Social Studies - United States History II
Lesson Plans

U.S. II Strand 2: REFORM MOVEMENTS

(Ca. 1880-1920)

Industrialization and urbanization changed American society in fundamental ways. Reform movements grew in response to these new realities. Urban settings made it easier for people to organize reform movements and recruit new members. The women's suffrage movement, the Progressive movement, the rise of the temperance movement, and the growth of a number of additional labor, health, and educational reform movements developed as individuals and groups worked to solve society's new challenges.

Possible Guiding Questions to Consider:

• Why do people turn to reform movements?
• What conditions must exist for a reform movement to begin?
• Why were some methods used to bring about change more successful than others?
• How have today's social and political reforms been affected by those that took place from the 1880s to the 1920s?
• How is daily life today influenced by earlier social and political reform movements?
• What process is required to amend the U.S. Constitution? What inferences can we make about U.S. history by studying amendments to the Constitution?

U.S. II Standard 2.3:

Students will evaluate the methods reformers used to bring about change, such as imagery, unions, associations, writings, ballot initiatives, recalls, and referendums.

• Reform Movements in the United States
  This lesson is about Reform Movements in US History, what led to them, and the outcome of their fight for reform. It includes Women's Suffrage, The Progressive Movement, The Rise of the Temperance Movement, and the 1800s-1920s.This lesson will be presented in a primarily synchronous, face-to-face manner. It could possibly span a week in length.
• The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27
  A review of the progressive movements of the early 20th century.
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
  A video review of the causes of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and the ensuing reprecussions of the tragedy.
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, March 25 1911, from 1989 video Those Who Know Don’t Tell
  A video review of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory with a first person testimony of a survivor of the fire.
• Women and the Right to Vote
  Did the Nineteenth Amendment provide women with more than the right to vote? Which Amendment process was used? How did this Amendment affect the United States in the last one hundred years? All of these questions and many others are discussed in this lesson.

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