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Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration in the Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
A study guide for an American History course that explores trends and issues from the Gilded Age. The guide has many links to key resources and primary source materials, as well as questions for further study or discussion.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The Gilded and the Gritty: 1870 1912: Progress: The Meaning of the Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Nine primary source resources describing the way people thought about progress during the Gilded Age, 1870-1912. Includes guided reading, links to supplemental material, and timeline.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Progress, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Eighteen primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore the industrial, racial, and technological progress of the late-nineteenth century.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Norwegian Immigration in the Nineteenth Century

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan about Norwegian immigrantion to the United States.