Gilded Age

Topic: Gilded Age

Grade/Subject: Ameircan History 11th grade

Author: Tom Ray

Essential Questions: Should ethical standards or codes of conduct be the same for business and corporations as they are for indviduals and communities?

Unit Opener :

Teacher leads a brainstorm on the overhead, characteristics of an “irresponsible” adult and 5 of a “responsible” one? How do these differ if we apply these to businesses? Working in partners--Create a Code of Ethics or rules that every business should follow in order to be responsible? Teacher will ask each group for their 2 best rules to put on the overhead together and then discuss the effect of each rule and its impact on business. Would they be good for business or bad? Introduce Essential Question-- How does each these rules fit in with Coolidge’s statement? What conflicts would occur with our class code of Ethics?

Unit Sections:

I. Industry

A. Railroads

B. Abuses/Conditions

C. Unions

D. Cool Inventions

II. Immigration

A. Sources

B. Causes

C. Effects

III. Urbanization

A. Causes

B. Effects

C. Reforms

IV. Politics

A. Issues

B. Characters

V. Progressive Reform

A. Solutions to Urban Problems

B. Solutions to Political Problems

C. Women Suffrage

D. Civil Rights Leaders

Assessment Tool : Newspaper Project

Students will work together in groups of 4-5 to create a magazine similar to the ones popular at the time such as McClure’s or Harper’s Review. Stories and Advertisements will chronicle key events of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. Each magazine will present the following information

Cover complete with time appropriate artwork
A table of contents detailing each person’s area of responsibility. This page should be organized by topic area and author.

For example:

Industry….Ryan Moore

- Robber Barons: The Truth behind the Railroads

- Triangle Shirt Factory Fire: Photo Essay

- The AFL: Heroes to All

- Light Bulb Advertisement

- Interview with Thomas Edison
An introductory letter from the editors previewing the information that are featured in the Era
A timeline of key events from 1877 to 1916 , featuring at least 10 major events

Each student will be assigned one of the following areas and will be responsible for researching and developing stories and advertisements that cover their assigned topic. Each student should create 2 news stories, 1 photo or art illustration, 1 advertisement and 1 biographical profile of a key figure relating to his or her topic.

Industry

A. Railroads

B. Work Conditions in Factories

C. Unions

D. Cool Inventions

Immigration

A. Geographic Sources

B. Causes

C. Effects

Urbanization

A. Key Cities and Towns

B. Causes

B. Effects

C. Reforms

Politics

A. Civil Service Reform

B. Monetary Problem

C. Trade Issues

D. Key Figures

Progressive Reform

A. Solutions to Urban Problems

B. Solutions to Political Problems

C. Women Suffrage

D. Civil Rights Leaders

Unit Overview:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Unit opener:

Responsibility

Discuss debate

Role of government towards business

Link to present day

Gilded Age/Progressive Age Terms-- PERSIA chart

P: Metaphor- conditions to good plant growth

A: Factors that led to industrial boom (GO notes)

Pr: Billboard of gilded age values

Growth cont’d

Industrialist

P: hook--taking away something they earned

A: Social Darwinism reading

Pr: Journal

Growth cont’d

Worker

P: Image of factory--discuss conditions

A: HA activity assembly line

Pr: Journal day in the life of…

Growth cont’d

Immigrant

P: new kid in school

A: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Reading--link to immigration and to labor

Pr:

Journal

Quiz terms

P: Review roles

A: Act it out--

Immigrant, factory worker, industrialist

Railroad baron

Farmer

mayor

Pr:

Unions

P: show slides of protests--generate discussion--how effective

A: GO notes--

unions

Pr: Fishbowl?-

Are unions still necessary to protect

Immigration/

Urbanization

P: pictures of o’crowding--generate adjectives to describe pictures

A: charts and graphs to show the growth

Note: tractor--led to less jobs on farms leading to migration to city

Tammany Hall

P: offer them extra credit for cash donation to X

A: GO notes:

T-chart: Pol. corruption/Reforms

Pr: Write a P about the effect of pol. Corruption on people

Railroads

P: auction off coke/comfy chair

A: Conflict b/t railroad and farmer. Fx of monopoly

Reforms

Pr: Draw a political cartoon detailing feelings of farmers/people a/b RR

Project

P: Review muckrakers

A: introduce project

Pr: Review plagiarism/ cutting pasting

Handout: explaining/demonstrating

Each--

Contract--understand what it is--agreeing not to--zero for project

Library/research

Last day

Computer lab

Computer Lab

Due tomorrow:

Projects due

Culture day

Gallery walk/presentations

P: Gallery walk/presentations

Review game

TEST

Instruction/Activities:

Factors that led to Industrial Growth

P: Metaphor- conditions to good plant growth

A: Factors that led to industrial boom (GO notes)

1. Find toys/symbols for each Factor of Industrialization (see below)

Steel (?)

Electricity(dead battery, extension cord, dead plug, etc)

Telephone(plastic telephone)

Railroads( RR stake)

Assembly Line (?)

Specialization(?)

Interchangeable parts (legos)

Refrigeration(ice tray, plastic ice cube)

2. Teacher covers the top of a shoe box with black felt/ paper with symbols inside

3. Tell students that we are going to discover the factors that lead to the rise of industry in the US by using the symbols in the box to figure out.

4. Pair students up then have students make a 3 column chart--term, definition, picture of item

Pr: review each symbol--have students write down each factor of industrialization--draw symbol. Link each together. Show how each build on each other.

Tammany Hall

P: offer them extra credit for cash donation to X

A: GO notes:

T-chart: Pol. corruption/Reforms

Political Corruption	Reform
Bribery	Anti-bribery law
Favoritism in contracts	Term limits
Cronyism	Recall, impeachment
Laws favoring business/anti-average guy	Intiative

Reading about California recall of Gray Davis

Pr: Write a P about the effect of Pol. Corruption on people--how does this relate to the essential ?