Lesson on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 (L38)

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.  

2. 2. Students will determine how the development of steel, oil, transportation, communication, and business practices affected the United States economy. 

Agenda: 

1. 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) 

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

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

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7. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfX3mT73w6A Carnegie 

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4. 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.  

  

4. 5. 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  

  

  

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:  

Tomorrow you will have a mini-assessment. Please research the following topics to ensure a successful score. 

1. Homestead Strike & Pullman Strike

2. The experience of American Factory workers in the late 19th century

3. Significance of Ellis Island

4. Political Cartoon "The Only One Barred Out" 1882

5. How did migration from farms to cities encourage the growth of reform movements?

6. Impact of the Progressive Movement

7. What was the attitude of progressives towards trusts? 

8. Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food & Drug Act, Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Reserve Act.