U.S. History
The required U.S. History content for the PBL project is Industrialization.
The following components and events will take place in or through the U.S. History class
Events:
Project Launch
Industry Partner Presentations
Field trips
Client/industry partner consultations
8th Grade Exhibition
CCTE Showcase (select group)
Deliverables for History:
Expert Research (Newsela Articles on Energy, Land, Water, and Air pollution)
Data Collection & Analysis (Energy, Land, Water, and Air)
Case Studies: Community Problems or Environmental Disasters
Letter to Legislator: Law proposal
Google Slides Presentation
Handout/Pledge: Plan of Action
Mini project (options):
School composting project (Land)
School battery recycling program (Land)
Grant writing for water stations (Water)
Air Pollution and asthma rates from the bridge over Chicano Park (Air)
School solar panel installation project (Energy)
School wide energy reduction plan (Energy)
TED Talk (All groups)
Impact of pollution from the Tijuana river on Imperial Beach
Newscast
Community Outreach (delivering flyers/ All groups)
U.S. History Standards:
8.12 Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution:
8.12.5 Examine the location and effects of urbanization, renewed immigration, and industrialization (e.g., the effects on social fabric of cities, wealth and economic opportunity, the conservation movement).
8.12.9 Name the significant inventors and their inventions and identify how they improved the quality of life (e.g., Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Orville and Wilbur Wright).
8.3 Students understand the foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it:
8.3.6 Describe the basic law-making process and how the Constitution provides numerous opportunities for citizens to participate in the political process and to monitor and influence government (e.g., function of elections, political parties, interest groups)