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Unit 4/5 Choice Activity

All About the Progressive Era

Jacob Riis, "five cents a spot"

Jacob Riis captures the harsh living conditions faced by poor immigrant families in New York City’s tenement housing during the Progressive Era. The image shows several people crowded into a small, dimly lit room that they rented for just five cents a night, vividly illustrating the severe overcrowding, poverty, and unsanitary conditions of urban life. Riis used photography as a tool for social reform, believing that visual evidence could move the public and policymakers to action.

Lewis Hines "Breaker boys"

Lewis Hines shows how hard and dangerous life was for children working in coal mines during the Progressive Era. The picture shows young boys covered in coal dust, working long hours in dirty, unsafe conditions. Hine took photos like this for the National Child Labor Committee to show the public what child labor was really like. His powerful images helped convince people that children should not have to work in such harsh places and led to new laws that protected children and made school attendance more common.

“The Bosses of the Senate” by Joseph Keppler (1889)

political cartoon that shows big business owners and wealthy monopolies as giant money bags sitting in the Senate chamber, while the ordinary people are left outside the door. The cartoon criticizes how powerful corporations had too much control over the government during the Gilded Age and early Progressive Era. Keppler wanted to show that senators were serving business interests instead of the public. This image became one of the most famous examples of how artists and reformers used cartoons to call for change and helped support the Progressive movement’s push for fairer laws and government reform.

“The Jungle” Cartoon (1906, Chicago Tribune)

inspired by Upton Sinclair’s famous novel The Jungle, which exposed the filthy and unsafe conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking plants. The cartoon shows workers handling food in dirty factories, often with rats and spoiled meat nearby, to show the public how bad things really were. It helped spread outrage over how food was being made and sold, leading people to demand change. This public pressure pushed the government to pass important laws like the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act, which made food production safer and cleaner for everyone.

Theodore Roosevelt, “The New Nationalism” Speech (1910)

This speech called for strong government action to protect ordinary people from the power of big businesses and unfair economic systems. In his speech, Roosevelt said that the government should work for the good of the people, not just for the wealthy or powerful. He supported ideas like regulating corporations, improving working conditions, and promoting social justice. This speech became one of the key statements of the Progressive Era because it clearly explained Roosevelt’s vision of reform and inspired many Americans to support changes that would make society fairer and more democratic.

Theodore Roosevelt, “The New Nationalism” Speech (1910)

shows how quickly America changed during the Progressive Era. The data reveals that by 1920, more Americans were living in cities than in rural areas for the first time in the nation’s history. This shift happened because factories, industry, and new job opportunities drew people to urban areas, while farming became less dominant. The rapid growth of cities created new problems like overcrowding, poor housing, and unsafe working conditions, which Progressives worked to fix through reforms. This data helps show why urban reform became such an important part of the Progressive movement.

19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920)

shows how quickly America changed during the Progressive Era. The data reveals that by 1920, more Americans were living in cities than in rural areas for the first time in the nation’s history. This shift happened because factories, industry, and new job opportunities drew people to urban areas, while farming became less dominant. The rapid growth of cities created new problems like overcrowding, poor housing, and unsafe working conditions, which Progressives worked to fix through reforms. This data helps show why urban reform became such an important part of the Progressive movement.

Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull House (1910, Excerpt)

book that describes her work helping poor immigrants in Chicago through the settlement house movement. Hull House provided food, education, childcare, and job training to families who needed support. Addams wrote about the struggles of immigrants and the poor, showing how difficult life was in the city. Her work helped bring attention to problems like poverty, unsafe working conditions, and lack of education, and inspired laws and programs to improve living conditions. Addams became a key figure in the Progressive Era for her efforts to make society fairer and help people in need.

Ida B. Wells, Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (1892)

Ida B. Wells’s Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (1892) is a powerful pamphlet that exposed the truth about racial violence and lynching in the United States. Wells used careful research and eyewitness accounts to show that many lynchings were not about crime, as often claimed, but were acts of racial hatred and control against Black Americans. Her writing challenged the lies used to justify this violence and called for justice and federal anti-lynching laws.

Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1906, Excerpt)

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (1906) is a novel that exposed the terrible working and living conditions faced by immigrants in Chicago’s meatpacking industry. Sinclair wrote the book to show how workers were mistreated and forced to work in dirty, unsafe environments, but readers were most shocked by the filthy conditions in which their food was made. The book caused a public outcry and pushed the government to take action. As a result, important laws like the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were passed, which helped make food safer and improved factory conditions.

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That’s why at Genially we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in our designs, to level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages.

