WS/FCS Unit Planning Organizer Subject(s) Grade/Course Unit of Study Unit Title Pacing
Social Studies 8th Grade Unit 6 Industrialization and Immigration 18 Days
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Conceptual Lenses Immigration Technology Change Quality of Life
Unit Overview This unit will focus on the impact the Industrial Revolution had on North Carolina and the United States and how citizens began to demand change in response to those impacts. Technological Improvements & Innovation • • •
Communication Transportation Industry
Impacts of Industrialization • • • • • •
Advancements change the labor needs Impacts on quality of life Immigration Challenges immigrants faced Influence of immigrants on NC and USA Economic growth and it’s impact
Need for Reform • • • • •
Social Issues Approaches used for reform Political & Economic Issues Political & Economic Reforms Democratic ideals in Constitutional changes
Unit Enduring Understanding(s) • • •
Technology changes quality of life. Immigration causes cultural and economic changes. Individuals and groups can bring about social change through collective efforts.
Unit Essential Question(s) • • •
In what ways did technology change the quality of life for people living in the USA? How did immigration affect the culture and economy of the United States? How can individuals and groups bring about social change?
Essential State Standards Priority Objectives
Supporting Objectives
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8.H.2.1 Explain the impact of economic, political, social and military conflicts on the development of North Carolina and the United States.
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8.H.3.3 Explain how individuals and groups have influenced economic, political and social change in North Carolina and the United States.
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8.H.3.1 Explain how migration and immigration contributed to the development of North Carolina and the United States from colonization to contemporary times.
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8.E.1.2 Use economic indicators to evaluate the growth and stability of the economy of North Carolina and the United States.
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8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States.
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8.C&G.1.2 Evaluate the degree to which democratic ideals are evident in historical documents from North Carolina and the United States.
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8.G.1.1 Explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States.
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8.C&G.1.4 Analyze access to democratic rights and freedoms among various groups in North Carolina and the United States.
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8.C&G.2.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches used to effect change in North Carolina and the United States.
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8.C&G.2.3 Explain the impact of human and civil rights issues throughout North Carolina and United States history.
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8.C.1.1 Explain how influences from Africa, Europe, and the Americas impacted North Carolina and the United States.
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8.E.1.1 Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline.
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8.C&G.2.2 Analyze issues pursued through active citizen campaigns for change.
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8.C.1.3 Summarize the contributions of particular groups to the development of North Carolina and the United States.
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“Unpacked” Concepts (students need to know) 8.H.2.1 the impact of economic, political, social and military conflicts on the development of North Carolina and the United States.
“Unpacked” Skills (students need to be able to do) • 8.H.2.2 Explain the impact of economic, political, social and military conflicts on the development of North Carolina and the United States
8.H.3.1 how migration and immigration contributed to development
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8.H.3.2 how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups.
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8.E.1.1 how conflict, cooperation, • and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline.
8.C&G.2.2 issues pursued through active citizen campaigns for change.
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8.C.1.3 the contributions of • particular groups to the development of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.1 Explain how migration and immigration contributed to development
COGNITION (RBT Level)
8.H.2.2 Understand
8.H.3.1 Understand
8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups.
8.H.3.2
8.E.1.1 Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline.
8.E.1.1
8.C&G.2.2 Analyze issues pursued through active citizen campaigns for change.
8.C&G.2.2
8.C.1.3 Summarize the contributions of particular groups to the development of North Carolina and the United States.
Understand
Understand
Analyze 8.C.1.3 Understand
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Essential Vocabulary Technology Competition Urban/Urbanization Monopoly Union Strike Corruption Assemble/Assembly Industry Labor Regulation Charity
Unit “Chunking”
Industrialization of the United States
Suggested Lesson Essential Questions
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Enrichment Vocabulary Assimilation Dynamic Oppression Prosperity Quota Suffrage Ethnic Enrichment Factual Content
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Populists The Grange The Jungle William Randolph Hearst Joseph Pulitzer National Parks Theodore Roosevelt William Taft Chinese Exclusion Act
Potential Factual Content
North Carolina Essential Standards
How did technology and innovation change transportation and communication in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s?
• transatlantic telegraph • telephone • transcontinental railroad • automobiles • airplanes • Wright brothers
8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States.
What innovations caused an increase in industry during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s?
• Assembly lines • Interchangeable parts • Bessemer process • Electricity • Light bulbs
8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States.
What industries developed during the Gilded Age and how did they impact the economies of NC and the USA?
Impacts of Industrialization
• Steel • Carnegie • Textiles • Hanes • Tobacco • RJ Reynolds & Duke • Cigarettes • Oil • Rockefeller • Furniture • High Point • America’s economy grew by more than 400% between 1860 and 1900
8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States. 8.E.1.2 Use economic indicators to evaluate the growth and stability of the economy of North Carolina and the United States.
