Industrialism: 2nd Industrial Revolution, Robber Barrons, Captains of Industry and More



What the 3 most important innovations/inventions in your lifetime? How has each innovation affected or changed your life?

Today we are going to learn about the rise of Industrialism in America and the impact it had on our country.

Image result for popcorn time    Popcorn Reading / Intro
Annotate as we read and highlight at least two sentences in the reading that correspond to visual details in the photograph of Thomas Edison’s Invention Factory.





Group Activity:

Divide into groups (Chapters 2-5)

Grab a Chromebook

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  • go to courses/American History
  • Gilded Age Materials
  • Economic Growth/Robber Barons/Second Industrial Revolution

Image result for exit door Was industrialism good for industrialists, workers economy, and the environment? Why or why not?

Industrialism was good/not good for industrialists because ______.
Industrialism was good/not good for the workers because _______.
Industrialism was good/not good for the economy because______.
Industrialism was good/not good for environment because_______.

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