Tuesday Oct 30th Day 31

For Tuesday Oct 29th 

Chapter 5 Test Day

Chapter 6 Section #1 Outline Due Thursday Night Nov 1st

Unit 4 Standards (Industrial Revolution)

Chapters 5 & 6

Objective:

After studying this chapter students should be able to:

1. Understand the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England, Europe, and the United States.

2. Be able to describe the technological innovations that spurred industrialization.

3. Be able to describe the social, economic, and environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution and to make connections between the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the ideological and political responses.

4. Understand the relationship between the industrialized world and the non-industrialized world as demonstrated in the cases of Russia, Egypt, and India.

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Essential question - do machines replace human labor or enhance the ability for human labor to increase production?

Journal Entry - No Journal Test Day

Men Who Built America

Answers to the questions for part 5 will be due  Thursday Night Nov 1st 

Part 5 "A New Rival Emerges"

Episode 5: While Carnegie and Rockefeller continue to battle, J.P. Morgan arrives on the scene and establishes a bank in New York City that has one goal: to further the technological advancements of America through finance. As he builds his empire and consolidates industries, Morgan decides to take a big risk. He

enlists inventor Thomas Edison to help bring electricity to every home and business in the country. Rockefeller continues to expand his Standard Oil Company and aims to keep kerosene as the dominant resource powering electricity. Regardless of these competitive dynamics, American infrastructure is

growing and cities are on the rise.

Key terms to define

COMPENSATION, EMPIRE, LIABILITY, PATENT, RESOLVE, VOLTAGE

Discussion Questions

1. What were some of the challenges Carnegie faced? Do you think he could have avoided these difficulties?

2. What were J.P. Morgan’s major areas of business? Why was he such an important figure in U.S. history?

3. What role does risk play in big business? What kinds of risks did Carnegie and Rockefeller take?

Monday Oct 29th Day 30

For Monday Oct 29th

Chapter 5 Section #4 Due Tonight Night ...CHAPTER 5 TEST - Tuesday Oct 30th

Review Game Today...

Unit 4 Standards (Industrial Revolution)

Chapters 5 & 6

Objective:

After studying this chapter students should be able to:

1. Understand the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England, Europe, and the United States.

2. Be able to describe the technological innovations that spurred industrialization.

3. Be able to describe the social, economic, and environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution and to make connections between the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the ideological and political responses.

4. Understand the relationship between the industrialized world and the non-industrialized world as demonstrated in the cases of Russia, Egypt, and India.

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Essential question - do machines replace human labor or enhance the ability for human labor to increase production?

Journal Entry - Describe the “Industrial Middle Class” and how they became identified as such (what did they do that got them that moniker)

Ayn Rand Video - do you agree with her free-market approach to business and altruism?

Men Who Built America

Answers to the questions for part 5 will be due  Thursday Night Nov 1st 

Part 5 "A New Rival Emerges"

Episode 5: While Carnegie and Rockefeller continue to battle, J.P. Morgan arrives on the scene and establishes a bank in New York City that has one goal: to further the technological advancements of America through finance. As he builds his empire and consolidates industries, Morgan decides to take a big risk. He

enlists inventor Thomas Edison to help bring electricity to every home and business in the country. Rockefeller continues to expand his Standard Oil Company and aims to keep kerosene as the dominant resource powering electricity. Regardless of these competitive dynamics, American infrastructure is

growing and cities are on the rise.

Key terms to define

COMPENSATION, EMPIRE, LIABILITY, PATENT, RESOLVE, VOLTAGE

Discussion Questions

1. What were some of the challenges Carnegie faced? Do you think he could have avoided these difficulties?

2. What were J.P. Morgan’s major areas of business? Why was he such an important figure in U.S. history?

3. What role does risk play in big business? What kinds of risks did Carnegie and Rockefeller take?

Friday Oct 26th Day 29

For Friday Oct 26th

Unit 4 Standards (Industrial Revolution)
Chapters 5 & 6

No Journal, No Quiz...project time

For This weekend...

Chapter 5 Section #4 Due Monday Night ...CHAPTER 5 TEST - Tuesday Oct 30th

Men Who Built America

Answers to the questions for part 4 will be due  Sunday, Oct 28th

Questions to be answered - (by Sunday Night, Oct 28th )

Part 4 for this weekend - Blood is Spilled - episode video

Episode 4: Carnegie hires Henry Frick to help him achieve his goal of dominating the steel industry and besting Rockefeller. The partnership seems promising, but Frick is pushing workers to a breaking point. Meanwhile, the Johnstown Flood of 1889 leaves 2,000 people dead, and Carnegie’s South Fork Fishing& Hunting Club faces blame. Worker unrest culminates in a massive strike at the Homestead Steel plant in 1892. Violence ensues when Frick calls in the Pinkerton security agency. The strike is a major turning point in American labor history, showing how workers would fight for fair wages and conditions when faced with injustice. Carnegie is determined to make up for these scars on his reputation.

Key terms to define

ANARCHIST, INDUSTRIAL, MAGNATE, MERCENARY, PROGRESSIVE

The questions listed below should be answered while watching part 4 About Carnegie

Discussion Questions

1. What caused the Johnstown Flood? What were some of the outcomes of this disaster? What role did the American Red Cross play?

2. Do you think Henry Frick was a good leader? Why or why not?

3. Why did workers strike at the Homestead Steel plant? Why was the strike an important turning point in American history?

4. Do you think Carnegie was responsible for the Johnstown Flood and the Homestead strike? Why or why not?

Thursday Oct 25h Day 28

For Thursday Oct 25th 

Outline form for the presentation (can be used on the test)

Unit 4 Standards (Industrial Revolution)
Chapters 5 & 6

Objective:

After studying this chapter students should be able to:

1. Understand the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England, Europe, and the United States.

2. Be able to describe the technological innovations that spurred industrialization.

3. Be able to describe the social, economic, and environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution and to make connections between the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the ideological and political responses.

4. Understand the relationship between the industrialized world and the non-industrialized world as demonstrated in the cases of Russia, Egypt, and India.

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Essential question - do machines replace human labor or enhance the ability for human labor to increase production?

Journal Entry - Was the Industrial Revolution a Blessing or a Curse (please provide a few "such as/for example" of each Blessing and Curse

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Men Who Built America

Answers to the questions for part 3 will be due Thursday, Oct 25th

Questions to be answered - (by tonight Night, Oct 25th)

Part 3 for Thursday night - A Rivalry is Born - episode video 

 (optional) - Watch this video to learn more about Andrew Carnegie’s rise to prominence:  

Episode 3: A Rivalry is Born Andrew Carnegie is an immigrant from Scotland who arrives in the U.S. with his parents and starts working at age 12. He finds a patron in railroad executive Tom Scott who teaches him about the business. Scott hires him to build a bridge over the Mississippi River to link East and West. Carnegie agrees even though the project carries risk. He finds his answer in steel.

The bridge opens in 1874. Before Carnegie realizes the full potential of steel, his mentor Scott dies in a state of humiliation over the success of John D. Rockefeller’s oil pipeline. Carnegie vows to have his revenge and best Rockefeller. With the steel industry thriving, U.S. cities start to grow. But can

Carnegie stay at the top of his game?

Key terms to define

CAPITALIZE, DECIMATE, OMINOUS, SURGE, UNPRECEDENTED

The questions listed below should be answered while watching part 3 About Carnegie

Discussion Questions

1. What was the Bessemer steel process and how did it

transform the construction industry?

2. Why were infrastructure projects such as bridges and roads

so important to American growth?

3. Why do you think Carnegie and Rockefeller became rivals?

What did they have in common and what divided them?

Men Who Built America

Answers to the questions for part 4 will be due  Sunday, Oct 28th

Questions to be answered - (by Sunday Night, Oct 28th )

Part 4 for this weekend - Blood is Spilled - episode video

Episode 4: Carnegie hires Henry Frick to help him achieve his goal of dominating the steel industry and besting Rockefeller. The partnership seems promising, but Frick is pushing workers to a breaking point. Meanwhile, the Johnstown Flood of 1889 leaves 2,000 people dead, and Carnegie’s South Fork Fishing& Hunting Club faces blame. Worker unrest culminates in a massive strike at the Homestead Steel plant in 1892. Violence ensues when Frick calls in the Pinkerton security agency. The strike is a major turning point in American labor history, showing how workers would fight for fair wages and conditions when faced with injustice. Carnegie is determined to make up for these scars on his reputation.

Key terms to define

ANARCHIST, INDUSTRIAL, MAGNATE, MERCENARY, PROGRESSIVE

The questions listed below should be answered while watching part 4 About Carnegie

Discussion Questions

1. What caused the Johnstown Flood? What were some of the outcomes of this disaster? What role did the American Red Cross play?

2. Do you think Henry Frick was a good leader? Why or why not?

3. Why did workers strike at the Homestead Steel plant? Why was the strike an important turning point in American history?

4. Do you think Carnegie was responsible for the Johnstown Flood and the Homestead strike? Why or why not?

Tuesday Oct 23rd Day 27

For Tuesday Oct 23rd 

Men Who Made America Video Series

Video #3 - Due Friday #4 is Due Sunday Night -- De 

Unit 4 Standards (Industrial Revolution)
Chapters 5 & 6

10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.

1. Analyze why England was the first country to industrialize. 
2. Examine how scientific and technological changes and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic, and cultural change (e.g., the inventions and discoveries of James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison).
3. Describe the growth of population, rural to urban migration, and growth of cities associated with the Industrial Revolution. 
4. Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, a division of labor, and the union movement. 
5. Understand the connections between natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy. 
6. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism. 
7. Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g., the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe. 

________________________________________________________________________

Objective:

After studying this chapter students should be able to:

1. Understand the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England, Europe, and the United States.

2. Be able to describe the technological innovations that spurred industrialization.

3. Be able to describe the social, economic, and environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution and to make connections between the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the ideological and political responses.

4. Understand the relationship between the industrialized world and the non-industrialized world as demonstrated in the cases of Russia, Egypt, and India.

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Change in the way work is done

Essential question - do machines replace human labor or enhance the ability for human labor to increase production?

___________________________________________________________________________________________
Journal Entry - (from the Men Who Built america series...)What is a hostile takeover? How did Vanderbilt deal with this kind of competition?

From the Before the Industrial Revolution Reading...Why did rural families participate in the cottage industry?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Industrial Revolution Project

The project will include:

 -A presentation (with sentence frame handouts for students to follow and fill-in during the presentation). 

- There will also be a Wordle assigned to the project. Each pair will need to design and produce a Wordle that covers their project. 

- Each pair will need to produce an Infographic Poster (20 X 30) that represents their subject.

-Lastly you will submit a presentation outline of each slide so students can follow along and fill-in key words/dates/people/etc

Directions sheet

Tenative Due Date:  Thursday Nov 8th

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Assignments - 

For this week...
 Due Tuesday Night Oct 23rd

Before the Industrial Revolution Reading     Article Questions
The First Important Inventions Reading     Article Questions

 Due Thursday Night Oct 25th

The Textile Industry Reading             Article Questions
Coal and Coal Mining Reading        Article Questions
Child Labor and Abuses Reading      Article Questions

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Part 2 of the work assigned in this chapter - Watch and reflect on the History Channel's 

Men Who Built America

Answers to the questions for part 4 will be due Wednesday, Nov 1st

Questions to be answered - (by Wednesday Night, Nov 1st)

Part 3 for Friday night - Here is the video about Andrew Carnegie 

 Watch this video to learn more about Andrew Carnegie’s rise to prominence:  

Episode 3: A Rivalry is Born Andrew Carnegie is an immigrant from Scotland who arrives in the U.S. with his parents and starts working at age 12. He finds a patron in railroad executive Tom Scott who teaches him about the business. Scott hires him to build a bridge over the Mississippi River to link East and West. Carnegie agrees even though the project carries risk. He finds his answer in steel.

The bridge opens in 1874. Before Carnegie realizes the full potential of steel, his mentor Scott dies in a state of humiliation over the success of John D. Rockefeller’s oil pipeline. Carnegie vows to have his revenge and best Rockefeller. With the steel industry thriving, U.S. cities start to grow. But can

Carnegie stay at the top of his game?

Key terms to define

CAPITALIZE, DECIMATE, OMINOUS, SURGE, UNPRECEDENTED

The questions listed below should be answered while watching part 3 About Carnegie

Discussion Questions

1. What was the Bessemer steel process and how did it

transform the construction industry?

2. Why were infrastructure projects such as bridges and roads

so important to American growth?

3. Why do you think Carnegie and Rockefeller became rivals?

What did they have in common and what divided them?

Men Who Built America

Answers to the questions for part 4 will be due  Thursday, Nov 17th

Questions to be answered - (by Sunday Night, Nov 5th)

Part 4 for this weekend (Sunday Night) - Here is the video about Carnegie (2nd half)

Episode 4: Carnegie hires Henry Frick to help him achieve his goal of dominating the steel industry and besting Rockefeller. The partnership seems promising, but Frick is pushing workers to a breaking point. Meanwhile, the Johnstown Flood of 1889 leaves 2,000 people dead, and Carnegie’s South Fork Fishing& Hunting Club faces blame. Worker unrest culminates in a massive strike at the Homestead Steel plant in 1892. Violence ensues when Frick calls in the Pinkerton security agency. The strike is a major turning point in American labor history, showing how workers would fight for fair wages and conditions when faced with injustice. Carnegie is determined to make up for these scars on his reputation.

Key terms to define

ANARCHIST, INDUSTRIAL, MAGNATE, MERCENARY, PROGRESSIVE

The questions listed below should be answered while watching part 4 About Carnegie

Discussion Questions

1. What caused the Johnstown Flood? What were some of the outcomes of this disaster? What role did the American Red Cross play?

2. Do you think Henry Frick was a good leader? Why or why not?

3. Why did workers strike at the Homestead Steel plant? Why was the strike an important turning point in American history?

4. Do you think Carnegie was responsible for the Johnstown Flood and the Homestead strike? Why or why not?

Thursday Oct 18th Day 26

For Thursday Oct 16th 

Men Who Made America Video Series

Video Questions on Cornelius Vanderbilt - Due Friday Night--- De 

Unit 4 Standards (Industrial Revolution)
Chapters 5 & 6

10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.

1. Analyze why England was the first country to industrialize. 
2. Examine how scientific and technological changes and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic, and cultural change (e.g., the inventions and discoveries of James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison).
3. Describe the growth of population, rural to urban migration, and growth of cities associated with the Industrial Revolution. 
4. Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, a division of labor, and the union movement. 
5. Understand the connections between natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy. 
6. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism. 
7. Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g., the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe. 

________________________________________________________________________

Objective:

After studying this chapter students should be able to:

1. Understand the causes of the Industrial Revolution in England, Europe, and the United States.

2. Be able to describe the technological innovations that spurred industrialization.

3. Be able to describe the social, economic, and environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution and to make connections between the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the ideological and political responses.

4. Understand the relationship between the industrialized world and the non-industrialized world as demonstrated in the cases of Russia, Egypt, and India.

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Change in the way work is done

Essential question - do machines replace human labor or enhance the ability for human labor to increase production?

___________________________________________________________________________________________
Journal Entry - What characteristics of 18th century Britain made it ripe for Industrialization (list at least two items)

Crash Course - Causes of the Industrial Revolution Video - Class Website

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Industrial Revolution Project

The project will include:

 -A presentation (with sentence frame handouts for students to follow and fill-in during the presentation). 

- There will also be a Wordle assigned to the project. Each pair will need to design and produce a Wordle that covers their project. 

- Each pair will need to produce an Infographic Poster (20 X 30) that represents their subject.

-Lastly you will submit a presentation outline of each slide so students can follow along and fill-in key words/dates/people/etc

Directions sheet

Tenative Due Date:  Thursday Nov 8th

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Assignments - 

Introduction to Agricultural Revolution 
Student Answer sheet

do this assignment first before you start working on the assignments below

For next week...
 Due Tuesday Night Oct 23rd

Before the Industrial Revolution Reading     Article Questions
The First Important Inventions Reading     Article Questions

 Due Thursday Night Oct 25th

The Textile Industry Reading             Article Questions
Coal and Coal Mining Reading        Article Questions
Child Labor and Abuses Reading      Article Questions

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Part 2 of the work assigned in this chapter - Watch and reflect on the History Channel's 

Men Who Built America

Answers to the questions for part 1 will be due Friday

Here is a short intro video on Cornelius Vanderbilt - CORNELIUS VANDERBILT

Part 1 (Watch and answer and submit by Friday Night) - Here is the video on Vanderbilt   

Episode 1: A New War Begins As the nation attempts to rebuild following the destruction of the Civil War, Cornelius Vanderbilt is the first to see the need for unity to regain America’s stature in the world. Vanderbilt makes his mark in shipping and then the railroad industry. Railroads stitch together the nation, stimulating the economy by making it easier to move goods across the country. But Vanderbilt faces intense competition early on, showing that captains of industry will always be challenged by new innovators and mavericks. 

Key terms to define ARCHETYPE, ENTREPRENEUR, INFRASTRUCTURE, INGENUITY, INNOVATION 

Questions to answer  

1. Some may have called the United States a “failed experiment” after the Civil War. Why? 

2. What role did Vanderbilt play in helping the country rebuild after the Civil War? 

3. What is a hostile takeover? How did Vanderbilt deal with this kind of competition? 

4. What major industries emerged in the decades after the Civil War?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Here is a short intro video on Rockefeller and the building of Standard Oil - John D. Rockefeller

Questions to be answered - (by Monday)

Part 2 for this weekend - Here is the video on Standard Oil  

The questions listed below should be answered while watching the Standard Oil video

Episode 2: Oil Strike Vanderbilt expands his enterprises, realizing that oil is the nation’s next crucial commodity. The demand for oil is high and Vanderbilt knows that it will be an important item for his trains to transport. He turns to a young oilman from California named John D. Rockefeller to make a deal that will work for both businessmen, but rivalries emerge between them. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil has become one of the nation’s first monopolies. A financial panic in 1873 shows that the American economy is on shaky ground even as it expands. 

Key terms to define ETHIC, MODERNIZATION, MONOPOLY, REFINERY, REVENUE 

Questions to answer 

1. What does it mean to “beat the odds,” and how is John Rockefeller an example of this concept? 

2. What is refining oil, and why was it so important when oil first became a popular commodity? 

3. Standard Oil was one of the nation’s first monopolies. What is a monopoly? Why do you think leaders like Rockefeller wanted to shut out competition? 

4. What was the Panic of 1873?