Chapter 5 Summary/ Lesson Outliers (p.139-158) By: Paige Lindgren, Zoe Colomer, Alayne’ Taylor, & Jess Lazo Period 4

Journal Give an detailed example from your life where you have overcome a situation to become successful. Half a page 3-4 people share journals :)

Key themes of Chapter 5 -success and failures -privilege, heritage, and cultural background -timing and historical context -talent, opportunity, work and luck

Section 8-10 Gladwell tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Borgenicht moved from Europe to New York to find a better life. They started by making a garment industry, after realizing it wasn’t successful, they moved onto childrens aprons. After having the success of the aprons, they were able to open their own factory and hire employees. Gladwell's main point of this section was that the value that their culture placed on work had a strong influence on the families and children of these garment workers.

Section 11 1980 research of sociologists on the outcome of the children of people like Mr. and Mrts. Borgenicht. Looking back at Joe Flom's story, his father used to sew on shoulder pads for women's dresses. He grew up knowing that hard work and initiative leads to success. Having parents who were garment workers had a very large advantage.

Section 12 Gladwell summarizes his main points of the chapter by saying that these jewish people all had things in common such as: taking advantage of presented opportunities, had perfect timing, and had a cultural heritage that taught him how to succeed in this culture.

Activity- Alayne’ http://classic.cnbc.com/id/15840232/?video=1329393420&play=1 Watch video then afterwards get in groups of 4 and write down at least 5 key points/advice from Bill Gates and Warren Buffet Keep in mind how they are successful, how they define success, and how this ties into Outliers and the story about Joe Flom Be prepared to share

Learning Assessment - Paige Four Corners Activity: Do you think an IQ test should replace the ACT/SAT? Corner 1: Yes Corner 2: No Corner 3: We should have both Corner 4: Doesn’t care We will pick 2 people from each corner to share what they picked and why