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Title: Post War Industrial Expansion

Date: August 18, 2014

Write down theEssential Question.

Objective (1.2.f)

SWBAT identify

and evaluatetheexpansion of

industry in the US

after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit

card (80%

accuracy) SW

SWBAT 1. Answer 3 MC

questions 2. Write

an ID response

paragraph (SEEC

format) on a

relating topic (5-7sentences).

EQ: What assisted

in the expansion

of industry in post-

war America?

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Objective (1.2.f)

SWBAT identify

and evaluatetheexpansion of

industry in the US

after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit

card (80%

accuracy) SW

SWBAT 1. Answer 3 MC

questions 2. Write

an ID response

paragraph (SEEC

format) on a

relating topic (5-7sentences).

EQ: What assisted

in the expansion

of industry in post-

war America?

Also known as the Gilded Age, or even the Second

Industrial Revolution, the age of industrial

expansion in the United States (1870 1900)

fundamentally altered the course of U.S. History.

Analyze the primary source above. Make aninference statement.

Based on the evidence of __________, I can infer

that ________________.

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Partner Evaluation

1 pt for sentence stem use

2 pts for specific evidence used (3 minimum)

2 pts for a logical conclusion / inference

Exemplar - Based on the evidence of the largeand lazy industrialists being held up by workers , Ican infer that the success, power, and wealth ofthe industrialists was directly tied to the labor of

others.

Objective (1.2.f)SWBAT describethe era of RobberBarons and analyzestrategies theyemployed to

eliminatecompetition invarious markets.

DOL: Given an exitcard (80%accuracy) SW 1.

Answer 3 MCquestions 2. Writea thesis statement:What strategy didCarnegie employto quellcompetition?

EQ: Whatstrategies wereused by industrial- ists in order toeliminatecompetition?

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Objective (1.2.f)

SWBAT identify

and evaluatetheexpansion of

industry in the US

after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit

card (80%

accuracy) SW

SWBAT 1. Answer 3 MC

questions 2. Write

an ID response

paragraph (SEEC

format) on a

relating topic (5-7sentences).

EQ: What assisted

in the expansion

of industry in post-

war America?

The industrial boom during this period of timecan be attributed to:

1. A wealth of natural resources

Oil, coal, iron, land, etc.

2. Government policies that supported business laissez-faire (hands off) approach by the government

3. Growing population of cheap labor

Urban population expanded enormously

(especially in the North and Midwest)4. Entrepreneurial

People took the risk and invested their own money onbusiness ventures. Many lost their money, but somestruck big: Andrew Carnegie for example, who arrivedfrom Scotland with a few pennies to his name, became

one of the richest men in the world.

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Objective (1.2.f)

SWBAT identify

and evaluatetheexpansion of

industry in the US

after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit

card (80%

accuracy) SW

SWBAT 1. Answer 3 MC

questions 2. Write

an ID response

paragraph (SEEC

format) on a

relating topic (5-7sentences).

EQ: What assisted

in the expansion

of industry in post-

war America?

Oil becameimportant to Americans in the late 1800s.

It was first transformed into Kerosene (light,

heat, energy source). Gasoline (a byproduct of refining) then

became to most important product madefrom oil.

The internal combustion engine (used in cars)drove the demand for oil

The most powerful Oil Company was Standard

Oil, led by John D. Rockefeller.

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Objective (1.2.f)

SWBAT identify

and evaluatetheexpansion of

industry in the US

after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit

card (80%

accuracy) SW

SWBAT 1. Answer 3 MC

questions 2. Write

an ID response

paragraph (SEEC

format) on a

relating topic (5-7sentences).

EQ: What assisted

in the expansion

of industry in post-

war America?

Use the image tothe right to completean inference statementon Standard Oil.

Based upon___________, it can beinferred that _________.

Peer Evaluation:

o 2 pts.-Appropriately

using stemo 3 pts.- Uses specific evidence from the quote to justify their response

Exemplar: Based upon the tentacles of the Standard Oil octopusgrabbing banks, ships, railroads, other oil companies, etc., it can beinferred that the company was extremely powerful and influentialin American during the late 1800s.

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Objective (1.2.f)

SWBAT identify

and evaluatetheexpansion of

industry in the US

after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit

card (80%

accuracy) SW

SWBAT 1. Answer 3 MC

questions 2. Write

an ID response

paragraph (SEEC

format) on a

relating topic (5-7sentences).

EQ: What assisted

in the expansion

of industry in post-

war America?

A large number of magazines andnewspapers in the late 1800sand early 1900s used the octopusas a metaphor for large powerfulcompanies and corporations.

TWS Why do you think the octopus was such a popularmetaphor at the time?

CHALLENGE! Apply the metaphor to a

business/corporation around today. Why do you thinkthis business/corporation is a modern day octopus? Howdo you think this business/corporation compares withStandard Oil?

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Objective (1.2.f)

SWBAT identify

and evaluatetheexpansion of

industry in the US

after the Civil War.

DOL: Given an exit

card (80%

accuracy) SW

SWBAT 1. Answer 3 MC

questions 2. Write

an ID response

paragraph (SEEC

format) on a

relating topic (5-7sentences).

EQ: What assisted

in the expansion

of industry in post-

war America?

Handout (Essay): Rockefeller: MonsterMonopolist or Marketplace Hero

Read the Essay (8 minutes)

Answer the following: What type of strategies were used by Rockefeller to

gain control and influence in the market?

What did Rockefeller do to anger people?

How can Rockefeller be seen as a Hero to some?

CHALLENGE! - Rockefeller once said We are refiningoil for the poor man and he must have it cheap andgood. Does this secondary source back up this claim?

Explain!

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