Essential Questions:

1. Is it possible to have progress without negative byproducts affecting people’s lives?
2. Do relationships between industrialists and their workers have to be at odds with each other?

Success Criteria:

• Identifying key 19th century inventions/technological advancements
• Explaining how the factory system changed the lives of people
• Evaluating the rights of children, women, and African Americans.

Our goal is to be able to understand how innovation changed how and where people lived.

How can you help at home?

• Go over the notes in their Social Studies binder and the activities on Social Studies Google Classroom. They also have access to the Discovery Education TechBook online by using their Holmdel Google account login.
• Ask your child about what Inquiry Project they have selected and why. This paper can be found in their binder as well as on Google Classroom. Help them to create a time-management plan for working on this at home throughout the unit.
• Encourage your child to read about current events or watch kid-friendly news programs. You can find some links to kid-friendly news websites on the Useful Links page.
• Help them to better conceptualize time/dates of events by drawing timelines and/or associating historical events with personal/family/familiar events.