Interactivity and animation can be your best allies to make content fun.

90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight, and we retain 42% more when the content is animated.

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What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the dullest content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and transform your content into something that adds value and engages. If you want to provide additional information or develop the content in more detail, you can do so through your oral presentation. We recommend that you train your voice and practice: the best improvisation is always the most rehearsed!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that sticks in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audio... whatever you want! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we absorb comes through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content is animated.

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Interactivity

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Animation

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Creativity

A great title

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Define secondary messages with interactivity.

Plan the structure of your communication.

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Measure the results.

Prioritize it and give visual weight to the main points.

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Write a catchy headline

Contextualize your topic with a subtitle

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want! Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere.

What you read: interactivity and animation can turn boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages.

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With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that sticks in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audio... Whatever you want!

What you read: interactivity and animation can make boring content fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages.

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You can add interactivity to your timeline.

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Also animations to make it fun.

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Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

The important thing is that everything fits the theme.

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And leave your audience speechless.

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Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere.

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We better capture visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things enter through the eyes; the first image is what matters. We associate visual content with emotions.

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You can create an outline to synthesize the content and use words that will stick in your audience's minds.

Show enthusiasm, flash a smile, and maintain eye contact with your audience: 'The eyes, chico. They never lie'. Leave them speechless.

If you are going to present live, we recommend that you train your voice and rehearse: the best improvisation is always the one that is most practiced!

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WOW Presentation

Boring Presentation

You know a presentation is WOW when you keep your audience's attention, everyone absorbs the information you’ve shared, you turn interactivity and animation into allies, and you hear the applause of the audience.

You know a presentation is boring when you see that drowsiness takes over your audience, no one has understood anything you’ve said, you hear the snoring of your audience, and there is so much text that not even an image can fit.

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of visual information is better assimilated.

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of our brain is involved in processing visual stimuli.

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And the data will be recorded in your brain

Use tables and infographics

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Summary

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They allow for content synthesis

Help break the monotony

Illustrate what you want to tell

Through a scheme, to tell everything in an orderly manner.

With calmness and conciseness. Summarize the content.

Show enthusiasm! Breathe deeply and share what you came to say.

Tell stories by themselves

They are an aesthetic resource

Keep the brain awake

Managing your voice. It is your best companion.

After practicing a lot. The best improvisation is the one that is worked on!

Maintaining eye contact with your audience. 'The eyes, chico'.

Conclusions

Measure the results through Activity and analyze how they interact with your content with a premium plan.

Use interactivity and animation. They are your best allies to engage the content.

Prioritize the information to capture attention.

Plan your strategy and set achievable goals.

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References

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Bibliography

Plan the structure of your communication.

  • Use this great space to write your sources of information. Citing where you got the info is always a plus.

Prioritize it and give visual weight to what is primary.

  • APA Standards (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association) are essential when citing bibliography.

Define secondary messages with interactivity.

Establish a flow through the content.

  • This is a series of guidelines for citing any type of project: thesis, reports, presentations… Whatever it is!

Measure the results.

  • These references include information about the author, publication date, title, and source.
  • Here’s a small guide: Arial or Times New Roman font, 12 pt, line spacing 2.0, left-aligned and not justified.

Questions?

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First Last

Use this space to briefly describe your team: what you are called and what you do.

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a phrase or specific piece of information that will be etched in your audience's memory, and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!

With this feature...

You can add additional content that excites your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!

Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

3.5k

Even if you explain it orally later

Pose a dramatic question; it is the essential ingredient for keeping the audience's attention. It is often posed subtly at the beginning of the story to intrigue the audience and is resolved at the end.

Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and promote it anywhere.

Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere.

Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere.

The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text… The content of the window will appear when you click on the interactive element.

You can add additional content that excites your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!

72M

You can present the figures this way...

Pose a dramatic question; it is the essential ingredient for keeping the audience's attention. It is usually posed subtly at the beginning of the story to intrigue the audience and is resolved at the end.

TRICK

Interactivity is the key piece to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.

The window allows you to add broader content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text… The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.

What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages. If you want to provide additional information or develop the content in more detail, you can do so through your oral presentation. We recommend that you train your voice and practice: the best improvisation is always the most rehearsed!

Here you can put a highlighted title

What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages.

The window allows you to add broader content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text… The content of the window will appear when you click on the interactive element.

You can add additional content that excites your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!

The window allows you to add broader content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text… The content of the window will appear when you click on the interactive element.

You can add additional content that excites your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!

You can add additional content that excites your audience's brain: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!