The Gilded Age/Progressive Era Unit
In order to write a short story of your Gilded Age persona. you will need to find general information about your topic (temperance, suffrage, immigration, child labor) as well as specific information and primary documents related to your chosen persona. Use both the 'general' and 'primary source' weblinks below to help you gather information, but keep in mind you will most likely need to to do a custom search (Google, Dogpile, Bing, etc.) using key terms related to your specific person to find the most specific information needed, e.g., "Polish" + "immigrant" + "child" + "typical" + "life".
General Weblinks:
World Book Online
Student Research Center (Ebsco)
Kansas History Gateway
Spark Notes: Progressive Era
Best History Sites: Progressive Era
Primary Source Weblinks:
Student Research Center (Ebsco)
History Matters
Primary Source Nexus
In the First Person
Search Engine Advice:
The 10 Best Search Engines of 2015
Copyright-friendly Images:
Wikimedia Commons
Flickr Creative Commons
New York Public Library Historical Images Index
World Images Kiosk
Works Cited Page:
MLA Guide (Purdue)
Citation Machine
EasyBib
General Weblinks:
World Book Online
Student Research Center (Ebsco)
Kansas History Gateway
Spark Notes: Progressive Era
Best History Sites: Progressive Era
Primary Source Weblinks:
Student Research Center (Ebsco)
History Matters
Primary Source Nexus
In the First Person
Search Engine Advice:
The 10 Best Search Engines of 2015
Copyright-friendly Images:
Wikimedia Commons
Flickr Creative Commons
New York Public Library Historical Images Index
World Images Kiosk
Works Cited Page:
MLA Guide (Purdue)
Citation Machine
EasyBib