Week 13:
The Industrial Revolution
Unit Era: 1750 to 1914
Unit IV
Lesson 1: The Industrial Revolution BeginsL.G.1: I can describe how changes in agriculture helped spark the Industrial Revolution.L.G.2: I can analyze why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain.L.G.3: I can explain the role of steam technology and textile manufacturing in the Industrial Revolution. L.G.4: I can describe how the factory system and transportation revolution advanced technology.L.G.5: I can trace how the Industrial Revolution spread. Lesson 2: Social Impact of IndustrializationL.G.1: I can outline the growth industrial cities and the emergence of new social classes.L.G.2: I can describe the working conditions in factories and mines.L.G.3: I can analyze the benefits and challenges of industrialism. L.G.4: I can describe the ideas of Adam Smith and other thinkers regarding free enterprise.L.G.5: I can identify the origins and characteristics of socialism and communism.Assigned Readings
Make sure you know the vocabulary terms on the right, as you may be quizzed on them this week.
- Industrial Revolution
- Enclosure
- Capital
- Entrepreneur
- Urbanization
- Standard of Living
- Utilitarianism
- Socialism
- Means of Production
- Communism
Monday: Student Choice Day
Units III and IVOpener: Overview | Student Choice Day(s)
On Student Choice Days you decide how best to utilize your time related to the class. Consider:
Finalizing The Previous Unit | submit work from the previous unit by the end of the class.
After today it will only be valued at 1 point.
Beginning to Work on the Current Unit | Get a head start on the work for the current unit.
Recovery a Test | After completing the Recovery Handout, you may recover a previous test from the MP.
Lesson: Select an Activity from the Student Choice Board
See the Student Choice Board (left) if you want more information about today's activity
Closing: Reminder | The Work from Last Unit is Due By The End of Class
Today marks the last day in which you can turn in the work from the previous unit for partial credit.
If you turn in an assignment from the last unit after today it will be marked as a "1/x" where "x" is equal to the value of the assignment. In other words, you will earn 1 point to illustrate that you turned in the assignment, albeit after it was directly relevant to the learning taking place.
Leech Collector, A Honest Day's Work
TED-Ed | Trains and Time
TED-Ed | Underwater Train Tunnels
Tuesday: The Early Industrial Revolution
MSDE II.B.1 | Analyze how scientific and technological advancements in communication, transportation, and agriculture led to the early Industrial Revolution in EnglandMSDE II.B.3 | Compare the internal and external geographic, economic, technological, energy and political factors that resulted in industrialization in Western European countries and the United States with those of Russia and Japan (1, 3, and 4). Opener: 19th Century Advertising (Notes) Early Anesthesia
What is happening in the advertisement from 1885?
How did this treatment change from the early 1900s to present day?
(Extension) TED-Ed | How did trains standardize time in the United States? - William Heuisler
Lesson: The Early Industrial Revolution
I. Notes: The Early Industrial Revolution
II. Video: (Extension) TED-Ed | How did trains standardize time in the United States? - William Heuisler -
Closing: Great Race | The Worst Jobs of the Victorian Era (1820 to 1914)
Match the job title with its description.
Resources | Industrialization Around the World
Satiricial Etching of Thames Water (1828)
TED-Ed | History of Cemeteries
Wednesday: Reactions to Industrial Society
MSDE II.B.3 | Compare the internal and external geographic, economic, technological, energy and political factors that resulted in industrialization in Western European countries and the United States with those of Russia and Japan (1, 3, and 4). MSDE II.B. 2 | Examine how the factory system and capitalism changed economic relationships MSDE II.B.4 | Analyze the impacts of Socialist and Marxist beliefs and programs on politics, industry, and labor relations in late 19th century Europe (4, 5). Opener: Image Analysis | Satirical Etching of Thames Water (1828)
Description: What is happening in the poster?
Interpretation: How do you think people felt about their drinking water in 19th century London based on this image?
Lesson: Reactions to Industrial Society
I. Notes: Reactions to Industrial Society
II. (Extension) Video: TED-Ed | The History of Cemeteries - Keith Eggener
How did the Industrial Revolution impact cemeteries?
Consider changes to the middle class burial practices in your answer
Closing: Image Analysis | John Snow's Cholera Map (1854)
Description: What is happening in the map?
Interpretation: Using the map, what is the first action you would take to fight the spread of cholera in the 1850s?
Resources | Industrialization and Society
Charles Booth's Map of London Poverty (1889)
III. MW13 [ Classwork ] The Perils of Industrial Society - Source Work (IV.2.3) Perils of Industrial Society
Thursday: The Perils of Industrial Society
MSDE II.B.5 | Explain how industrialization led to demographic changes, migration, urbanization, disease, pollution, women’s suffrage, and the emergence of new social classesOpener: Vocabulary Quiz | The Industrial Revolution
Complete the vocabulary quiz based on the words from this week's readings. In the event that you did not do well you are welcome to earn the points back by submitting definitions for the vocabulary terms using the Frayer Model (click for example).
Lesson: The Perils of Industrial Society
Complete the "Perils of Industrial Society" worksheet using the provided primary and secondary sources.
Closing: Psychology | We Are People Fascinated By Serial Killers?
Why do you think there is so much interest in Jack the Ripper?
Further Reading: "Why Are We Fascinated by Serial Killers" - Psychology Today (May 1, 2022)
Resources | The Perils of Industrial Age Society
What Did You Learn?
All of Unit IV Learning GoalsOpener: Study | Unit IV: The Industrial Revolutions
Lesson: MW13 [ Test ] Unit IV - The Industrial Revolutions
You will take the test in Schoology. The Unit IV test is fifteen questions based on information related to MW13: The Industrial Revolutions
Closing: Introduce Unit V: Nationalism and Democracy (1750-1914)
(Extension) Great Race | Art of the Industrial Age
Identify whether the painting is an example of Romanticism, Realism, or Impression
Resources | The Environmental Effects of Industrialization
[ YouTube] CCWH 1.32 - The Industrial Revolution
[ YouTube ] CCHS 1.21 - The Industrial Revolution
Essential Question(s) 1750 to 1890
Why do Some Nations Industrialize and Others Not?
MSDE Objective(s) | Students will analyze the regional causes and interregional growth of Industrialization by:
II.B.1 | Analyzing how scientific and technological advancements in communication, transportation, and agriculture led to the early Industrial Revolution in England (1, 4).
II.B. 2 | Examining how the factory system and capitalism changed economic relationships (4).
II.B.3 | Comparing the internal and external geographic, economic, technological, energy and political factors that resulted in industrialization in Western European countries and the United States with those of Russia and Japan (1, 3, and 4).
MSDE Objective(s) | Students will identify the immediate and long term regional, interregional, and global effects of Industrialization by:
II.B.4 | Analyzing the impacts of Socialist and Marxist beliefs and programs on politics, industry, and labor relations in late 19th century Europe (4, 5).
II.B.5 | Explaining how industrialization led to demographic changes, migration, urbanization, disease, pollution, women’s suffrage, and the emergence of new social classes (1, 5).