Gilded Age

As a culminating assessment on immigration and industrialization in 19th century America, students will create an immigration and industrialization brochure. The brochure is best created on a piece of heavy paper (12" x 18") folded in half. Guidelines...

These two political cartoons, Welcome to All and Uncle Sam's Lodging House - both by the Austrian-born cartoonist Joseph Keppler - focus on the influx of immigrants arriving in the United States during the late 19th century. On the one hand, Americans...

Uncle Sam’s Lodging House was created by Joseph Keppler in 1882 and reflects many Americans’ attitudes towards immigrants in general – and towards Irish immigrants in particular – during the late 19th century. The download...

Welcome to All was created by Joseph Keppler in 1880 and addresses the influx of immigrants arriving in the United States during the late 19th century. The download includes the following: 1. A PowerPoint - complete with discussion notes for each slide...

Perfect Grab and Go Lesson! We can all agree that providing students visual content enhances instruction…Especially this generation of students. One of the easiest ways to do this is show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...

You can use the resources in this product in multiple ways. There are 16 short videos/video clips (video links/QR Codes Included) which can be used as warm-ups or supplements to a lecture. All videos take a position on different Economic topics and...

In this 10 page Gilded Age Activity (3 student worksheets and 7 reading handouts) your students will have everything they need to examine the contributions of the following Muckrakers at the turn of the century: Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Nellie Bly,...

Perfect Grab and Go Lesson! We can all agree that providing students visual content enhances instruction…Especially this generation of students. One of the easiest ways to do this is show your students a video. The only problem is there is just so...

 This 10 page activity packet contains everything your students need to complete a Document Based Activity (using primary sources/photos/political cartoons) on the Americanization Movement during the American Industrial Period. Students...

This biography on Lucretia Mott focuses on her early involvement in progressive and abolitionist causes, her role at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, and her participation in the Free Religious Association of 1867. The biography includes a series of...

This biography on Elizabeth Cady Stanton focuses on her early experiences as a progressive woman during the 1840s, her relationship with Lucretia Mott, her participation in the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, and her role in writing sections of the...

This powerpoint covers the Gilded Age and the TEKS-aligned concepts tested on the U.S. History STAAR EOC state exam in question/answer format. Students learn and review what they have to know and how they should know it. Although these powerpoints are...