When should change be considered progress?

Change means that something becomes different; progress means that something becomes better or more helpful than it was before.

When should change be considered progress?
That’s the question we are talking about over the next week and a half as we study developments in European and American politics, technology, and culture in the 1800s and early 1900s.

Guess what?

We can ask the same question about changes that have occurred during our own lives: which recent changes should be considered progress? Who would argue that these changes are bad?

YOUR ASSIGNMENT
Reply to this blog post by writing about one recent change that you think is progress and one recent change that you think is negative. Some possible areas to look for changes:

• Changes in music (rap, pop)
• Changes in technology

• Changes in television

• Changes in fashion
• Changes in society/culture
• Changes in our government
• Changes in the way people view the U.S. (both here in the U.S. and abroad)
• Changes in how women are treated
• Changes in how minority groups are treated

Paragraph #1:
• Describe one change that you think should be considered progress. (2 pts.)
• Explain why you think this change deserves to be considered progress. What is positive about it? (5 pts.)
• Talk about who might have the opposite opinion and view this change in a negative light. Why would they think this change is bad? (3 pts.)

Paragraph #2:
• Describe one change that you think should be viewed in a negative light. (2 pts.)
• Explain why you think this change should be viewed in a negative light. What is bad about this change? (5 pts.)
• Describe who might have the opposite opinion of yours. Why would they say that this is a positive change? (3 pts.)