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Dora DePaolis
Social Studies: World History 10R
Unit: Industrial Revolution
Aim: What was life like during the Industrial Revolution?
Do Now: Review Questions
Objectives:
Identify the risks that lower class workers faced Discuss the
environmental impact of industrialization Examine documents to draw
conclusions regarding the dangers that faced lower class workers.
Explain how the middle class lifestyle differed from the and lower
class Evaluate the impact of industrialization on art and
literature
NYS Social Studies Standards:
Key Idea 2: Establishing timeframes, exploring different
periodizations, examining themes acrosstime and within cultures,
and focusing on important turning points in world history help
organize the study of world cultures and civilizations
o Performance Indicator: Investigate key events and developments
and major turningpoints in world history to identify the factors
that brought about change and the long-
term effects of these changes
ELA Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.1a
Introduce precise claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from
alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that
establishes clear relationships
among the claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical
analysis (e.g., charts, researchdata) with qualitative analysis in
print or digital text
Materials: PowerPoint slides, Images and quotes package for 6
stations, Gallery Walk packet, Guided
Notes Handout
Procedures:
Do Now:o What are some of the ways working in a factory differed
from work under the cottage
system?
o Why did the textile mills put the cottage industry workers out
of business? Provide students with Gallery Walk packet, which has
questions relevant for each station.
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Divide students into 5 groups. Each group gets one package of
documents to review so thatthey can answer the corresponding
questions in their packet. After 5 minutes, students rotate
to the next station. Teacher rotates through stations to assist
students. Special attention
should be given to Station 5 to ensure students understand the
document.
o Station 1: Working Class Homes & Neighborhoodso Station 2:
Life as a Coal Minero Station 3: Life as a Mill Workero Station 4:
Middle Classo Station 5: Excerpt: A Modest Proposalo Station 6: Art
& Literature
Review Student Responseso Images available at each station
included in PowerPoint slides to help students recall
what they looked at.
o Did peoples lives improve during Industrial Revolution?o How
do you think most people in the middle class and upper classes
viewed the poor?o Why would someone choose to work in these
conditions?
Review Workhouseso Lack of effective social safety net
Do these conditions exist today?o Existence of labor laws &
labor unionso Similar living conditions in third world
Key Questions
What was life like for people in the lower and middle class
during Britains industrial revolution?Assessment:
Students verbal responses Written responses Unit Exam Quarterly
Exam
Conclusion:
Recap key points Answer any remaining questions students may
have Review homework assignment
