Name: ________________________

Date: _________
Class: _______

Unit 2 Culminating Activity:

Getting the Word Out
Task: For this project, you are assuming the role of a Progressive Era reformer. Choose one Progressive Era
issue that matters most to you. Your choices include:
Meatpacking
Standard Oil Company (Monopolies)
Political Corruption
Tenements
Child Labor
Nativism
Womens Suffrage
Temperance
You will create a flyer OR a bumper sticker OR a political cartoon to raise awareness of the issue you
selected. Depending on which option you choose, it must include the following:
Flyer
Bumper Sticker
Political Cartoon
Image depicting the
Image depicting the issue
Image depicting the issue you
issue you selected.
you selected.
selected.
Headline/title/call to
Slogan- should be clever
Caption- should be clever and
action that captures
and capture peoples
capture peoples attention.
peoples attention!
attention!
1 paragraph explanation of the

The following
information must be
included on the flyer
itself or a separate
sheet of paper:
Which issue your
bumper sticker is
addressing
Why was it a problem?
Who is the major
figure(s) involved with
this reform
movement?
How was it eventually
resolved?

1 paragraph explanation of
the bumper sticker on a
separate sheet of paper,
should include:
1) Which issue your
bumper sticker is
addressing
2) Why was it a problem?
3) Who is the major
figure(s) involved with
this reform movement?
4) How was it eventually
resolved?

bumper sticker on a separate

sheet of paper, should include:
1) Which issue your bumper
sticker is addressing
2) Why was it a problem?
3) Who is the major
figure(s) involved with
this reform movement?
4) How was it eventually
resolved?

Grading Rubric:
Requirement:
Flyer/bumper sticker/political cartoon clearly depicts
one of the Progressive Era issues we have learned
about in a creative way. Images and text should
capture the publics attention- remember, the goal
here is to raise awareness!
Explanation that includes the issue you addressed,
why it was an issue, the key figure(s) involved, and
how the issue was eventually resolved.
Creativity/effort/productive use of class time

Points:
____/60

____/30
_____10