Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Wednesday/Thursday, November 16/17, 2011

Homework
None

Agenda
Bell Work
Economic Thinker Presentations
Industrial Revolution PowerPoint
Reading: Reforming the Industrial Age: Pgs. 270-272

Bell Work
Choose 1.
A)  Adam Smith wrote that "economic liberty guaranteed economic progress".  Write a paragraph in which you explain what he means and whether you think he was right or wrong.
B)  According to Jeremy Bentham, government should only be involved in that which provides the greatest good to the greatest amount of people.  Write a paragraph in which you provide 1 example of utilitarianism in our country.

Economic Thinkers Presentation
Students present posters on economic thinkers during the Industrial age.  Students take notes on economic thinkers in their foldables.

Industrial Revolution PowerPoint
Students take notes on PowerPoint about the effects of industry and the responses to capitalism.

Reading: Reforming the Industrial Age
As students read, they take notes on the reforms that come out of the industrial age (i.e.-improvements in working conditions, abolition of slavery, etc.) 

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