Gilded Age

Students will complete a 3 part interview activity to review President Hayes' time in office. The first part has 6 academic questions to help students review Hayes' presidency. In the second part of the activity students "interview" Hayes right after...

Students will play true, false, fix to review the Gilded Age by reading 60 statements and determining which are true and which are false. The statements are divided by topic (the Great West, Politics, Cities and Immigrants, Industrialism) so that...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 should be passed (George Hoar and James Slater) by answering 34 questions and completing a creative task. They will also analyze 5 images according to...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on whether or not there should be labor unions by answering 37 questions and completing a creative task (text excerpts from Henry Clews in 1886 and Samuel Gompers in 1894). They will also analyze 4 images...

Students review (or learn about) the different people, events, trends, laws, treaties, and more from the Gilded Age by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news articles, maps, social media posts, news headlines, and...

Students will review what they learned about the people, documents, events, organizations, developments, causes, effects, and more of the Gilded Age by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each option balances academic requirements with personal choice...

Students complete a 3 part activity to review President Cleveland and his presidency. The first part has 6 academic questions to help students review Cleveland's presidency. In the second part of the activity students "interview" Cleveland right after...

Students complete an interview activity to review Grant's presidency. They first answer 7 history based questions, then they "interview" Grant after becoming president (5 questions and answers), and then they conduct his last interview prior to his death...

Students complete an interview activity to review Garfield's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then they "interview" Garfield after becoming president (5 questions and answers), and then they conduct his last interview prior to his...

Students will get an overview of the politics of the Gilded Age with this 48 slide presentation. It introduces key aspects of presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland (both times), Harrison, the Election of 1896, Populists, Plessy vs...

This presentation introduces the changes to industry, labor, and business during the Gilded Age. Topics include but are not limited to: inventions, railroad, Interstate Commerce Act, assembly line, Carnegie, Rockefeller, JP Morgan, monopolies, Gospel of...

Students will read 11 quotes about the Gilded Age from various point of view and covering different topics (Robber Barons, Native Americans, immigrants, political corruption, transportation, etc), analyze 9 images, answer 23 questions, and respond to up...