Presented by Mrs Bradshaw monopoly noun plural lies

Presented by: Mrs. Bradshaw

mo·nop·o·ly noun, plural -lies A company or group that has exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices.

Be CREATIVE!!! Have FUN!

OBJECT… The object of the game is to become the wealthiest player through buying, renting and selling property. BANKER… Select as Banker (someone who is very good at math) The Banker plays in the game but must keep his/her personal funds separate from those of the Bank THE BANK… Besides the Bank’s money, the Bank holds the Title Deed cards and houses and hotels prior to purchase and use by the players. The Bank pays salaries each time a player passes GO. The Bank collects all taxes, fines, loans and interest, and the price of all properties which it sells. The Bank never “goes broke. ”

Important Vocabulary Review: Starting with Our Captains of Industry who created the greatest Monopolies of all time!

John D. Rockefeller -Captain of Industry of Oil; started the Standard Oil Company Andrew Carnegie - Captain of Industry of Steel; started the Carnegie Steel Company and owned the Homestead Works Steel Mill Cornelius Vanderbilt - Captain of Industry of Shipping and Railroads. Henry Ford- Captain of the Automobile Industry and Inventor of the Assembly Line

Other Important People: Thomas Edison - an inventor who is credited for lighting and mechanical uses of electricity Alexander Graham Bell - an inventor who is credited for developing telephone service Jane Addams: Founder and creator of the settlement house, Hull House located in Chicago, Ill.

Important Places: New York City- where Immigrants entered onto Ellis Island. Pittsburg- known for the Steel Industry New England- known for the Textile Industry Detroit- known for the Automobile Industry Chicago- known for the Meatpacking Industry Examples of BIG Business: Railroads Oil Steel Other important vocabulary: Industrialization Political Machines Advertising Electricity Immigration Light bulb Mechanization Telephone service Reaper

v Work in a group of four (4). v Create a monopoly game board (provided for you) v Use people and places from the Industrialization Period of U. S. History II (USII. 4 b & d).

Directions to set up your board and play: 1. Decide who will represent each side of the board with a Captain of Industry. Choose 2 of eight colors to be used to color code your property. 2. Create your properties using the vocabulary given. For example, Pennsylvania Ave. , Pittsburgh Lane, Steel Drive. Be sure you DO NOT repeat the same names for your properties. Color top bar. 3. ***Note: You must have two sets of properties: 3 and 3, or 2 and 3 with an electrical or telephone service property. Each side already has a Railroad property. ***Be sure to color top bar of each property.

3. Decide how much each property will cost. 4. Write in the names and cost of each property on the board. 5. Create Property Cards for each of your properties using index cards provided. Color code to match your properties. 6. Color code your money. Lightly shade: 5’s= yellow 10’s=blue 20’s=green 7. Cut out your money. 8. Each player is to begin with: *5 fives *5 tens *5 twenties 9. The rest of the money goes in the “Bank” 10. Select an item to be your game piece.

Roll the dice and let the games begin!