Lesson plan. U.S. History. Wed. 12/15/2010 1. Daily Writing Prompt. Pass out new forms (on front table). To what extent was Reconstruction effective? See page 59 of textbook. (You may have to walk them through this question; the four day weekend has likely eliminated the R. term from memory.) 2. Make up tests from last Friday. They are also on the front table with names. When you go to room 115, put these students in the top row to make up their tests. They are allowed to use their textbooks. 3. Open notes for a type 1 “notetaking” called Titans of Modern American Business. Go to slideshow; there are four slides for this type one. Students should write down the names of the “titans” and the industry they made their billions in. Slides 2-9. 4. Transition to textbook, page 66 -69. Read with class, calling on students. Stop just above “Workers Organize” on pg. 69 5. Read paragraph 2 “The Factory System” of handout title Issues Connector. Recollect these handouts. 6. Read pgs. 69-72 in textbook, skipping pg. 70 “Technology and Society”.
Lesson plan. U.S. History. Wed. 12/15/2010
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Lesson plan. U.S. History. Wed. 12/15/2010
1. Daily Writing Prompt. Pass out new forms (on front table). To what extent was Reconstruction effective? See page 59 of textbook. (You may have to walk them through this question; the four day weekend has likely eliminated the R. term from memory.)
2. Make up tests from last Friday. They are also on the front table with names. When you go to room 115, put these students in the top row to make up their tests. They are allowed to use their textbooks.
3. Open notes for a type 1 “notetaking” called Titans of Modern American Business. Go to slideshow; there are four slides for this type one. Students should write down the names of the “titans” and the industry they made their billions in. Slides 2-9.
4. Transition to textbook, page 66 -69. Read with class, calling on students.Stop just above “Workers Organize” on pg. 69
5. Read paragraph 2 “The Factory System” of handout title Issues Connector. Recollect these handouts.
6. Read pgs. 69-72 in textbook, skipping pg. 70 “Technology and Society”.
7. Return to slideshow, slides 11-14. Slide 11 and 14 require notetaking.
8. Handout “Reading Strategy”. Read top half with students. They will complete the remainder (starting with the Directions) on their own before end of hour.
Titans of Modern American Business.
Bill Gates. Founded Microsoft Software Company in 1976.
Gates was long been known as the world’s wealthiestindividual. In 2000 he started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has given away billions of dollars all over the world.
Mug shot from a traffic violation In the late 1970s.
Mike Ilitch. Founded Little Ceasars Pizza in 1959. Owner, Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings.
Ilitch’s charities are extensive. Originally he developed a traveling restaurant of sorts, Little Caesar’s Love Kitchen, designed to help feed people who are victims of natural disasters. There is also a Little Caesar’s Veteran’s charity, and a Little Caesar’s charity for impoverished children.
Oprah Winfrey. Owner of Harpo Production Company.
Oprah's Angel Network is a charity that supports charitable projects and provides grants to nonprofit organizations around the world. Oprah's Angel Network has raised more than $80,000,000.
T. Boone Pickens. Owner, Clean Energy Fuels Corporation.Pickens has given more than
$700 million away to charity, including nearly half a billion dollars to Oklahoma State University. Pickens is among the billionaires who have made The Giving Pledge, a commitment to give away half of his wealth for charitable purposes.
T. Boone Pickens Stadium, a gift to OklahomaState University.
Titans of American industry at the turn of the last century.
John D. Rockefeller. Founded Standard Oil Company in 1870.
He donated seventy-five million dollars to the University of Chicago, founded the Rockefeller Foundation for education, founded the Rockefeller Institute for medical research, and founded the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission.
Andrew Carnegie. Steel Baron.
With the fortune he made from business among others he built Carnegie Hall, later he turned to philanthropy and interests in education, founding the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Amassed a fortuned in developing the Railroad and shipping industry in the mid 1800s.
Worth $100 Million dollarsat the time of his death in 1877.
Industry in Big Rapids.
Read pages 69-72, skipping pg. 70.
The Industrialization of America ReviewTurn back in your textbooks to page 66/67.
Causes:Natural Resouces (timber, oil, gas, iron ore)Influx of millions of Asian and European immigrantsGovernment Policies that favored businessAmerican culture that favored entrepreneurs
Effects: Growth of cities, especially in the northern statesNew inventions like the light bulb and phonographRise in standard of living for many AmericansLarge corporations dominatedRailroads expand, “shrinking” America.
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