The United States becomes and Industrial Society (1865-1914)

 

Task: Create a Power Point Project that answers the six essential understandings of this unit, as well as provide pictures of your answers using actual photographs from Industrialization in the United States.

 

 Essential Understandings:

 

1. How did changes in connections (transportation and communication) affect the industrial growth and expansion of the United States?

-        Railroads  - order by mail

-        telephone

 

 

2. How did Industrialization change the American work place?

-        factories became larger         - more workers needed to run machines to increase production

-        machines replaced hand labor

-        dangerous working conditions

 

 

3. What was the impact of corporations on American business and society?

-        Big Business grows because of capital

-        Abuses, Trusts, Monopolies - Standard Oil

-        Products improve American life

-        Workers not treated well by Big Business

-        Workers not paid well, barely enough to live on

-        Children had to work to help feed family

 

 

4. How did new technology or new inventions improve life for Americans?

-light bulb –phonograph    -camera    -refridgerator

-typewriter –elevator      -electric power plant

 

5. How the evils of Industrialization were linked to social reform and organized labor (unions)?

-        hazardous working conditions

-        child labor

-        strikes – Pullman –Homestead –Haymarket Riot

-        Triangle Factory Shirtwaist fire

 

6. How did Industrialization have a positive and negative effect on America? (3 + and 3 - examples)

 

-Draw a conclusion- Industrialization was + or – because…

 

 

Steps:

A.    Decide as a group what your answers are to the questions. Use your textbook and websites provided to help you answer the questions.

B.    Assign roles to each group member.

C.    Use the websites provided to find photographs for your answer.

D.    Create a Power Point Project that includes the answer to the question and the photograph.

E.    Present your PP to the class.

 

Roles:

1. Supervisor/ Content Specialist */ Fact checker
2. Technical Expert/ Power Point Layout
3. Creative Designer for slide backgrounds/ photograph selector
4. Asst. Supervisor/ Typist for slides

* All students should have a voice in the answers to the questions. The content specialist will verify the answers are historically correct.

 

Websites:Go to Dake homepage and click social studies 8.

          (http://www.westirondequoit.org/dake/class_assignments.htm

 

 

Rubric:

 

Answers all 6 questions. Answers are well developed and include analysis of the information.	Answers all 6 questions. Answers are above average and a mix of analysis and description.	Answers all 6 questions. Some more developed than others. Answers are average and may be more descriptive.	Answers less than 6 questions or answers have little to no explanation.	Significant lack of understanding is evident.
Photographs are related to the actual question and provide a vivid, detailed answer to the question. May contain more than 6 photos.	Photographs are related to the question.	Some photographs answer the question better than others.	Little thought put into the selection of the photographs. May not be related to the question.	Significant lack of thought put into the selection of the photographs. Photos appear unrelated.
Power point is creative and interesting. Extra photographs and/or graphics are included, elements of design are considered.	Power point is well done. Some elements of design are considered and may contain extra photograph and/or graphics.	A very basic power point, straight forward with few if any extras.	Little thought went into the design of the power point. May have non-related material in it.	Power point is incomplete.
Presentation is well prepared, all members of the group participate, voices are audible and body language is appropriate.	Presentation is somewhat prepared, most members of the group participate, voices are audible and body language is appropriate,	Presentation is loosely prepared, most members of group participate, voices are sometimes inaudible, body language varies.	Little evidence of preparation, a minority of group members participate, voices and body language vary	Significant lack of preparation and presentation fails to meet objective.