Lopez - Progressive Era Glogs

The time period after the Civil War and Reconstruction was a time of great change in the United States. One way in which issues in American Society are demonstrated is visually through posters, photographs and political cartoons.

For this project, you must:

1. Find at least 3 images from the time period 1870 – 1920
2. Include the date, any title or caption and a description for each image
3. Hyperlink the picture sources to the pictures

Some topics from this time period you might wish to consider are:

Industrialization
Immigration
Working Conditions
Organized Labor – Unions
Living Conditions
Corruption in Government
Treatment of Native Americans
Westward Expansion

Influential people from the time period include:

Jacob Riis – a photographer who captured images of life in New York City
Thomas Nast – a political cartoonist
Upton Sinclair – an author who wrote The Jungle about the conditions of a meat packing factory.

We will be using Glogster to complete this assignment. Glogster is an online tool that lets you create posters online.

http://www.glogster.com

Here is a great resource for images: 19th & 20th Century Labor Prints

Example Glogs:
http://andy327.glogster.com/Andyusprogressivism/
http://whenindoubt.glogster.com/Progressive-Era/
http://nick346.glogster.com/History-Project-Glog/
http://spradlinh.glogster.com/progressive-reformers/