Assignment
Biogragphical Sketch
Directions: Research and answer the following questions regarding your historical figure.
YOU MAY NEED TO USE AN ADDITIONAL SHEET OF PAPER FOR YOUR ANSWERS!!
Concentrate on the time period 1877-1920, primarily domestic policy.
Figure:
1. State your figure resided in:
2. Birth Date/Location:
3. Death Date/Location:
4. Describe some key/significant personality and character traits of your figure.
5. Describe your family and educational background.
6. Describe your financial status and occupation.
7. What are some of your major contributions to the Industrial Revolution and/or Progressive Era?
8. What is your most known accomplishment? Describe.
Discussion Questions
Answer the Discussion Questions that go along with your discussion topic. To get full points, you must include an answer to the numbered prompt as well as the lettered questions. Answers should be thoughtful and thorough.
1. The Industrial Revolution was beneficial for
A. Were the new industrialists “Captains of Industry” or “Robber Barons”?
B. Who has the Industrial revolution benefited?
C. How has the Industrial revolution affected
2. What role should immigrants and minority groups play in American society?
A. Is immigration beneficial to the development of the
B. Is it possible for immigrants and African Americans to successfully integrate into
American society?
C. To what extent should the government help them/prevent them from integrating?
D. What rights should immigrants and minorities have? What steps should be taken to
gain/protect those rights?
3. What role should the government take in changing/reforming society?
A. Should the government promote or regulate industry?
B. Can people pull themselves up by their bootstraps?
C. Whose fault is it if someone is poor? Do the poor deserve help?
4. What should our reform priorities be?
A. What are the most pressing issues in society today?
B. What are the most worthy causes? How do we prioritize?
C. How do we go about reforming them?
D. Should political reform (like anti-corruption) come before social reform?
THREE POINTED QUESTIONS:
In addition to answering the discussion questions for your assigned meeting of the minds discussion, you are required to come prepared with THREE POINTED QUESTIONS. These will be questions your character can ask during the meeting. These questions must be thoughtful and beyond a yes/no answer. The purpose is to create a broader discussion, to get people who aren’t sharing in the “meeting” to share, and to force those who disagree with you to defend their positions (Similar to YAP questions that groups create).
The questions must be in the following format:
1. A relevant question to ask to the “meeting” in general
2. A relevant question asked to someone who holds the opposite opinion your character holds
3. A relevant opinion question asked about an issue your character feels strongly about
Discovering Collection
Enter your historical figure's name into the search box at the Discovering Collection database. Here you will find biographical information as well as images.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
At Britannica Online search all levels at once or just high school level materials. Here you will find encyclopedia entries and images. An encyclopedia is a great place to find the basic facts about your historical figure.
Student Resources in Context
Enter your historical figures name into the search box in the upper left hand corner. This database will link you to encycopledia articles as well as materials from academic journals, magazines and newspapers not to mention photographs and primary source materials.
Destiny
Use Destiny, the online card catalog, to locate books in the school library for your project.
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