Presenting the progressive era
this activity will you meet these educational goals:
• employ online tools for research and analysis
• apply creativity and innovation
• use critical thinking and problem solving skills
• communicate effectively
• assess and validate information,
• carry out technology-assisted modeling
• independently raise questions and pursue leads
using your timeline and the notes from your table, create a presentation in response to the following prompt:
evaluate the effectiveness of progressive era reformers and the federal government in bringing about reform at the
national level. in your response, be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts in the period between
1900 and 1920.
it may also be to analyze events prior to 1900 because many progressive ideals began to take shape in the late 1800s.
follow the process section below to you research and create your presentation. you may include your timeline in your
slideshow presentation. when you finish your presentation, submit your timeline and slideshow to your teacher using the
drop box.

Imagine that you have completed your paper. the following are two paragraphs you have written that contain direct quotations from your sources. below each paragraph is the source used. for each source, use mla style to create the correct in-text citation and place it in the correct place within the paragraph. gandhi did not grow up wealthy. of his family, he recalled, “my father never had any ambition to accumulate riches and left us very little property. he had no education, save that of experience.” like his father, gandhi became someone who valued experience over money. the quotation is taken from page 2 of this source: gandhi, mahatma. the story of my experiments with truth. 1927. new york: dover publications, 1983. print. gandhi’s experiences abroad taught him a great deal, but they certainly did not make him rich. according to indian scholar e. s. reddy, “…on january 9, 1915, m. k. gandhi returned to bombay after 21 years in exile, wearing a loin cloth and travelling from london in the lowest class of the ship.” few people suspected that this unassuming man would become one of the most powerful and beloved leaders in history. the quotation is taken from page 1 of this source: reddy, e. s. gandhi’s vision of a free south africa. hyderabad, india: sangam books, ltd. 1995. print.