Required length: three substantive posts for eligibility for full credit (first post must be 2-3 lengthy paragraphs and subsequent posts must be at least one lengthy paragraph).
PURPOSE: The purpose of this assignment is for you to practice “doing history” by researching Progressivism. Do not worry if after reading the documents you feel like you have an incomplete understanding of the topic. No set of sources that a historian uncovers is ever perfect or ever fully reveals what happened and why it matters. The purpose of “doing history” is for you as the scholar to discern the meaning in the sources. This will sometimes involve some frustration and discomfort as you sort out the evidence. Embrace this struggle and you will thrive. After thinking about the primary document PDFs, use your insights and knowledge to craft discussion board responses to the question listed below under “task”.
TASK: Pretend that you are a museum curator and you have been tasked with putting together an exhibit telling the story of Progressivism through the lens of woman suffrage. For your first post you need to undertake the following tasks: 1) select a maximum of eight images for your exhibit drawing exclusively from the assigned Primary Document PDF for this DB ( you do not have to copy the actual images into your post but instead include the titles and page numbers from the Primary Document PDF); 2) indicate a title for your exhibit; 3) write a two-paragraph opening statement for your exhibit, explaining what theme/s you are exploring and relating those themes back to your exhibit; and 4) justify the images you have chosen for your exhibit.
