1. How can corruption and conflict lead to reform? 
    
2.  In what ways can “progress” be both positive and negative?
    
3. How do conflicting interests impact the way government exercises power?

Key People:  David Rose, Emil Seidel, Dr. Gerhard Baring, Victor Berger, Daniel Hoan, Charles Whitnall, Frederick Law Olmstead

Key Events: Milwaukee downtown building boom, Introduction of new technologies like the telephone or automobile, Completion of Milwaukee Flushing Station, Construction of Lake Park, Election of first Socialist mayor, election of Victor Berger to Congress and Daniel Hoan as mayor

Key Vocabulary: philanthropy, civic pride, political corruption, Socialist, public health, “Sewer Socialism”  

1. Milwaukee Landmarks Tour - Plan a city tour of famous Milwaukee landmarks for students with Historic Milwaukee, Inc. (HMI).  Historic Milwaukee, Inc. offers guided tours to students and teachers for a nominal fee. www.historicmilwaukee.org You can also download the HMI app and access self-guided walking tours of several Milwaukee neighborhoods.  Have students collect, photograph and record data about their landmark observations and impressions.  Students compose a report on a landmark.  Students share their impressions with each other and then vote on or rank their favorite landmarks as a “Best of” Milwaukee sites. 
    
2. All Politics is Local - Visit the office of a Milwaukee city council member, county supervisor, or local political leader or invite the political leader to your class/school. Ask the public official to speak briefly about why they became a public official and their vision for the community. Prepare students in advance by creating questions for the public official.  Have students practice asking the questions before the leader arrives. After the presentation, students write a formal thank you note to the public official and share their impressions of the visit with classmates orally or through writing.