Objective: Explain the extent to which industrialization brought change from 1865 to 1898.
Class Notes for the Day:
Class Starter: Make a name placard for your Meeting of the Minds character and sit alongside those with similar issues.
List of Topics:
1) farmer’s problems
2) growth of industry
3) role of labor unions
4) “captains of industry” or “robber barons”?
5) social change/role of minorities/immigrants
6) impact of wealth
7) public policy (what is good for the country?)
8) role of government in society
9) other topics
Guided Review
Time to focus on building better study habits. We're going to review some main ideas of the Gilded Age, begin working our way through the study guide, and work through practice questions.
Study Guide
For each concept, we need to do each of the following:
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- define it
- place it in its proper context (what period?, where?, what just happened?, what happens next?. turning point?)
- establish cause and effect patterns
- associate it with similar and different events, people, trends
- situate it as part of a larger trend or as a change
- determine what makes this important
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Practice Questions
Closer: How do you plan on preparing for this test? What changes will you make?
On Deck
Next Topic: Celebration of Knowledge!