Tasks:
- Small group discussion about the section of chapter 11 "Robber Barons & Rebels" To help identify his argument, discussions should center around the following prompts:
- Clarify any misunderstandings about the text
- Identify the sequence
- How does Zinn move the reader through the pages (262 - 282)?
- Identify the language Zinn uses to argue.
- For example, in the first section we read before break, Zinn argues that Robber Barons sought to control economic growth by exploiting workers, influencing government to favor their interests, and creating institutions to control the masses.
- p. 257 "choking out competition"
- p. 260 "government was doing its best for ruling elite"
Reminders:
- Unit V test corrections due Friday January 15
