Curated collections
Explore teaching resources provided by Gilded Age and Progressive Era historians and teachers on five essential themes: (1) Democracy and Civic Participation, (2) Identity and Community, (3) The American Dream, (4) Discrimination and Opportunity, and (5) Dissent and Debate. Each digital package contains a short video presentation by a scholar, suggested readings, and two lessons written by classroom teachers.
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Democracy and Civic Participation in the GAPE
The Problem of The People in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era by Prof. Robert Johnston, Professor and Director of Teaching of History Program University of Illinois Chicago Department of History Ida B. Wells and Intersectionality in the Progressive Era Lesson by Nate Zuckerman, Highland School Black Activism and Philosophies of Empowerment: Racial Uplift in the Time of the Nadir Lesson by Elizabeth Anderson, Flint Hill School |
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Identity and Community in the GAPE
Marching for the Vote: The Fight for Suffrage as a Mass Movement of Many Communities by Dr. Catherine D. Cahill, Walter L. Ferree and Helen P. Ferree Professor in Middle-American History Penn State University Wallpaper, War, and Women Lesson by Jacob Edwards, Hampshire Country School The Brownsville Affair: Invention, Innovation, and Reform in the GAPE Lesson by Monica Avila, STISD Medical Professions School |
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The American Dream in the GAPE
The Model Town of Pullman: Remaking Political Imagination in the Industrial Age by Dr. Jeffrey Helgeson, History Department Chair and Associate Professor Texas State University Artistic Responses to the Gilded Age: Morris, Ianelli, and Torres Lesson by Lisa Evans, University Laboratory High School Black Outside: Recreation and Race in the Land of the Free Lesson by Heather Ingram, Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy |
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Discrimination and Opportunity in the GAPE
Fighting Jim Crow by Prof. Adriane Lentz-Smith, Associate Professor of History & African American Studies Duke University The Immigrant Experience: Racism toward Chinese and Mexicans during the GAPE Lesson by Nancy Gomez, El Monte High School Indian Wars and Indigenous Conflicts in the West Lesson by Ashley Mitchell, Douglas High School |
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Dissent and Debate in the GAPE
Dissent and Debate in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Indigenous Resistance and Survival by Prof. Boyd Cothran, Associate Professor of History York University Settler City: Simon Pokagon at the 1893 Columbian Exposition Lesson by Sam Rowe, Lane Tech College Prep Haymarket Historical Scene Investigation Lesson by Carly Crittendon, Evanston Township High School |
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The National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
“Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms: Race, Capitalism, and Democracy, 1877 to 1920” has been made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for K-12 Educators program. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
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