Lesson on Wednesday, November 1, 2017

1. 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. 1. Students will examine the social, political, and economic causes, course, and consequences of the second Industrial Revolution that began in the late 19th century.  

   
   
   Agenda: 
2. 1. Bell Ringer (10 min) 

2. 2. Review HW as a class. (10 min) 

3. 3. Discussion: What is a Robber Baron? (5-10 min) 

4. 4. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTzHx6RJTVE laissez faire 

5. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAbI6hNo1Iw robber baron / captains of industry 

6. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfX3mT73w6A Carnegie 
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3. 5. 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.” Discuss the connotation (positive or negative) that each term has.  

  

4. 6. You may also use this article to illustrate clearly what a “robber baron” is: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/gilded-age/essays/robber-barons-or-captains-industry 

  

http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Lesson_44_Notes.htm  

  

https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/industrial-age-america-robber-barons-and-captains-industry  

  

  

7. 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"  

SOURCES FOR YOUR CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY:

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.history.com/topics/cornelius-vanderbilt  http://www.biography.com/people/cornelius-vanderbilt-9515195#synopsis  http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/digcoll/tales.shtml 

JP Morgan  
http://www.history.com/topics/john-pierpont-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.history.com/topics/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/