SoL: USII.4d
- Inventions that contributed to great change and industrial growth (electricity, telephone)
- Reasons for the rise and prosperity of big business (national markets created by transportation advances, captains of industry, advertising, and low cost production)
- Factors that resulted in the growth of industry (access to raw materials and energy, workforce due to immigration, inventions, and financial resources)
- Examples of big business (railroads, oil, steel)
- Postwar changes in farm and city life (Mechanization reduced labor needs, industrial development in cities created increased need in labor, industrialization provides increased access to consumer goods)
Other skills acquired/practiced: Students will work on collaborative skills, as they work in groups of four in order to create a finished product. Students will get practices using the internet to find resources for both information and for tools to convey ideas. Students will get practice with netiquette, as well as internet safety. Lastly students will also get experience building a wiki, and develop familiarity with wiki programs and tools.
Lesson Plan: This lesson plan involves students being placed into group of four, and will be asked to create a wiki regarding the industrial revolution in America. The students will be told that the idea for this wiki is to help spark an interest in history for students their age. This will be done by explaining how major events in history mirror events within their own lives. Students will analyze changes that occurred in America during the Industrial Revolution and relate that to changes that have occurred in the beginning of the 21st century as a result of changes in the internet and other forms of informational technology. Examples could be comparing Mark Zuckerberg with Carnegie, or Amazon.com with Sears. Students will be given a rubric as a reference to guide their wiki along.
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