U.S. History – Unit US.06

Gilded Age & Progressive Era

14 days

Unit Overview

The United States was transformed from an agrarian to an increasingly industrial and urbanized society. Although this transformation created new economic opportunities, it also created societal problems that were addressed by a variety of reform efforts.

NYS Framework Content Standards

11.05

Unit US.06 Outline

4 Subunits

Gilded Age & Progressive Era

Unit Overview

Unit US.06 Outline

0s – Unit 5 Vocabulary Chart (Student)

0t – Unit 5 Vocabulary Chart (Teacher)

1 – Unit 5 Vocabulary Opener

2 – Unit 5 Essential Questions Introduction

3 – Impact of Railroads

4 – Gilded Age Graphs

4+ – Gilded Age Graphs (Differentiated Example)

Vocabulary Review Activity – Mad Libs – Unit 5

1 – Industrialization in the Gilded Age

2 – Causes and Effects of Industrialization (1870-1910)

3 – Labor Movement in the Gilded Age

4 – Media Bias & Labor Unions

5 – Immigration & Urbanization

5 – Immigration: Arriving in America

7 – Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?

8 – Political Cartoons of the Gilded Age

9 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

0 – Subunit Graphic Organizers: Progressive Era Reform Movements

1 – Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois

2 – Pure Food and Drugs Act

3 – Populist Party Platform

4 – Living Wage

5 – 19th Amendment

6 – “How the Other Half Lives”

7 – DBQ: Women’s Suffrage

8 – DBQ: Progressive Era Reforms

1 – Unit 5 Synthesis Task

2s – End of Unit 6 Assessment (Student)

2t – End of Unit 6 Assessment (Teacher)

Stimulus Based Multiple Choice Questions – Unit 5

Framework Aligned Assessment – Teacher Materials – Unit 5

Unit 5 Part 2 Short Essays

Stimulus Bank – Unit 5

11.5 Civic Literacy Document Based Essay Task

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Gilded Age & Progressive Era

Unit Overview

Unit US.06 Outline

A – Unit Intro & Vocab View Items Close

B – Industrialization & the Gilded Age View Items Close

C – Reform Movements & the Progressive Era View Items Close

R – End of Unit Review & Assessments View Items Close

R+ – Expanded Unit Assessments View Items Close