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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Patronage and Populism: The Politics of the Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
The resources here, including letters, photographs, official documents, and maps, represent the exodus of African Americans from the South to the Great Plains in the late 1800s.
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Reading Like a Historian: 1898 North Carolina Election

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson using primary resources on the 1898 election in North Carolina during the Gilded Age. Includes handouts, primary sources, and student questions. Requires free registration to access resources.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The Learning Page: American Indian Reservation Controversies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary sources help students understand issues and controversies surrounding the American Indian Reservations of the 1870s. Historians provide different accounts and views of this facet of American history, and students utilize these...
Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Literature of the American Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learning module uses primary resources to take a look at the literature published during the Civil War and examines how it helped make sense of the war and the profound changes brought about.