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THe MEn Who built America

Ankeny Standard: 8:01 Analyze the role of individuals and groups within a society as promoters of change or the status quo and how an individual is impacted by society.

Learning Target for this section:
1. How did capitalism, new innovation, and inventions help transform  the US into an industrial society?

Success Criteria:
1A: Students can explain capitalism and cite specific examples of how  capitalist investments spear new inventions and ideas.
1B Students can describe how new improvements in communication transform the US into an industrial society.
1C: Students can describe how new improvements in transportation transform the US into an industrial society.
1D: Students can describe how new improvements in energy industry  transform the US into an industrial society.
1E: Students can relate past industrial giants to current day to current day innovations


Picture

The entrepreneurs 

Please use your handout to collect information.   
Then decide which of these men had the greatest impact on society?   Be ready to defend your answer in class as we do NCAA tournament style discussion.
Edison
Bessmer (Watch video and stop at 1:19)
Frederick Taylor 
Rockefeller (oil was used for kerosene which was used for light)
Ford
Bell
Vanderbilt
Morgan
Carnegie

Formative Assessments

Handout for Research
Frayer Model & Rubric
Cause and Effect

PPT USED FOR DISCUSSION
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