Jump to: Background Suggestions for Teachers Additional Resources The dawn of the twentieth century was a time of great change in the United States, and many of those changes can be seen in the lives of the nation’s children— how they worked, played, learned, and made sense of the world. Background In 1900, the U.S. was a diverse nation, and its children lived in a wide range of circumstances— different geographic settings, economic backgrounds, and family structures. The country was experiencin