Rise of Industrial America: 1877-1914

Do Now (Insert Date): Students come in quietly, find your assigned group, complete your Do Now, create Cornell notes Do Now: The Industrial Revolution blossomed in America during the 1800s. List 8 objects you use daily that would not have been available to Americans in the 1800s. List 4 objects that Americans may have used then but do not need now. Group #1 Tsion Aya Allana Susana Group #2 Victor Sara Alexandria Marina Group #3 Haidy LaKirah Shemar Group #4 Aja Jonica Kiauna Jacie Group #5 Sierra Jennifer Peter Jawan Group #6 James Kaitlyn Cecilia Group #7 JaKoria Andrew Tremont Group #8 Sparrow George Meagan Kalecia Group #9 Jordyn Adriana Emaun Grant

THE EXPANSION OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY IN THE YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, NEW TECHNOLOGY CHANGED AMERICAN LIFE

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2 Objects They Needed Then, That We Don’t Need Now: Kerosene Lamp Horse and Carriage

Brain Pop Video: https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/industrialrevolution/ **There are handouts on the website to go along with this video!**

FACTORS NEEDED FOR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH: NEW TECHNOLOGY ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES CHEAP LABOR NEW BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

The Second Industrial Revolution **The Big Idea** The Second Industrial Revolution led to new sources of power and advances in transportation and communication. Main Ideas Breakthroughs in making steel faster Boom in railroad construction. Advances in the use of oil and electricity improved communications and transportation. A rush of inventions changed Americans’ lives.

The Bessemer Process: Bessemer Process, allowed steel to be produced quickly and cheaply. As steel dropped in price, so did the cost of building railroads, this generated a boom in railroad construction. This led to **westward expansion**

Links to make this lesson: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/primary-source-analysis-tool/ http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/guides.html

Observe, Reflect, Question: Look at the first page in your packet Observe, Reflect, Question: Look at the first page in your packet **Write Your Name** Write down some of the questions you need to consider for each column so you have them for the activity! Question: What do you still wonder about? Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Observe: Describe what you see, what do you notice first? What people and objects are shown? What is the setting? What, if any, words do you see? Reflect: Why do you think this image was made? What’s happening in the image? When do you think it was made? If someone made this today, what would be different? What would be the same? What inferences or educated guesses can you make about the document?

Lets try this together… Observe Reflect Question

Directions/Expectations: Using your drake voice Analyze the primary sources I have given your group Fill in your primary source analysis worksheet with your group for each individual source What questions do we have? Source Set is Here: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/industrial-revolution/

Exit Ticket: Quietly complete ONE of the questions below at your desk. Your answer needs to be written in 2-3 complete sentences! How did the Industrial Revolution transform the United States? Explain and give examples. 2) Give one example of a negative impact of the Industrial Revolution. Explain why it was negative.