02.01-04.2016
U.S. History 8th Grade
The Growth of Big Business

Grade Level:

8

Subject:

Arkansas History 1800 - Present

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Goal Summary:

THE BIG IDEA:
Students understand the concept of point of view, and growth of Big Business, Populism in the United States 1880s-1910.

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Essential Questions:

1. Name people that were involved in the OIL & STEEL Industries?
2. Why did new inventions change how people lived?
3.How did “BIG” businesses change America (for good or for bad)?

Understandings:

Why did Americans lives change with the growth of Big Business.

Content Goals:

Students will understand why Railroads, Steel & Oil helped BIG Business grow in the USA.

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