Social Studies Curriculum

Unit 5: Industrial Revolution

(Suggested amount of time to spend on unit: 2-3 weeks)

FOCUS QUESTIONS

FQ1: What has been the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the modern world? (EQ 2, 3, 4)

Imperialism and westernization (western influence)
Imperialism and movement from an agrarian society to an industrial society
Formation of the new middle class

S1; PS6 Analyze data in order to see persons and events in their historical context, understand casual factors and appreciate change over time.

S2; PS2 Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of selected events representing major trends of world history (e.g. emergence of new centers of agrarian society in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE, the Black Death, the Colombian voyages, the French revolution, WW II).

S2; PS4 Locate the events, peoples and places they have studied in time and place (e.g., on a timeline and map) relative to their own location.

S3; PS8 Explain the significance of the achievements of selected individual scientists and inventors from a around the world and from various periods.

S4; PS4 Display empathy for people who have lived in the past.

S4; PS5 Describe relationships between historical subject matter and other subjects they study, current issues and personal concerns.

S8; PS4 Evaluate the impact of significant international events on the United States and on other nations.

S10; PS3 Explain the factors that affect the location, distribution and associations of features of the physical environment.

FQ2: What are the differences between a free market economy and a command economy? (EQ 2,3)

Compare the U.S. to a command or subsistent society

S8; PS3 Describe the influence of U.S. political, economic and cultural ideas on other nations and the influence of other nationsÕ ideas on the United States.

S13; PS7 Explain how technological change and innovation improves a society’s productivity and economic growth.

S14; PS3 Describe the relationships among demand, supply and price and their roles in a market system.

S14; PS4 Identify how fundamental characteristics of a market system (e.g., private property, profits and competition, business, labor, banks, and government) influence decision making.

S14; PS6 Describe how in a market system government enforces property rights and provides for standardized systems (e.g., weights and measures, and money).

S14; PS7 Analyze the impact of government taxing and spending decision on specific .individuals, businesses, organizations and groups

S15; PS3 Explain how specialization increases interdependence among producers, consumers and nations and consequently leads to a higher standard of living.

NOTES TO TEACHER:

It is important that the units be taught sequentially.

RESOURCES:

Provided resources:

World Cultures :A Global Mosaic

RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES:

Factory simulation to introduce unit and to get kids interested.

Inventors Hall of Fame - before an after impact.

Top Secret Invention - create invention, and how it will change the world.

Write a poem or biography of a child laborer.

ASSESSMENTS:

Essential questions
Focus questions
Performance tasks
Tests/quizzes
Teacher observations