Lesson 2: Gilded Age Primary Source Lesson
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will gain an understanding of the impact of various Gilded Age events
What were the short and long term effects of the American Gilded Age?
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• horizontal integration
• vertical integration
• Social Darwinism
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• Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring
• Great Railroad Strike (1877)
• Pullman Strike (1894)
• Civil Service Act (1883)
• Interstate Commerce Commission (1887)
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
HS.SS.2C - 2C. Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems by engaging in self-reflection, strategy identification, and reasoning.
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Students will utilize a DBQ Essay about the Gilded Age, and utilize DOK levels 3 & 4
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Students are graded utilizing College Boards seven point rubric for document based essays
Gilded Age DBQ Packet