Activity 4.4: Reformers in History

Choose one of the people below and learn more about how they made America a better place.

America’s Story: Activists and Reformers

• Jane Addams
• Rachel Carson
• Cesar Chavez
• Frederick Douglass
• W.E.B. Dubois
• Helen Keller
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Harriet Tubman

After you have finished reading the article, click on “Add submission” and write your answers to the questions below. When you are finished, click on “Save changes”.

Questions:

1. What period in history did this person live in?

2. What group of people or cause did this person fight for?

3. How did this person make the world better?

4. Can you think of anyone today who is trying to make the world better? Explain how.