social Movements in the United States - informative article on this woman who helped reform labor in the U.S.
Florence Kelley: A Woman of Fierce Fidelity - focuses on Kelley's role in maternal and health services and child labor reform.
Lewis Hine - Child Labor
Child Labor - overview of the social issue, crusaders, and legislation; hypertexted, so click on links.
The History Place: Child Labor - child labor in America 1908-1912, photographs by Lewis W. Hine with the original photo captions.
http://petapixel.com/2013/09/07/lewis-hines-photography-end-child-labor-united-states/
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/hine/hine.html
Eugene V. Debs - Workers Rights/Socialist
Eugene V. Debs Foundation - select from the menu: Personal History, Union Leader, Political Activist, and Social Leader.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/154766/Eugene-V-Debs
http://www.history.com/topics/eugene-v-debs
http://www.biography.com/people/eugene-v-debs-9269253
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones - Child Labor/Workers Rights
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830-1930) - biographical timeline along with contextual information.
Notable Women: Mother Jones - biography with links from About.com.
"Mother" Mary Harris Jones (1830-1930) - biography from the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Mary 'Mother' Jones - biography with hyperlinks.
Mother Jones: The Miners' Angel - from The Illinois Labor History Society.
Ida Tarbell - Anti-Corruption Crusader
Notable Women: Ida Tarbell - biography with links from About.com.
American Experience: The Rockefellers - PBS looks at Ida Tarbell's impact on Rockefeller's empire.
Ida Tarbell - links from About.com.
Ida Tarbell Home Page - Alleghany College profiles career and impact of famous 1880 alumna;
be sure to follow the links!
Jacob Riis - Photographer/Author - How the Other Half Lives
How the Other Half Lives - hypertext version with illustrations.
Masters of Photography: Jacob Riis - brief look at Riis and his work from The Encyclopedia of
Photography.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/riis/riis.html
Upton Sinclair - Muckraker Author: The Jungle
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/sinclair.html
Living and Dying in Packingtown, Chicago - from The Jungle.
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930): Meat-packing House Inspections - letter from Upton Sinclair to President Theodore Roosevelt, March 10, 1906.
http://spartacus-educational.com/Jupton.htm
Thomas Nast - Political Cartoonist/Anti-Corruption
Teaching History Online: Thomas Nast - hypertext biography with illustrations.
The Ethics of Cartooning - discusses the medium, its impact, and Nast--the "father of political cartoons."
The Cartoons - the world of Thomas Nast in cartoons.
Thomas Nast - brief bio and look at his impact.
W.E.B. Dubois - Anti-Discrimination/Civil Rights leader
http://www.webdubois.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/w-e-b-du-bois
http://www.biography.com/people/web-du-bois-9279924
Notable Women: Jane Addams - biography with links from About.com.
Hull House Association - bio, links, images.
Jane Addams - hypertext bio and coverage of start of Hull House; includes excerpts from her works.
Jane Addams - bio and accomplishments.
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum - links include biography, chronology, and Hull-House firsts.
Women in History: Jane Addams - biography includes list of websites.
A View of Jane Addams's Hull House as a Feminist Initiative - looks at how Addams fit into Progressive thinking.
Lincoln Steffens - Author: The Shame of our Cities
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564894/Lincoln-Steffens
http://spartacus-educational.com/Jsteffens.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Lincoln_Steffens.aspx
Lillian Wald
Henry Street Settlement - pictures and info.
Jewish Women's Archive: Lillian Wald - multimedia exhibit on Lillian Wald; includes an online search engine of archival finding aids.
Profiles in Caring: Lillian D. Wald - bio and legacy.
http://www.biography.com/people/lillian-d-wald-9521707
http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/people/wald-lillian/
http://www.henrystreet.org/
Margaret Sanger - Birth Control Advocate
Notable Women: Margaret Sanger - biography with links from About.com.
Margaret Sanger Papers - in-depth coverage; begin with About Margaret Sanger.
https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/margaret-sanger/
Walter Rauschenbusch - The Social Gospel Movement
The Social Gospel - overview of Social Gospel Movement.
Modern History Sourcebook: Walter Rauschenbusch: The Social Gospel, 1908 - excerpt from Rauschenbusch's Christianity and the Social Crisis.
The Rise of the Progressive Mentality - Henry F. May, in his study Protestant Churches and Industrial America, explains the crucial link between the Social Gospel and progressivism.
Florence Kelley - National Consumers League
National Consumers League - background from Teaching History Online.
Florence Kelley - background of Kelley and her accomplishments; be sure to click on the hypertext for further information, especially on the Consumer's League.
Women and Social Movements in the United States - informative article on this woman who helped reform labor in the U.S.
Florence Kelley: A Woman of Fierce Fidelity - focuses on Kelley's role in maternal and health services and child labor reform.
Lewis Hine - Child Labor
Child Labor - overview of the social issue, crusaders, and legislation; hypertexted, so click on links.
The History Place: Child Labor - child labor in America 1908-1912, photographs by Lewis W. Hine with the original photo captions.
http://petapixel.com/2013/09/07/lewis-hines-photography-end-child-labor-united-states/
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/hine/hine.html
Eugene V. Debs - Workers Rights/Socialist
Eugene V. Debs Foundation - select from the menu: Personal History, Union Leader, Political Activist, and Social Leader.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/154766/Eugene-V-Debs
http://www.history.com/topics/eugene-v-debs
http://www.biography.com/people/eugene-v-debs-9269253
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones - Child Labor/Workers Rights
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830-1930) - biographical timeline along with contextual information.
Notable Women: Mother Jones - biography with links from About.com.
"Mother" Mary Harris Jones (1830-1930) - biography from the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Mary 'Mother' Jones - biography with hyperlinks.
Mother Jones: The Miners' Angel - from The Illinois Labor History Society.
Ida Tarbell - Anti-Corruption Crusader
Notable Women: Ida Tarbell - biography with links from About.com.
American Experience: The Rockefellers - PBS looks at Ida Tarbell's impact on Rockefeller's empire.
Ida Tarbell - links from About.com.
Ida Tarbell Home Page - Alleghany College profiles career and impact of famous 1880 alumna;
be sure to follow the links!
Jacob Riis - Photographer/Author - How the Other Half Lives
How the Other Half Lives - hypertext version with illustrations.
Masters of Photography: Jacob Riis - brief look at Riis and his work from The Encyclopedia of
Photography.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/riis/riis.html
Upton Sinclair - Muckraker Author: The Jungle
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/sinclair.html
Living and Dying in Packingtown, Chicago - from The Jungle.
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930): Meat-packing House Inspections - letter from Upton Sinclair to President Theodore Roosevelt, March 10, 1906.
http://spartacus-educational.com/Jupton.htm
Thomas Nast - Political Cartoonist/Anti-Corruption
Teaching History Online: Thomas Nast - hypertext biography with illustrations.
The Ethics of Cartooning - discusses the medium, its impact, and Nast--the "father of political cartoons."
The Cartoons - the world of Thomas Nast in cartoons.
Thomas Nast - brief bio and look at his impact.
W.E.B. Dubois - Anti-Discrimination/Civil Rights leader
http://www.webdubois.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/w-e-b-du-bois
http://www.biography.com/people/web-du-bois-9279924