5.5: Big Business

Objectives:

• Students will be able to answer questions about monopolies, robber barons, and the justification for their tactics and place in society, by answering questions on a worksheet based on a packet composed of graphics, political cartoons, and brief readings.

Vocabulary: monopoly, vertical integration, horizontal integration, robber baron, Social Darwinism

Directions:

1. Get a copy of the worksheet for this lesson
2. Complete the worksheet by reading the PDF document below entitled "How to be a Robber Baron"
3. The last section of the worksheet is based on a game played in class. If you were absent for this lesson, simply write "absent" under this section, as it will be impossible for you to complete this section.