Gilded Age

Gilded Age: Transcontinental Railroad Lesson Plan (doc file - 41 KB)
Outline of lesson for students who were absent.
American Colossus - Chapter 2 (doc file - 4.68 MB)
Reading for note-taking on the Railroad. (An audio version of the chapter may be located on the S drive in the High School/tnassivera folder.)
Railroads Notes outline 1862-1896 Cornell Note Paper (doc file - 80 KB)
For homework students are to complete the pages 1-2 of the notes outline using the reading from Chapter 2 of American Colossus.
Gilded Age: Railroads Daily Vocabulary (doc file - 24 KB)
Gilded Age: Railroads Power Point Notes (ppt file - 3.44 MB)
Excerpt from President Obama Speech (doc file - 75 KB)
Follow directions to compare thoughts on the role of government in our economy.
ICC Activity Pro Governmnet Intervention (doc file - 20 KB)
Students will use this sheet to guide their cooperative activity in determining the role of government in regulating economics.
ICC Activity Pro Railroad (doc file - 20 KB)
Students will use this sheet to guide their cooperative activity in determining the role of government in regulating economics.
Homework - Role of Government Practice Essay Outline (doc file - 26 KB)
Students are to use the information gathered in class notes and activities in order to write an outline for teh essay prompt on the role of government in our economy.
Trust Titans Lesson Plan (doc file - 40 KB)
Students who are absent may wish to follow the procedures in the lesson plan in order to get caught up.
Trust Titan Notes Power Point (ppt file - 1.86 MB)
Taught on 2/25-26/09
Attributes of Leaders (doc file - 35 KB)
Students will use these "Attribute Cards" in order to discuss examples of when they witness these attributes in our leaders.
2/4/10 - Adam Smith and the Foundation of Free Market Economies (doc file - 34 KB)
Trust Titan Homework - Essay Prompt (doc file - 27 KB)
Students will research the assigned court case and complete hte essay prompt to show their understanding of how the role of government in the Gilded Age.
Homework - Immigration DBQ Constructed Response (pdf file - 2.06 MB)
Students are to complete the questions for each document to help them prepare for writing teh essay outline.
Homework - Immigration Essay Prompt (doc file - 31 KB)
Studetns will complete this essay outline in order to display their understanding of how to organize the information to answer the task.
2/4/10 - Gilded Age_Trust Titans Vocab Chart (doc file - 52 KB)
2/4/10 - Trust Titans Key People Chart (doc file - 63 KB)
Gilded Age Project_Entry Document Visitation (doc file - 42 KB)
Gilded Age Project_Issue 1 Political Patronage and Scandal (doc file - 98 KB)
Gilded Age Project_Issue 2 Inventions (doc file - 62 KB)
Gilded Age Project_Issue 3 Capitalism v Regulation (doc file - 72 KB)
Gilded Age Project_Issue 4 Resource Competition (doc file - 93 KB)
Gilded Age Project_Issue 5 Labor (doc file - 99 KB)
Gilded Age Project_Issue 6 immigration (doc file - 13 KB)
Immigration Notes (ppt file - 61 KB)
Gilded Age_Labor Vocab Chart (doc file - 52 KB)
Gilded Age - Labor Notes (ppt file - 5.34 MB)
Labor Notes with Lecture Narration (ppt file - 14.11 MB)
Rise of Labor unions Notes outline 1862-1896 Cornell Note Paper (doc file - 32 KB)
Haymarket Riot Background Essay (pdf file - 125 KB)
Haymarket Riot Student_Activity_1_Thesis_Guide (pdf file - 120 KB)
Haymarket Riot - Student_Activity_2_Thesis_Guide (pdf file - 146 KB)
Gini in a Bottle - Income Inequality (doc file - 33 KB)

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