Aim: What
new business strategies allowed businesses to weaken or eliminate competition?
Bell Ringer:
1. Highlight or underline everything we have covered thus far on your concept
map. 2. Read “The Robber Barons”
Objectives:
1.Bell Ringer (10 min)
2.Discussion: What is a
Robber Baron? (5-10 min)
3.Videos: Laissez Faire,
Captains of Industry/Robber Baron, Carnegie
4.Activity: Assign small
groups of students the task of researching one of the well-known industrial
leaders of the late 19th century (Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P.
Morgan, John D. Rockefeller) to determine whether that individual should be
called a “captain of industry” or a “robber baron.” To help students understand
the difference between these terms, discuss the connotation (positive or
negative) that each term has. You may also use this article to illustrate
clearly what a “robber baron” is:
http://kids.pbskids.com/bigapplehistory/business/topic8.html. Link is on the
blog.
5.Give small groups of
students information or links to information about their assigned individual
(Attachment C). Have them complete a T-chart as they research, with one column
for listing evidence to support their individual as a “captain of industry,”
and the other column for listing evidence supporting their individual being a
“robber baron.” (rest of class)
Home
Learning: Gather more information about your “captain of industry/robber baron”
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Sources for "Captains of Industry / Robber Barons"
Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
Links to Resources:
Share these links with students or print selections from these or other resources to give to
students for the purposes of their research.
Andrew Carnegie
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande01.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/sfeature/meet_andrews.html
http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/oakland/oak_n751.html
http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1889carnegie.asp
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/carnegie/aa_carnegie_subj.html
Cornelius Vanderbilt
http://www.biography.com/people/cornelius-vanderbilt-9515195#synopsis
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/digcoll/tales.shtml
JP Morgan
http://www.biography.com/people/jp-morgan-9414735
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/peopleevents/pande10.html
http://www.themorgan.org/about/history-of-the-morgan
John D. Rockefeller
http://www.biography.com/people/john-d-rockefeller-20710159
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rockefellers/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rockefellers-john/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primaryresources/rockefellers-overkill/
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