1. Helping the Needy
SS.912.A Examine the importance of social change and reform in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (class system, migration from farms to cities, Social Gospel movement, role of settlement houses and churches in providing services to the poor).
Essential Question – How did reforms such as the Social Gospel Movement and settlement houses impact the social conditions of poor people in the late 19th and early 2oth century?

2. Bell Ringer (3 minutes)
Which individual established a community center in Chicago in the late 1800s to provide services such as medical and child care to help the needy?
Lillian Wald
Walter Rauschenbusch
Jane Addams
Herbert Spencer
The Social Gospel and settlement house movements tried to improve the social conditions in American society by
attempting to ease the problems of the urban poor
fighting for temperance and Prohibition
leading political movements on behalf of the Populist Party
promoting the interests of organized labor

3. Helping the Needy
According to late 19th and early 20th century reformers, who was responsible for the conditions illustrated in the picture?
What methods were utilized by reformers to help the urban poor?

4. Helping the Needy (I Do)
Changes brought by industrialization and urbanization sparked a debate over how to best address society’s problems.
Solutions:
Individualism – success through hard work & effort
Social Darwinism – only the strongest will survive
government involvement – regulate industry, create programs to help those in need
philanthropy – wealthy citizens help the needy
community outreach – provide services to improve the quality of life for community residents

5. Helping the Needy
Whose responsibility is it to assist the needy? Why?

6. Helping the Needy (We Do)
You have 5 minutes to read Helping the Urban Poor (United States History & Geography, page 125) within your groups.

7. Helping the Needy (We Do)
Read the quotation and discuss the following points with your group:
Explain what the speaker is saying in your own words.
What philosophy does this speaker support? Identify specific details to support your answer.
Do you agree or disagree with the speaker? Why or why not?
Be prepared to share out with the whole group.

8. Helping the Needy (We Do)
Read the quotation and discuss the following points with your group:
Explain what the speaker is saying in your own words.
What philosophy does this speaker support? Identify specific details to support your answer.
Do you agree or disagree with the speaker? Why or why not?
Be prepared to share out with the whole group.

9. Bell Ringer Question
Which individual established a community center in Chicago in the late 1800s to provide services such as medical and child care to help the needy?
Lillian Wald
Walter Rauschenbusch
Jane Addams
Herbert Spencer

10. Bell Ringer Question
Which individual established a community center in Chicago in the late 1800s to provide services such as medical and child care to help the needy?
Lillian Wald
Walter Rauschenbusch
Jane Addams
Herbert Spencer

11. Bell Ringer Question
The Social Gospel and settlement house movements tried to improve the social conditions in American society by
attempting to ease the problems of the urban poor
fighting for temperance and Prohibition
leading political movements on behalf of the Populist Party
promoting the interests of organized labor

12. Bell Ringer Question
The Social Gospel and settlement house movements tried to improve the social conditions in American society by
attempting to ease the problems of the urban poor
fighting for temperance and Prohibition
leading political movements on behalf of the Populist Party
promoting the interests of organized labor

13. Helping the Needy (You Do)
One of the most significant examples of the Social Gospel at work was
the Young Men’s Christian Association.
the Chamber of Commerce.
the Hull House.
the National Woman Suffrage Association.

14. Helping the Needy (You Do)
The actions of Jane Addams, Washington Gladden, Walter Rauschenbusch and Lillian Wald illustrate that reform in the United States
can begin as a nongovernmental initiative.
depended on support from religious groups.
relied on programs initiated by the federal government.
promoted women’s suffrage as its main goal.

15. Helping the Needy (You Do)
“Jane Addams Opens Hull House” “Jacob Riis Photographs Tenement Residents” “Ida Tarbell Exposes Standard Oil Company”
These headlines represent efforts by individuals to
support business monopolies
improve depressed urban areas
solve problems of American farmers
correct abuses of the Industrial Revolution

16. Helping the Needy(You Do)
Essential Question - How did reforms such as the Social Gospel Movement and settlement houses impact the social conditions of poor people in the late 19th and early 2oth century?
Cite specific evidence to support your answer.