Chapter 5 part 1 By: Jessica Martin, Lauren Brill, and Lofton Wirtz Outliers Chapter 5 part 1 By: Jessica Martin, Lauren Brill, and Lofton Wirtz

Journal “How do you define Success” “Gladwell writes, "No one—not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses—ever makes it alone" Looking back at the powerpoint success project how do you define success? How do people achieve success? Do some people have advantages over others? What advantages do you have for your passion? What factors give people advantage? Race? Wealth? Connections? Ex. Bill Gates had access to computer labs at Washington University

Any volunteers to share their journal?

Factor of Race and time period In the early 1800s larger law firms wouldn’t hire the offspring of Jewish immigrants regardless of how successful they were because they didn’t fit the description of the “perfect lawyer”. This field especially was dependent on race because a lawyer needs to be looked at as sophisticated, smart, and trustworthy. At this time Jewish people did not have the trust of Americans being minorities. Consequently these Jewish lawyers that didn’t get hired by the bigger law firms joined the smaller ones or started their own and ended up being very successful. Depending on what decade you are born in and what race you are determines how successful you will be.

Summary Chapter 5 is titled “The Three Lessons of Joe Flom.” The chapter mainly discusses how the Jewish immigrants came to America in the late 1800’s with no money and made a living for themselves and it also discusses how the offspring of these Jewish immigrants became either lawyers or doctors because of the demographic luck they were blessed with. This chapter focuses 3 lessons. The first lesson is called The Importance of Being Jewish, the second is Demographic Luck, and the third is called The Garment Industry and Meaningful Work.

Activity One half of the class will get Test 1 the other half will get Test 2

Discuss Discuss the difference between Test 1 and 2 Share answers

What is Joe Flom's occupation? lawyer Where does Joe Flom grow up? brooklyn When is Joe Flom born? in the 1930's during the depression Of what does gladwell say he hopes his readers are skeptical? of how to get rich quick Of what heritage is joe flom? jewish Why does joe have trouble getting a job after college ? because of him being jewish What firms are run by christian meen who live in the suburbs? white shoe law firms What is one type of work joe does when he is just out of college? company taking over other company What is a proxy war? legal maneuvers at the center of any hostile take over bid

How are these proxy wars characterized ? hostile Why do flom and his colleagus take on proxy wars? need any business they could get What is the second lesson of joe flom? demographic luck What is one way in which floms life is affected by the second lesson of joe flom ? he got special treatment Why does flom and those of his generation have their pick of good schools? people were not having children because of the depression Who are the borgenichts? they have sewing backgrounds What do the borgenichts have that is in demand in the united states? make clothes Gladwell says the borgenichts are successful but never what? never became rich What do many of the children of the borgenichts family and those like them become? doctors and lawyers

The Jewish Immigrants and the importance of being Jewish. Closing Reflection On a blank paper write your thoughts on… The Jewish Immigrants and the importance of being Jewish.