The Gilded Age - "All That Glittered Was Not Gold". From "Sweatin' for the Oldies" to "Over There" with Woody and the Doughboys

An integrated, interdisciplinary unit for 10th graders on the development of a Federal Republic, a national economy, and a national foreign policy: 1870-1920. An integrated, interdisciplinary unit for 10th graders on the development of a Federal Republic, a national economy, and a national foreign policy: 1870-1920. The "Gilded Age" represents a part of the American experience integral to understanding the development of current American government, economics and foreign policy. It was a period marked by a concern that government was corrupt and ineffectual, corporate avarice, a burgeoning distance between the tiny ruling class and the massive lower class, and international isolation and chauvinistic imperialism. Additionally, this period also produced important, and far-reaching developments in literature, art and technology. This interdisciplinary unit is designed to help sophomores revel in the accomplishment of their forebears and avoid their foibles.