Captain of Industry or Robber Barons Created by Beldon Kealoha with sources from these Authors: Christine Colihan and Amy Vitcusky August 2006
Captain of Industry or Robber Barons
Created by Beldon Kealoha with sources from theseAuthors: Christine Colihan and Amy Vitcusky
August 2006
captains of industry or robber barons.
Students will understand and learn that big business leaders of the 19th century are viewed in two ways in American society-
Benchmarks
Students will gather, examine and analyze historical data.
Students will develop and implement effective research strategies for investigating a given historical topic
Objectives
students will . . .research four big business leaders of the
late 19th century (Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan and Swift)
Determine if they are captain of industry or Robber Barons.
Reciprocal Viewing: Note taking
Summarize- Write a short summary of what you have just watched.
Question. Write a question that can be answered from the documentary
Clarifying. What idea or concept needs clarification or understanding.
Viewing video #1
SummarizeQuestionClarifying
Industrial might of America
Write a short summary of what you have just watched.
Introductory Activity
Should Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Oprah, etc. give large sums of their fortunes to charity? Is it their responsibility? Should they be forced to give their money away? Give reasons why
Activity: 1st handout, Two points of view
Henry George (social reformer) vs. Andrew Carnegie (head of Carnegie Steel) Read and analyze the different quotes from the two men and answer the questions that follow.
Output: Left side of note book. Make a list of arguments for each side.
George
Social Reformer
Carnegie
Steel magnate
•Wealth corrupts government
Handout 3: introductory activity to the next lesson: research
Historian A vs. Historian B- read two short narratives from two different historians with different interpretations of big business in the late 19th century and answer the questions that follow
iPad 2 research lesson
Researching three big business leaders: Rockefeller, JP Morgan and Swift
Research handouts with websites and biography template.
Students have one day with the iPad 2 to work on research.
Essay is due by Friday, 9/23
Businessmen of the late 19th Century
JP Morgan-◦www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web10/
features/bio/B14.htmlRockefeller
◦http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellersSwift
◦http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog14/transcript/page03.html