Progressivism

Section 1 Question # 2 Between the late 1890’s and late 1920’s, many African Americans struggled for survival and equal prosperity, especially after the effects of the reconstruction period. Many blacks had to live in the rural south, and make a life for themselves through lots of indentures to support both themselves and their families. This time period, was a huge disenfranchisement for blacks being that they had to deal with discriminatory behaviors, social, political and economic disparity,…

Diversity The cult of diversity bears no relation to tolerance or inclusion, in reality, the complete opposite. Affirmative action and social justice provides manufactured collectivised group identity, to the exclusion of others. The insidiousness of diversity lies not in its theory, but in the current practice of destroying traditional indigenous culture in all aspects of social institutions. Diversity, presented as propaganda, depicts the exoticism of differences in culture (Fig 1).…

paper titled, American and Immigrant Blood, December 19 he begins to show a kind of progressivism in the way that he labeled all the problems with society and then blames every single problem on the immigrants. Ross writes with an aggressive, very conservative mindset with tendencies leaning towards anti-semitism and racism. There are several ways that he does this whilst endorsing his version of “progressivism” and expresses his critical view of immigrants. Edward A. Ross was a…

Portland, Oregon is the bastion of locally sourced and artisanal progressivism; where unconventional is the norm and where “post-Scandinavian folk-punk” is playing at the coffee shops. At least that is the perception received after watching the IFC television show Portlandia. The show starts off with a song with the lyrics, “the spirit of the nineties is alive in Portland,” and ends with the group of 20+ characters moving to the city to peruse it’s counter-culture friendly lifestyle. One…

Essentialism Essentialism sees the primary function of the school as the preservation and transmission of the basic elements of human culture. It emphasizes (1) a return to systematic subjects, (2) learning as the mastery of basic skills and knowledge, (3) the teacher as a mature representative of the culture and someone who is competent in both subject matter and instruction, (4) education as preparation for work and citizenship, and (5) the preservation of the school's academic function. Above…

The progress of my capstone paper is going extremely well. However, it was quite a challenged to develop a Killer Thesis, one that would satisfy the criteria of academia, conversely also express the premise of this scholastic theory. The hypothesis was set, and grounded in empirical evidence. The foundation of this didactic postulate was the only thing left to be constructed. Moving forward, researching the leading, and creditable professional in the field of psychology, sociology, education,…

The Gilded Age was a time of trusts in which they trusted the companies with too much power. Being very unreasonable with unfair treatment of workers they had a much uncontrolled business. It continued long enough that instead of fixing the problem it lead to the Progressive Time in history. The Progressive Era was the period of reform that lasted from the 1890’s through the 1920’s. During this era the Gilded Age was established and was led to a Progressive Era by giving women and children a…

society as a whole. This essay will evaluate the impact the war had on the US economy through analysing its effect on industry and agriculture. It will also show the impact it made on society in the US through the impact on race, gender, health and Progressivism. On the whole, the impact of World War One (WWI) was mainly positive on the US economy as it created growth in industry and agriculture. At the beginning of the war, the US was experiencing recession, however 44 months of consecutive…

The government plays a role in certain aspects of our everyday lives. Americans greatly benefit from social welfare, which is the social services provided by a state or by a private organization. One of the reasons the U. S. Constitution was set up was to promote the general welfare of the people according to the Preamble. While this does not necessarily mean that everything the people need is the government's responsibility, it is the role of the government to protect the social welfare of…

As I began this class in January my definition of curriculum was based on the academic coursework teachers use to instruct the information. Now my definition of curriculum is anything that falls under the auspice of the school that includes coursework, classroom arrangement, instruction, assessment, student engagement, and community involvement. My perspective is curriculum is what students learn in and out of the school. We need to teach students to become learners and problem solvers for the…