Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: The Rise of the Industrial Revolution Name: Jacob Marrero
Content Area: History Grade Level: 10th
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s)
Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.

1. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social
Democracy, Socialism, and Communism.
Big Ideas/Unit Goals:
Compare and contrast how the industrial revolution impacted America and its communities
Explore the effects of Capitalism and the Captains of Industry
What major reforms were put in place during the industrial revolution that we enjoy today
The relevancy of unions and whether or not we need them today
Entrepreneurship in the 21st century, who is at the fore front and what are people doing
Unit Summary:
In this unit, students will analyze the rise of the Industrial Revolution and the economic pattern of Capitalism. Students will contrast this history with current
events and analyze the benefits/pitfalls of the systems in place. Throughout the unit students will participate in both entry-level and formative assessments like
webercise and guided notes to help establishing comprehension. This units summative assessment will be a research paper that applies the lessons from this
unit into our present day context.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:
1. Survey
2. Guided Notes from Capitalism Lecture
Lesson 1
Student Learning Objective: Students
will analyze the reasons and effects of
Capitalism and its emergence during
the industrial revolution. As well as
discuss the impact it has todays on
society.
Formative: Summative:
1. Captains of Industry Webercise 1. Elevator Pitch Presentation
2. Big Coggle Graphic Organizer Activity 2. Research Paper Is the American Dream
3. Quickwrite on Capitalism Actually Dead?
4. Quiz Capitalism and the Industrial
Revolution
Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:
(Assessments): Survey of Industrial Era knowledge
Survey Lecture on Capitalism with a guided notes activity
Guided Notes Analysis of self-made millionaires and the power of Capitalism
A quick write on their Quickwrite activity based on the lesson on the student understanding of Capitalism
understanding of capitalism
Lesson 2
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Through a webercise students will
understand the connections among Investor pitch presentation A webercise activity that walks students through the process of putting together a pitch deck
natural resources, entrepreneurship, and accompanying for their fictional company
labor, and capital in an industrial documentation Close Reading activity about the rise of Entrepreneurs in America and business material
economy. Watch several videos on Industrial Era history and market revolution
Profile the Captains of industry and current top entrepreneurs
Lesson 3
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Through a digital graphic organizer
activity and a research paper, students Graphic Organizer Big Watching a video of Joe Glazer, the Labors Troubadour and listen to some of his Labor songs
will analyze the current day economic Coggle Activity Discussion about themes and benefits of singing as a corporate body
forces and determine relevancy. Research Paper on the Discussion on some of the reforms that are still in place today
American Dream Big Coggle digital graphic organizer on the role of unions today
Unit Resources:
The Industrial Revolution: A History in Documents, Laura Levine Frader
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, Daniel Yergin
The Way We Worked Photographs: https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/way-we-worked/
Child Labor Unit: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos/activities.html
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-labor-union-definition-history-quiz.html
https://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/economy/news/2009/02/18/5597/unions-are-good-for-the-american-economy-2/
http://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/commentary/do-americans-today-still-need-labor-unions
https://coggle.it/
Useful Websites:
Crash Course Video on the Industrial Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhL5DCizj5c
Crash Course Video on the rise of Capitalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3u4EFTwprM
Stuff Missed in History Podcast Episode The Great Leap Forward: http://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/the-great-leap-forward.htm
Library of Congress Industrial Revolution Photographs: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/industrial-revolution/
http://study.com/academy/lesson/urbanization-and-other-effects-of-the-industrial-revolution.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/social-impact-industrial-revolution
https://industrialrevolution.sea.ca/causes.html
https://prezi.com/0sg0688zwzkr/industrial-revolution-how-does-it-affect-us-today/
http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2013/08/10/five-business-lessons-from-the-men-who-built-america/#776cdfa758e8
www.biography.com/people/groups/captains-of-industry
Crash Course Video on Industrial Economy: https://youtu.be/r6tRp-zRUJs
Crash Course Video on Market Revolution: https://youtu.be/RNftCCwAol0
https://www.inc.com/larry-kim/11-most-famous-entrepreneurs-of-all-time-and-what-made-them-wildly-rich.html
https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-2017/#2dfcec6d3fcd
https://pitchdeck.improvepresentations.com/what-is-a-pitch-deck