Starter 5: Reading Quiz
1. Why were certain men in the 19th century able to amass immense wealth?
2. Who were the Populists? What did they believe/want?
Turn in Starters 1-5!
Discuss in groups:
1. First, discuss quiz questions.
2. Discuss reading (Chs. 10-11) and homework. How does Howard Zinn relate the history of the period? Does his version seem accurate and fair? Examine his rhetoric. Can you make any connections to rhetoric you hear nowadays?
Brainstorm: What do we know about the "Robber Barons" and "The Gilded Age"?
Welcome Guest Speaker!!!
Readings for Wednesday:
Andrew Carnegie "Wealth"
The Populist Party Platform (1892)
Close Reading! Annotate! Questions? Connections from anything current?