Dover-Sherborn Middle School

Curriculum Road Maps 

 

 

Course Title:                 U.S. History                                                     Grade:              8         

 

Unit:                             Industrialization and Reform                 

Month Presented:         Feb/March                            Unit Length (in weeks):    3         

 

 

Essential Question (s):

  • How did the Industrial Revolution transform work and life in America?

 

Learning Objectives:

1.                  Understand the forces and physical environment that influenced the unique development of the Industrial Revolution in America. 

2.                  Identify the changes and advances in transportation, technology, communication, as well as the organization of daily life brought about by the Industrial Revolution.

3.                  Consider the costs and benefits of industrialization upon American society. 

4.         Identify the early reform groups and initiatives that emerged to address the problems of an industrializing American society.   

 

Skills:  

·                    Primary Document analysis

·                    Presentation and speaking  skills

·                    Cooperative Group work

·                    Organizing and framing written responses

·                    Five Paragraph Essay Composition

 

Instructional Strategies and  Activities: 

·                    “Time and Your Schedule”  Comparison Activity

·                    Lowell Mills Field Trip

·                    Factory vs. Plantation – comparative analysis of rules and regulations

·                    Transportation map of United States- building of roads, canals, railroads

·                    Reform Group Investigations:              early labor organizations, abolitionism, mental illness, prison reform

·                    Census Data Analysis Activity:           Growth of cities, immigration

·                    Primary Source Readings:        Factory Rules, Plantation Management

 

Materials Used:     Primary sources, textbooks, artwork, internet websites, video, textiles

 

Assessment Strategies:

  • Lowell Mills “Want Ad”
  • Industrial Revolution Test, Essay
  • Field Trip Reflections