GILDED AGE/PROGRESSIVE ERA, 1870-1914

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Free Lesson! Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

Lesson List: Gilded Age: Decision Making in History

  • LESSON 1 – Business ethics: Which policies will you adopt as a business owner in the Gilded Age?

  • LESSON 2 – As a Gilded Age business owner, what will your labor policies be?

  • LESSON 3 – As union leaders, what will your labor strategies be?

  • LESSON 4 – Strikes: Which strikes will you support? Railroad in 1877, Homestead, Pullman, Coeur D’Alene?

  • LESSON 5 – The Great Railroad Strike of 1877: Will you join the strike?

  • LESSON 6 – Government policies: What will your policies be on tariffs, monopolies, business regulations, subsidies, and immigration?

  • LESSON 7 – What policy will you adopt on child labor? SAMPLE LESSON

  • LESSON 8 – Who will you vote for in the Election of 1884?

  • LESSON 9 – What action will you take on government corruption? (Pandleton Civil Service Act)

  • LESSON 10 - What policies will you adopt to help farmers? (Populist Party)

  • LESSON 11 – Who will you vote for in the Election of 1892?

  • LESSON 12 – What federal taxes do you favor: tariff, income tax, inheritance tax?

  • LESSON 13 – Who will you vote for in the Election of 1896?

Sample Lesson: Child Labor: Decision Making in History

What policy will you adopt on child labor?

Lesson List: Imperialism / Progressivism: Decision Making in History

  • LESSON 1 – Spanish-American War: Will you declare war on Spain over Cuba in 1898?

  • LESSON 2 – Philippines: Will you take over the Philippines for the United States?

  • LESSON 3 – Panama Canal: What will your policy be on a canal in Central America?

  • LESSON 4 – Progressive reforms: What will your policies be on working conditions, food safety, government corruption, monopolies, or urban challenges?

  • LESSON 5 – Treaty of Portsmouth: What is your policy on the Russo-Japanese War?

  • LESSON 6 – Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: What reforms will you implement, if any?

  • LESSON 7 – Who will you vote for in the Election of 1912?

  • LESSON 8 – Lawrence Strike of 1912: Will you join the strike?

  • LESSON 9 –Woman Suffrage: What arguments should women make and what strategies should they adopt to get the vote? SAMPLE LESSON

  • LESSON 10 - What policies will you adoptin terms of crises in Mexico and the Caribbean, 1914-1919?

Free Lessons

Sample Lesson: Women’s Suffrage: Decision Making in History

What arguments should women make and what strategies should they adopt to get the vote?

Lesson List: Gilded Age / Progressivism: Critical Thinking in History (Order from: https://www.criticalthinking.com/reconstruction-to-progressivism-ebook.html)

BOOK 3: RECONSTRUCTION TO PROGRESSIVISM RECONSTRUCTION UNIT (partial list)

  • LESSON 14: Skill: EVALUATE ARGUMENTS Historical Topic: Should the government be laissez-faire?

  • LESSON 15: Skill: EVALUATE INTERPRETATIONS Historical Topic: What is significant about the life of John D. Rockefeller?

  • LESSON 17: Skill: EVALUATE EVIDENCE Historical Topic: What were conditions like for workers in the meat packing industry? Evaluating The Jungle as a source.

  • LESSON 24: Skill: ANALYZE EVIDENCE Historical Topic: What were conditions like in the town of Pullman?

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Free Lesson! Conspiracy Theories (1865-1898)

Free Lesson! Cause & Effect Yellow Press and Spanish-American War

Free Lesson! Civil Service Reform in 1883: Decision Making

What perceptions and biases do we bring to our study of the American frontier?