For our Week E Assignment, students will reflect on “The Founder” and share their thoughts about the film. We will be referencing this film as an example throughout the semester.
Discussion Questions
- What makes Ray Kroc and the brothers different from each other?
- Do you think the McDonald’s brothers did the right thing by selling out to Ray Kroc? Did Ray Kroc give the brothers a good deal?
- How did the local store franchisees make money?
- How did Kroc make money? How was that different than the franchisees, running the local stores?
- Does this film change your view of McDonald’s?
Here are the steps students should take to complete and submit this assignment:
- Follow this guide to create a new post, and add in your assignment so that classmates can view and comment on your submission.
- Select “The Founder” as the Category. All submissions will populate under the Student Work menu item (Student Work > The Founder).
- Students should review others’ submissions and comment meaningfully (refer to this guide from MMSU for reference) to at least two other students. For reference, here is the difference between a comment and a post — you will be using both for this assignment.
As always, if you need more information, you can ask me a question. For information on due dates, check our Course Schedule.
