Please review the General Instructions/Rubric for all Discussion Boards before proceeding.
Review the Recorded Lectures: Industrial Revolution A, and Industrial Revolution B
Review this PowerPoint Lecture: Industrial Revolution Urbanization & Immigration
View the following documemtary film from PBS American Experience on Andrew Carnegie:
Answer the following study questions in a 300-word minimum essay, 100 words minimum for each of the 3 questions posed, naming, quoting, and citing the assigned sources, i.e., your textbook, the documentary film, a Recorded Lecture OR a Powerpoint Lecture at least once each for all three required sources. Do not answer in bullet points or in a numbered list, but write at least 3 full paragraphs, one paragraph in response to each of the questions posed of a minimum length of 100-words each. At the end of your essay YOU MUST post a study question of your own for your fellow students to consider and answer in their response posts. Your 300-word minimum primary post in response to all questions of my prompt in essay form is DUE before end of day, SATURDAY 9/18. Your two response posts, each 100-word minimum essays of substantial content answering the Study Questions posed by two different fellow students, are DUE before 11:59 pm SUNDAY 9/19. EVENTHOUGH THE DISC. BOARD IS OPEN UNTIL END OF DAY SUNDAY 9/19, YOUR PRIMARY POST ESSAY MUST BE IN BEFORE END OF DAY ON SATURDAY 9/18 FOR IT TO EARN CREDIT.
PROMPT:
Over the years, various titles have been given to the inventors, innovators, and businessmen at the heart of America’s Industrial Revolution, i.e., “Robber Barons,” “Captains of Industry,” “Evil Capitalists,” “Men of Vision.” In addition to Carnegie, name two other “Titans of Industry” discussed in the film and/or discussed in the Lectures or your Textbook and summarize the good, the bad, and the ugly about them and their contributions to America’s Industrial Revolution and the quality of our lives today. Write one paragraph for each of these 3 men, answering the parameters listed above.
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