World History
The Industrial Revolution
(1750-1900)
Unit Compelling Questions
Instructions: Choose one or more Compelling Questions (CQ) for the unit based on your available time. Each Supporting Question (SQ) is sequenced and scaffolded for the Compelling Question.
Note: Starred (*) Compelling Questions are in the H.S. World History example Planning & Pacing Guide.
CQ: How can industrialization be positive and negative?
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: How did traditional agricultural societies change because of the Industrial Revolution?
SQ 2: What factors caused the Industrial Revolution to start in Europe?
SQ 3: How did the Industrial Revolution negatively impact the environment?
SQ 4: How did the Industrial Revolution reshape hierarchies in society?
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
Take Action (Optional)
CQ: How was industrialization significant for the lives of workers?
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: Were textile factories bad for the health of English workers? (SHEG)
SQ 2: Comparison: Female Workers in Japanese Silk Factories: Did the Costs Outweigh the Benefits? (DBQ World History V3)
SQ 3: How did goals between business and labor clash during the Industrial Revolution?
SQ 4: How did the working class revolt against oppressive political, economic, and social policies?
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
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CQ: How did nations respond to industrialization?
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: How did governments respond to new problems that arose as a result of industrialization?
SQ 2: What advantages did industrialization give Europe and the U.S. over nonindustrial countries?
SQ 3: How did European industrialization justify oppressive economic systems?
SQ 4: How did nations outside of Europe resist and adapt to European industrialization?
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
Take Action (Optional)