Progressive Era

Progressive Powerpoint
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Questions

Gilded Age Speeches

You have done your research. You have edited your paper. Now, using this paper as a source of information and inspiration, write a speech where you take on a character that represents that topic. Remember, this character has a point of view, and is passionate about this topic.

Here are some resources for you:

• Character list
• Speech writing tips
• 10 Keys to Writing a Speech from Forbes Magazine
• Nine Rhetorical Devices for Your Next Speech by Brad Phillips
• Becoming more articulate in your speech from Quora (via Slate)
• Getting over stage fright with charisma: converting those nerves into a magnetic stage presence (video from a TED Talk featuring Deborah Frances-White)
• Speech Rubric

Mini-Research Paper/Literary Analysis

Notes on Chopin
Lit. Analysis
History Essay Overview
Research Paper Topics
MLA help

The Gilded Age

Historical and Literary Trends of the 1870s-1915

• Regionalism, Realism, and Naturalism: Reading/Overview (questions)
• Themes/Topics of late 1800s
• Kate Chopin Stories
• Literary Elements Used for Analysis