General Federation of Women's Clubs: A Role Playing Exercise for Studying the Progressive Era.

Barker, Sherman

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Publication Date: 1986

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General Federation of Women's Clubs: A Role Playing Exercise for Studying the Progressive Era.

Barker, Sherman

OAH Magazine of History, v1 n3-4 p43-44 Win-Spr 1986

Provides an example of a role-playing exercise which takes place as a result of an imaginary caucus of women's groups meeting in the fall of 1912. The purpose of the caucus is to determine which of four presidential candidates--Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Eugene Debs--will receive the endorsement of the women's groups represented. (JDH)

Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Feminism, High Schools, History Instruction, Learning Activities, Role Playing, Social Action, Social Responsibility, Social Studies, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Learner

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Language: English

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