1. Political Cartoon Activity
Big Business
Political Cartoon Activity

2. Admit Slip
1.) What is the object of the board game Monopoly? -What does the word Monopoly mean?
2.) What does Social Darwinism mean? How does the philosophy of Social Darwinism explain the actions of early industrialists?
3.) Why were early industrialists able to use unfair business practices (trusts, monopolies, and pools) to take over their respective industries? 

3. Learning Objectives
Students will identify and incorporate key vocabulary terms and concepts related to the Big Business era when answering scaffolding questions pertaining to political cartoons.
Students will examine instances of symbolism and exaggeration in political cartoons utilized by political cartoonists during the era of Big Business.
Students will utilize the Notice, Think, Predict strategy when analyzing political cartoons to facilitate the answering of scaffolding questions.
Students will self-monitor their learning by completing the NTP Checklist when analyzing and interpreting political cartoons.

4. Round Robin Activity
1.) What are the characteristics of a Captain of Industry? What qualities should a leader possess? 2.) What are the characteristics of a Robber Baron? If someone is considered a "Robber", what does this say about their character?

7. Exit Slip- Regents Review

8. Exit Slip- Regents Review

9. Admit Slip 12/17
After Reconstruction, a major shift occurs in our nation where the United States transforms into an ________________ (factories, manufacturing, trading) nation.
What comes to mind when you hear the term Industrial Revolution?
Where do people live and why?
How and where are goods made?
Positives and Negatives?
Have you ever played the board game Monopoly? What is the object of the game?

10. Admit Slip 12/18
During the era of Big Business and the Industrial Revolution, people are beginning to move from the ___________ to the _____________ in search for __________.
Who created a monopoly in the oil industry?
What was the name of this monopoly?
Monopolies and Trusts are examples of __________ business practices, that creates one particular business dominating an entire ____________.
What techniques and strategies did Rockefeller use to create a monopoly?
Captains of Industry= _____________ view of industrialists
Robber Barons=__________________ view of industrialists

12. Industrial Revolution

14. Rockefeller
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15. Admit Slip 12/21 Define the term monopoly.
John D. Rockefeller created a monopoly in the _____ industry, calling his monopoly the ___________ ______ ___________.
Many political cartoonists portrayed John D. Rockefeller as what type of person?
What does the phrase “survival of the fittest” mean? How can it relate to the business world?

16. Rockefeller

17. Standard Oil Trust

20. Carnegie

21. Carnegie- Philanthropist

24. Ford

25. Assembly Line

26. Morgan

29. Vanderbilt

31. Unfair business practices