"The Public Be Damned!" A Thematic and Multiple Intelligences Approach to Teaching the Gilded Age.

Mjagkij, Nina; Cantu, D. Antonio

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Publication Date: 1999

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"The Public Be Damned!" A Thematic and Multiple Intelligences Approach to Teaching the Gilded Age.

Mjagkij, Nina; Cantu, D. Antonio

OAH Magazine of History, v13 n4 p56-60 Sum 1999

Describes a lesson on the Gilded Age that focuses on eight themes (urbanization, the rise of Jim Crow, populism, politics, immigration, Westward expansion, industrialization, and imperialism) and also incorporates Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences model in order to provide students with various types of learning activities. Gives a list of resources. (CMK)

Descriptors: Cartoons, Immigration, Industrialization, Multiple Intelligences, Musical Composition, Political Issues, Quality of Life, Racial Discrimination, Secondary Education, Social Change, Social Studies, Thematic Approach, United States History, Urbanization

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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