Illinois+Gilded+Age


 * ILLINOIS IN THE GILDED AGE**

http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/
 * Illinois in the Gilded Age**

http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/historicalthemes.html
 * Go to "Historical Themes"**

Under each heading on that screen, read the section entitled "Interpretive History."

1. Economic Development Let's go through this in detail.

2. Labor Great Strike of 1877 Knights of Labor Anarchists

3. Law and Society Paragraph #5

4. Political Development Start at paragraph #11

5. Race and Ethnicity Ida Wells Immigration: start at paragraph #12

6. Religion and Culture (middle portion) Note to myself: Dwight Moody Social Gospel

7. Settlement and Immigration (go thru entirely) Railroads

8. Women's Experiences and Gender Roles WCTU Hull House

http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/narrative.html
 * Go to "Narrative."**

Under each date on that screen, read the "Interpretive History" link.

1. Chicago Fire

2. Panic of 1873 Note to myself: Election of 1876 and Compromise of 1877

3. The Great Strike in 1877

4. Immigration, Labor, and Politics

5. Haymarket and Hull House

6. 1893 Chicago's World Fair (Columbian Exposition)

7. 1896 The Cross of Gold

http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/teachers.html
 * Go to "Teacher's Parlor."**

Check out the titles of these lesson plans.

Notice how many of them deal with issues current in 2012.

Which topics interest you the most?

1. The WCTU and the Lynching Controversy

2. Dress Reform in the 19th Century

3. "Death to King Alcohol!" Temperance in the 19th Century

4. Civil Service Reform: Campaign Contributions (1-day) 5. Civil Service Reform: Senate Debates (3-day)

6. "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!": The Issue of Bimetallism in the Late Nineteenth-Century

7. Is there such a thing as too much profit?: The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

8. Campaign Songs as Propaganda: Free Trade vs. Protectionism — In Whose Interest?

9. The Free Trade Conundrum: Balancing Worker Wages and Consumer Prices: Comparing the 19th and 21st Centuries