2.18 Election of 1912

The Election of 1912- What do we already know? Who is running and what are some of the issues of the day?

Background Clip on Woodrow Wilson 49:42- 58:41

Story time- Excerpt from The River of Doubt

Creating your own Campaign

- Humanities Laptop cart

Candidates: Issues:

… Woodrow Wilson - Democrat Women's Suffrage

… Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Race Relations

… William Howard Taft - Republican Labor

… Eugene Debs - Socialist Tariffs

Regulation of Trusts

Conservation

Direct Democracy

You have the entire mod to work with your groups. We'll spend the first half of Friday's class presenting. You MUST keep your presentation to 3-5 minutes!!!

HW: Finish prep for the project- you will present at the beginning of next class!