THE RISE OF John D Rockefeller & STANDARD OIL!

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This History For Humans story-lecture teaches the amazing story of the rise of Standard Oil trust and John D Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller rose from poverty to create one of the largest corporations in American history but also one of the most hated monopolies of all time. Layered within the story, it also breaks down how industrialization during the Gilded Age led to rise of big business in America with railroads, new innovations like vertical and horizontal integration, Andrew Carnegie, and important concepts like Social Darwinism and Laissez Faire. Covering the story and history in a fair, balanced, and unbiased way, students are left to consider if they think if John D. Rockefeller was a Robber Baron or Captain of Industry.
Like all History For Humans episodes, this teaches students in a way they understand and actually learn- through story and with visual supports for diverse learners.
For teachers and homeschool parents, I have resources that go with this lesson that include interactive notesheets, a quick quiz, and an extension lesson that has students read two secondary sources, gather evidence in a T chart, before writing an opt-ed for an 1885 newspaper if they think Standard Oil should be broken up for having detrimental impacts on the country or kept in place due to its positive effects. It has scaffolds and supports and helps develop historical thinking skills and there are answer keys for everything!

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

Very interesting story. I suspect Mr Burns from The Simpsons was based on John D. Rockefeller.

[@historyforhumans905]

absolutely! He has the look and is the caricature of how the public saw him.

[@fuffyloveful]

Thank you, I needed this for my worksheet

[@historyforhumans905]

Glad it was helpful!

[@heatherbuck9912]

Awesome job!

[@PoorvaChauhan-tf7pu]

very easy exolanation. Thank you sir

[@historyforhumans905]

You're most welcome

[@annlang9632]

This was a great presentation. Kudos....

[@historyforhumans905]

Thanks! So glad you liked it! Its one of my favorite stories. :)

[@Godfather9814]

Rockefeller was smart to base standard oil as one of the biggest refiners in the US! Only downside was when his company broke up some of the companies didn’t have many oil supplies of their own like I recall Jersey Standard had to go looking for oil supplies all over the world to make up for it

[@historyforhumans905]

It was the largest in the world for a while!

[@Godfather9814]

@@historyforhumans905 yeah definitely! And Walter Teagle continued to grow it as a major refining power with supplies coming in from the entire world, think he might’ve kept the ideal like Rockefeller that granted there was money in drilling for crude oil but the real safe profits were refining it!

[@pr-tj5by]

Mate John D Rockefeller was far richer than Jeff Bezos lol

[@historyforhumans905]

Depending on how you calculate it, Id say. JDR didnt even have an Iphone.

[@pr-tj5by]

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