Selma Lagerlöf's 1906 Flying Adventure
Chapter 1

Earthshaking events and global news

Chapter 2

The birth of modern media and entertainment

Chapter 3

Literature, reform, and the pursuit of truth

Chapter 4

Art, science, and the spirit of play

YOUR GOAL

Master of A ticket to the shaking world of 1906

Ch 3 · Literature, reform, and the pursuit of truth
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schopenhauer Author Selma Lagerlöf writes a flying adventure story about Sweden.

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schopenhauer The Jungle and Food Reform

We need the truth, we need the truth, A novel changed the food we eat.

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schopenhauer Mahatma Gandhi launches his first Satyagraha nonviolent protest movement

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Selma Lagerlöf writes a flying adventure

schopenhauer A Swedish author wrote a classic children's book to teach kids geography through a magical journey.

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How Gandhi first launched Satyagraha

schopenhauer Mahatma Gandhi first introduced his famous philosophy of nonviolent resistance in South Africa.

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1906: Truth and Trivia
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schopenhauer Sort truth from trivia to discover what really happened in the year 1906.

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Fun Fact

The Jungle's target: Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to advocate for workers' rights, but famously lamented, 'I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.'

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Glossary
muckraker (noun)
A journalist who searches for and exposes corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics. In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt popularized the term to describe investigative journalists like Upton Sinclair.

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Gossip

If you were tiny, would you rather ride a wild goose or a domestic dog?

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Quiz

Which French army captain was finally exonerated of treason in July 1906, ending a twelve-year national scandal?

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schopenhauer Upton Sinclair exposes the Chicago meatpacking industry.

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Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for helping negotiate the end of the Russo-Japanese War?

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schopenhauer Italian poet Giosuè Carducci receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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In which South African city did Mahatma Gandhi first launch his nonviolent resistance movement, Satyagraha, in September 1906?

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Which Upton Sinclair novel published in 1906 led directly to the passage of the United States Pure Food and Drug Act?

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In 1906, the term 'suffragettes' was first coined by a London newspaper to describe women campaigning for what right?

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Who became the first Italian author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in December 1906?

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What does the Sanskrit term 'Satyagraha,' coined by Mahatma Gandhi in 1906, translate to in English?

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Which Swedish author published the classic children's educational book 'The Wonderful Adventures of Nils' in 1906?

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