Meet the Muckrakers! by Paul Geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3 en-us 2017-10-23 19:02:31 UTC 2025-11-01 00:47:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Muckrakers Definition paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200113552 The term muckraker was used in the Progressive Era (1890s - 1920s) to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. They typically had large audiences in some popular magazines.]]> 2017-10-24 17:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200113552 paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200117296 2017-10-24 17:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200117296 STEP #3 -- Excerpt from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906) paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200118470 2017-10-24 17:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200118470 STEP #3 -- Excerpt from Ida Tarbell's History of Standard Oil (1904) paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200119795 2017-10-24 17:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200119795 STEP #3 -- Thomas Nast vs. Tweed (1870s) paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200120949 2017-10-24 17:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200120949 paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200123472 2017-10-24 17:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200123472 STEP #1 -- 4-minute Intro to Understand the Muckrakers paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200134057 2017-10-24 18:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200134057 John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), owner of Standard Oil Co. paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200137382 2017-10-24 18:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200137382 Things to Do (Assignments) paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200138658 1. Watch the introductory video (blue) to learn a brief overview of the muckrakers.
2. To see what you know, complete the "Muckraker Political Cartoon Analysis" (pink) on your own paper.
3. Read the four articles (green) in whichever order you prefer, taking essential notes from all of them (who, what, when, where, why, how, and why is it important?).
4. Using your notes, write an informative essay discussing these three muckrakers and their importance to US history.]]> 2017-10-24 18:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200138658 STEP #2 -- Muckraker Political Cartoon Analysis paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200168436 2017-10-24 19:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200168436 Makin' bacon paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200170109 2017-10-24 19:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200170109 *** WANT TO LEARN MORE AND CONNECT HISTORY TO THE PRESENT? paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200216305 Read this article and find out if muckraking still exists today.]]> 2017-10-24 21:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200216305 STEP #3 -- US government's response to Sinclair's The Jungle paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200226208 2017-10-24 23:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/200226208 Wikipedia Article (If you still just don't get it) paul_geary https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/201781251 2017-10-30 15:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/paul_geary/d8zaxftngsa3/wish/201781251