Progressivism in Champaign
County: Public Health
Harold Dean, Michael Pollock, Tim Lybarger
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Enduring
Understanding/Essential Questions:
Content: How
did the Progressive Movement impact public health in Champaign County?
What measures were taken in Champaign County to help prevent the spread of
tuberculosis?
Process: Analyzing
primary documents to create a historical context.
Assessment:
Content: Students
will use primary documents to identify the governmentÕs growing involvement in
protecting public welfare.
Process: Students
will research primary documents to support or contradict the following
premise:
The government became increasingly involved in regulating business and
protecting public welfare during and after the Progressive Movement. They will
analyze a variety of local and national primary documents using a graphic
organizer. Students will be evaluated based on the graphic organizer,
presentation, and essay.
Preparing for
Understanding:
Students will complete a
true/false quiz to assess their prior knowledge of tuberculosis and public
health.
Engaging in Primary
Sources:
1. Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
Teacher
directed analysis of the document and its relationship to the Progressive
Movement. Teacher will model the use of the Written
Document Analysis Worksheet.
2. Optional research
activity
Class
will go to computer lab where students will research and find documents that
illustrate national legislation similar to the Food and Drug Act in which the
federal government has taken steps, during any period in history, to protect
public health and welfare. They will analyze the documents found using the Written Document Analysis Worksheet and write a paragraph
comparing their document to the Pure Food and Drug Act.
3. Local documents
Students
will study and analyze a variety of local documents that further illustrate government
involvement in public health in Champaign County. Students will be divided into
small groups – each group will be given documents to analyze. Groups will
be assigned to present one specific document to the class. The graphic
organizer will be completed as a prewriting tool and used as the basis for an
essay.
Primary Documents:
