THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

UNIT PLAN – WEEK ONE

WEDNESDAY JAN 22 THRU FRIDAY JAN 24

INTRODUCE UNIT WITH A QUICK HUMAN SCAVENGER HUNT

1. WHAT IS THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?

2. WHERE DID IT BEGIN?

3. LIST TWO POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF THE REVOLUTION

4. LIST TWO NEGATIVES OF THE REVOLUTION

5. CAN YOU NAME AN INVENTION THAT IS LINKED TO THE INDUSTIAL REVOLUTION?

VOCABREATION – INTRODUCE THE NEW VOCABULARY LIST FOR THE UNIT. STUDENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED A LIST OF WORDS IN THEIR GROUPS. THEY WILL TEACH THE CLASS THEIR LIST OF WORDS THROUGH AN ACTIVITY OR PRESENTATION THAT WILL HELP THE CLASS REMEMBER THE WORDS. word list: industrial revolution/investments/capital/efficiency/capitalist/capital/mass production/ urbanization/ factory systems/ inferior/ natural resources/manufacturer/ export/imports/laissez-faire/ automation/ manual labor/ canals/ steam engine/ Wedgewood/ The Lunar Society/ merchants/ cottage industry/supply and demand /entrepreneur WATCH A VIDEO ON THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

STUDENTS WILL ANSWER A FEW OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS WHILE WATCHING THE VIDEO.

“Why the Industrial Rev. Happened Here?” (The BBC) – You Tube

1. WHY WAS WOOD INFERIOR TO COAL?

2. THE STEAM ENGINE DID THE WORK OF ------HORSES

3. WHAT IS THE INDUSTRIAL ENLIGHTENMENT?

4. WHAT WAS EUROPE LIKE BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?

5. WHAT DID MATTHEW BOLTON AND JAMES WATT DO?

6. WHAT DROVE EARLY INVENTORS TO IMPROVE UPON MACHINES?

7. HOW DID FRANCE AND BRITAIN DIFFER DURING THIS AGE?

8. WHY WAS FRANCE SO LIMITED?

9. EXPLAIN BRITAINS THEORY ABOUT PROFIT (AS ILLUSTRATED USING PIE IN THE VIDEO).

10. WHAT MADE WEDGEWOOD SO POPULAR?

11. WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH TRANSPORTING THE NEW FINISHED GOODS?

12. HOW DID ENGLAND FIX THIS PROBLEM?

13. HOW DID BRITAIN’S NAVY PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE OVER THE FRENCH?

14. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR CONSIDER TO BE THE SYMBOL OF THE EARLY INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?

15. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?

INTRODUCE INVENTIONS PROJECT