Comparing and Contrasting Robber Barons with Modern Entrepreneurs

This lesson will compare robber barons from the Gilded Age/Industrialization Period with prominent business people of the last few decades. Students will identify characteristics of robber barons and determine if current business people would be considered robber barons. The students will complete this by organizing information into the Robber Baron t-chart and responding to guiding questions.
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Subject(s): English Language Arts, Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 45 Minute(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: robber barons, industrialization, industrialists, gilded age, social gospel, gospel of wealth, monopoly, t-chart, compare/contrast, entrepreneur
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Worksheet,  Presentation/Slideshow,  Text Resource
Resource Collection: CPALMS Lesson Plan Development Initiative

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