Progressive Period Presidents (Garfield to Harding) Webquest

Progressive Period Presidents (James Garfield to Warren Harding)

Students will gain basic knowledge about our Presidents during the Progressive time period by completing an internet-based worksheet. The President webquest uses the following great website.

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/

My students enjoy learning new facts about the Presidents from the website. I usually use this activity as a review or introduction activity for my middle school students and it takes at least one class period for students to cover each time period. High school students usually take less time to finish the webquest. Feel free to modify this activity if needed to fit the needs of your students.

The following questions are covered are in the webquest.

President:

Vice President:

Political Party:

Age at Inauguration:

What state was this President born in:

What year did this President die:

Nickname:

What is this President most known for:

List two interesting facts about this person’s presidency:

List two new fun facts about this person:

The webquest is 8 pages long and broken up into 2 chronological parts.

The webquest covers the Presidency of the following individuals.

Gilded Age

Garfield, James A. (1881)

Arthur, Chester A. (1881-1885)

Cleveland, Grover (1885-1889) and 1893-1897

Harrison, Benjamin (1889-1893)

Cleveland, Grover (1893-1897)

McKinley, William (1897-1901)

Progressive Period

Roosevelt, Theodore (1901-1909)

Taft, William (1909-1913)

Wilson, Woodrow (1913-1921)

Harding, Warren G.(1921-1923)

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