Problem: At the turn of the century, food production is unsafe and hazardous.
Key Terms that need to be included in your project:
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Food and Drug Administration
Pure and Food Drug Act of 1906
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Resources:
Practices of Food and Drug Companies (Answers all 3 questions briefly)
Citation: Author: Boyer and Stuckey et al.; Date : 2001; Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Food and Drug Administration (Answers all 3 questions)
Upton Sinclair: Truth Writer (Answers all 3 questions)
Citation: Author: Diane Hart; Date: 2005; Publisher: TCI
Consumer Rights and Food Safety (Mostly Answers 2 and 3)
The Jungle: An Overview (Mostly Answers 2)
Excerpt from the Jungle (Mostly Answers 1)
Upton Sinclair Biography (Answers all 3 questions)
Unsafe Products: Buyer Beware (Answers all 3 questions)
Citation: Author: Diane Hart; Date: 2008; Publisher: TCI
Essential Research Questions
What was the problem that your activist group was trying to improve? (Standard #1B)
What methods/strategies did they use to try to solve this problem? (Standard #1B)
How effective/successful was this group at creating change and why? (Standard #1A and #1C)
How are activists today trying to solve problems that are similar or related to your topic? (Standard #4)
Modern Day Connections for Question #4: