The Gilded Age: Growth of Big Cities
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The Gilded Age: Immigration
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Friday, February 19th 2010
The Gilded Age
Gilder Lehrman Institute
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
The Gilded Age
Schedule
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Lecture & Discussion led by Professor Clif Hood: Professor Hood will discuss the rise of big business in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with an emphasis on the growth of railroads and the economy.
—Resistance to the power posed by big business, especially in the form of labor unions and strikes, will also be discussed.
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Lecture & Discussion led by Professor Clif Hood (details to come)
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Irish Immigrant-Inspired Lunch
12:45 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Teaching the Gilded Age: Pedagogy activities led by Gloria Sesso
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Teaching the Gilded Age: Pedagogy activities led by Gloria Sesso
Schedule
8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Lecture & Discussion led by Professor Clif Hood: Professor Hood will discuss immigration to America in the early 20th century with special attention to the role of immigrants as laborers.
10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Teaching the Gilded Age: Pedagogy activities led by Gloria Sesso
11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Italian Immigrant-Inspired Lunch
1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Go to the computer lab and play around on the Gilder Lehrman website
1:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Hand out the rubric for the lesson plan requirement and discuss expectations
2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Hand out the AP History review books
2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Discuss summer seminar and trip plans; dates, plans, and ideas