These lesson materials have students review early American industrialists’ profiles, work in groups to categorize industrialists as ‘robber barons’ or ‘captains of industry’ using provided information, and discuss potential industrialist responses to labor grievances. It works as a stand-alone lesson or complement to EDSITEment lesson, “Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories”.
U.S. History
LESSON PLAN
Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade