Description
Industrialization Unit – 23 days of lessons, full unit word wall, and 2 possible assessments to engage your students and develop their critical thinking skills + review and an assessment!
Within this unit, students will analyze the complex forces that led to Second Industrial Revolution during the Gilded Age. They’ll examine the influx of different immigrant groups, see how these groups struggled and persevered in the U.S., discuss the development of capitalism and industry, and analyze reactions against that force – through unions and strikes.
Each one of these lessons targets CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS while also engaging students with fun, creative, and historically authentic activities. This unit is meant for busy teachers who know they want to teach history through engagement, authenticity and true history – but who don’t have the time to create all of their own lessons! My goal with all of my lessons is to instill critical thinking skills, while also encouraging students to develop their love of history. You can view more in the preview here.
Included in this Resource:
Week 1 – Industrial Revolution and Immigration
- The Second Industrial Revolution – visually engaging slideshow and handout discussing the causes of the Second Industrial Revolution
- Inventions of the Industrial Revolution – visually engaging slideshow and handout discussing new inventions and inventors of the era with drawing activity
- Introduction to Ellis Island (Optional) – virtual field trip to Ellis Island and Angel Island
- Immigration and Settlement – primary source stations activity discussing the 5 major immigrant groups at the turn of the century – Mexicans, Italians, Russian Jews, the Chinese, and Scandinavians (2-day activity)
Week 2 – Immigration, Settlement, and Big Business
- The Chinese Exclusion Act – article and with text-based questions discussing the the Act and its impact
- The Urban Game – 5 points – drawing game discussing the development of the 5 points area in New York City (2 day activity)
- Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall – article with accompanying text-based questions and critical thinking activity accessing the relatie good of the Tammany Hall organization
- Big Business – engaging slideshow and handout discussing the rise of big business with primary source analysis (2 day activity)
Week 3 – Labor and the Industrial Revolution
- Child Labor – primary source analysis of photographs discussing Child Labor and evidence based writing (2 day activity)
- Workers Revolt! – listen to a podcast relating the major details of the Haymarket bombing, the Homestead strike, and the Pullman strike and complete listening questions on accompanying handout (2 day activity)
Week 4 – Review and Assessment
- Review handout with direct ties to lessons and two versions of a skill-based assessment included (3 day activity – 2 for review and 1 for assessment)
NOTE: This unit overview does not include the free games offered by Mission-US.org or Voxpop.io however, they are included in the planning guide for the unit.
Also Included:
- A pacing guide that lays out the unit day-by-day
- Detailed lesson plans for the implementation of each activity
- Answer keys for each lesson
- A 45 term Word Wall for all of the major terms relating to the Unit
- Printable handouts and Google Slides versions linked in the lesson plans
- The ability to edit all lessons!
What teachers are saying about this unit:
“I’ll say it again – her resources are unmatched in terms of quality, presentation, and engagement!” – Joshua H. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Such a great unit plan with a variety of different activities. It really helped my students grasp the content, and it was nice to have something so comprehensive already done for me; it certainly made things easier for me. My kids also loved the Urban Game! It was great to have it be specific to what we had been talking about, and it really helped them make connections.” – Kylee J. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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