Week 4, August 31st- September 4, 2020, United States History: Module 3.3 Big Business and Module 3.4 The Rise of Labor

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda

Standards: 11.1.4, 11.2.1, 11.2.2, 11.2.5, 11.2.6, 11.2.7, 11.2.9, 11.3.1, 11.6.5, 11.10.7

Objectives: SWBAT

• Summarize the rise and tactics of labor unions
• Analyze primary source documents
• Using evidence, decide why the Homestead strike turned violent
• Describe Industrialization in the United States. 
• Discuss Big Business in the United States. 
• Identify the titans of big business in the United States. 
• Explain Social Darwinism and laissez-faire and its effects on society
• Analyze the business and management strategies that contributed to business tycoons
• Debate the issue of Social Darwinism

Essential Questions: Did rapid industrialization benefit economic and social systems in the United States? 

Warm Up 15 minutes: If you could start a business, what would you do and why?

Journal Entry/PoliticalCartoon 55 minutes: Module 3.2 Age of Railroads Enrichment 

1. Reading Intro to Activity 10 minutes
2. Research 20 minutes
3. Writing 20 minutes
4. Proofread 10 minutes
5. Share 15 minutes

Session 2 

GRWB 20 minutes: 3.3 Big Business

Reading and watching 10 minutes: Teacher reads big idea and why it matters and 

1. Rockefeller Video and answer question.

Group Activity 25 minutes: Social Darwinism

GRWB 20 minutes: 3.4 The Rise of the Labor

Session 3 

Warm Up 10 minutes: What is a labor union? Please identify three pros and three cons.

Enrichment 20 minutes:  3.4 Labor Movement OPed 

Lecture 20 minutes: Labor Movement, Labor Movement #2 

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Essential Question