Industrial Revolution
A Big Step Towards Modernity
Mr. Kang Grade 10
California Content Standards addressed in this Unit
10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.
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Essential Historical Questions
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Western Europe?
How did the Industrial Revolution impact the lives of the contemporary people?
What impact does the Industrial Revolution have on modern society?
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Big Ideas
The Industrial Revolution impacted far more areas than industry. This movement hugely influenced economy, culture, health, geography and politics as well.
Many people worked in industry and were directly impacted by the Industrial Revolution but even more people not directly tied to factory work were greatly affected as well.
Our world's present state of existence can be very closely traced back to the Industrial Revolution.
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Assessment Plans
10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.
- Analyze why England was the first country to industrialize.
- 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).
- Describe the growth of population, rural to urban migration, and growth of cities associated with the Industrial Revolution.
- Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement.
- Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy.
- Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism.
- 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.
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Essential Historical Questions
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Western Europe?
How did the Industrial Revolution impact the lives of the contemporary people?
What impact does the Industrial Revolution have on modern society?
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Big Ideas
The Industrial Revolution impacted far more areas than industry. This movement hugely influenced economy, culture, health, geography and politics as well.
Many people worked in industry and were directly impacted by the Industrial Revolution but even more people not directly tied to factory work were greatly affected as well.
Our world's present state of existence can be very closely traced back to the Industrial Revolution.
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Assessment Plans
- Group discussion written forms
- Mini quizzes
- Short essays
- Mini project
- Unit exam