Students getting ready for their presentations...

 

The Progressive Era Wax Museum in action...

 

Take a look at our real-life "wax" museum figures...

Theodore Roosevelt

• Social Issue: Environmental Conservation
• Contemporary Person/Group: Former United States Vice-President Al Gore
  

William Du Bois (aka WEB Du Bois)

• Social Issue: Racial, Social, and Economic Equality for African-Americans
  
• Contemporary Person/Group: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  

Mary Harris Jones (aka) Mother Jones

• Social Issue: Fair Treatment of Laborers and Labor Reform
  
• Contemporary Person/Group: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
  

Andrew Carnegie

• Social Issue: Increase Educational Opportunities to the Poor and Less Fortunate through Philanthropy
  
• Contemporary Person/Group: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  

Eugene Debs

• Social Issue: Reform of American Labor and Political Systems
  
• Contemporary Person/Group: Eliseo Medina, International Executive Vice President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
  

Robert LaFollete

• Social Issue: Elimination of Political Corruption in the American Political System
  
• Contemporary Person/Group: Citizens Union of the City of New York
  

Other "wax" figures included in our museum...

Ida Tarbell

• Social Issue: Investigative Reporting of Business and Government
  
• Contemporary Person/Group: Bob Woodward, Assistant Managing Editor of The Washington Post

Alice Paul

• Social Issue: Equal Political and Social Rights for Women
  
• Contemporary Person/Group: Women's Voices. Women Vote
  

 

Thank you to all the Bell High School teachers and students that came to visit our Progressive Era Wax Museum.

I would also like to thank my Period 4 and 6 U.S. History students that participated in this Service Learning project.  It was great to see everyone's enthusiasm and professional behavior.  I feel very proud to be your teacher. 

Thank you,

Mr. Barzaga