1. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell

2. The Richest People from Human History:

3. What is Success? Group Sort
Directions:
READ the short bio of the person on your card.
Work as a whole-class team to SORT all of the historical figures into groups based on what they have in common. (you will want to sort the people into at least 2 groups)

4. Writer’s Notebook What is Success?
Get out your writer’s notebook, write today’s date in the top corner, and title this entry,
What is Success?

5. What is Success? Analyze
In your writer’s notebook, answer the following questions:
Explain how the class decided to sort the historical figures.
How did you divide up the group of people?
Describe what the different groups had in common.
Why do you think these people are so wealthy?
What is the biggest group of people who share similar characteristics? What do they have in common?

6. A Special Group… John D. Rockefeller - 1839 Andrew Carnegie - 1835
Jay Gould
George Baker -1840
Hetty Green -1834
James G. Fair
Henry H. Rogers
J.P. Morgan
Oliver H. Payne
Philip Danforth Armour -1832

7. It’s not just a coincidence….
The American economy went through a HUGE change.
railroads, the stock market, industrial manufacturing
Many of the American individuals who ended up being the richest in all of history were born in a nine-year window:

8. What is SUCCESS? Follow Up
Think: In your writer’s Notebook, answer the following questions:
Define SUCCESS.
What does it take to be successful?
How do you think people become successful? What are the different paths to success?
Pair: With your table mates, share your responses and ideas to the questions you answered in your writer’s notebook.
Share: Choose one person from your team to share out your major ideas with the class.

9. Now Inquiring…
Take a post-it and write down 1 higher-order thinking question you would like answered about SUCCESS.
How…?
Why…?
What…?

10. Inquiry Grid