Lesson Plans
Meaghan McCauley
Week of December 1st, 2008

Monday-Friday: 48-minute classes

Objectives:
1) Introduce Unit 2 “Industrialization and the Race for Empire”.
2) Create bibliographies using APA format.
3) Explain the beginnings of industrialization.
4) Compare/Contrast the impact of technology on the 19th and 20th centuries.
5) Compare early factories conditions to sweatshops today.

Essential Question:
By 1800, England had lost its American colonies and France was torn by a violent revolution. Yet, by 1900, Western Europe and the U.S. had worldwide empires, a dominance which endures to this day. What factors brought Western Europe and the U.S. to this world power status and what were the domestic and worldwide responses to these changes?

Departmental Focus Questions:
1) What technical, social, and political innovations led England to industrialize first?
2) How did industrialization spread and what impact did it have on the growth of modern cities and daily life?

Monday: Grade 9 Challenge Day
1) PLAN for 25.1
2) Video: “Great Books: The Jungle”
Homework:
1) None.

Tuesday:
1) Unit 2 Introduction
2) APA bibliography format
3) Researching Skills.
Homework:
1) Section Assessment or Notes for Chapter 25, Section 1, “The Beginnings of Industrialization,” #1-4.

Wednesday:
1) Focus Question: Why did Britain industrialize first?
2) Visual Journey: The Agricultural and Industrial Revolution.
3) The Last Word: Which form of notetaking do we like better?
Homework:
1) Read and Complete Section Assessment for Chapter 25, Section 2, “Industrialization-Case Study: Manchester,” #1-4.

Thursday:
1) Focus Question: How has technology changed since we’ve been alive?
2) Video and Worksheets: Technology Transforms an Age.
3) The Last Word: Finish worksheets.
Homework:
1) None.

Friday:
1) Focus Question: How did factory owners justify conditions? Do you agree?
2) Students will read primary sources about child labor during the Industrial Revolution. They will then write an editorial discussing working conditions.
3) The Last Word: Share editorials.
Homework:
1) Finish Unit 1 Project Bibliography!
2) Have a great weekend!
3) Drop your waterline!