How did agricultural and • Decrease in need for industrial advancements skilled craftsmen change labor needs in NC • Decrease in need for and the USA? farmers • Increase in need for unskilled laborers • Labor needs in rural areas declined • Labor needs in urban areas increased • Increase in the need for labor results in children entering labor force
8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States.
What impacts did industrialization have on the quality of life in NC and the USA?
8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States.
• Family Structure changes • Social Structure changes • Technology improved lives of middle class • Working class faced long hours, poor working and living conditions, low wages • Industry leaders and other elite became very wealthy and lived in luxury • Mobility increased as result of transportation advancements • Urbanization changed the way people lived
8.E.1.3 Explain how quality of life is impacted by personal financial choices.
Impacts of Industrialization
How did industrialization encourage immigration in the late 1800’s?
• Movement is faster and cheaper with new transportation technologies • Push/Pull Factors for immigration • Areas received more immigrants than others due to industry and availability of jobs
What were the challenges • Quotas immigrants faced as they • Prejudices moved to America? • Living conditions • Language barriers • Cultural differences
8.G.1.1 Explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States. 8.H.2.1 Explain the impact of economic, political, social, and military conflicts on the development of North Carolina and the United States. 8.C&G.1.4 Analyze access to democratic rights and freedoms among various groups in North Carolina and the United States.
How did immigrants • Labor contributions influence the development • Cultural contributions of NC and the USA? • Ethnic communities • “Melting Pot” • Assimilation
8.H.3.1 Explain how migration and immigration contributed to the development of North Carolina and the United States from colonization to contemporary times.
8.C.1.1 Explain how influences from Africa, Europe, and the Americas impacted North Carolina and the United States. 8.C.1.3 Summarize the contributions of particular groups to the development of North Carolina and the United States.
How did the economic growth of the Gilded Age impact NC and the USA?
Need for Reform
What were the main social issues and their impact on NC and the USA during the Progressive Era?
What approaches were used to create social change in NC and the USA during the Progressive Era and how effective were they at creating change?
• Increased profits & wealth • Increased corruption • Creation of political machines • Monopolies • Philanthropy & Charity
8.E.1.1 Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline.
Labor issues Women’s suffrage Temperance Food Safety Environmental Preservation- Pisgah National Forest, US Forest Service • Education • Race Issues- Wilmington Race Riot • Demonstrations/Protests • Strikes • Organizations that worked to bring issues to public eye • Rallies • Marches • Speeches • Journalism
8.C&G.2.2 Analyze issues pursued through active citizen campaigns for change.
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8.C&G.2.3 Explain the impact of human and civil rights issues throughout North Carolina and United States history.
8.H.3.3 Explain how individuals and groups have influenced economic, political and social change in North Carolina and the United States.
8.C&G.2.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches used to effect change in North Carolina and the United States.
What political and economic issues resulted from the industrialization of the USA?
• Political corruption • “Boss Tweed” • Spoils system • Monopolies
What reforms were made to address the political and economic issues during the Progressive Era?
• Voting Reforms • Muckrakers • Trust-busting • Civil Service Commission • Business regulations
8.H.2.1 Explain the impact of economic, political, social, and military conflicts on the development of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.3 Explain how individuals and groups have influenced economic, political and social change in North
Carolina and the United States.
How well did the • 16th- 19th Amendments Constitutional Amendments passed during the Progressive Era reflect the democratic ideals the USA was founded upon?
8.C&G.1.2 Evaluate the degree to which democratic ideals are evident in historical documents from NC and the US?
Sub Concepts HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
Patterns Conflict
Place Region Movement Rural/Urban Population Density
CIVICS & GOVERNMENT Politics Power Freedom Regulation Reform
ECONOMICS Standard of Living Competition
CULTURE Diversity Identity Values & Beliefs Assimilation Social System/Class Structure Expressions
Language Objective EXAMPLES
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Key Vocabulary LO: SWBAT define and explain the terms monopoly, union, strike, and corruption.
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Language Functions LO: SWBAT explain how new technology changed the lives of Americans.
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Language Skills LO: SWBAT read two passages about the use of labor unions and identify the similarities and differences between the two. (Reading passages should be chosen/modified in accordance with the LEP students’ zone of proximal development).
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Grammar and Language LO: SWBAT use comparatives in writing assignments (more than, less than, greater, shorter, longer, etc.) by comparing the lives of two different immigrants.
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Lesson Tasks LO: SWBAT read and summarize an account of the working conditions in factories and explain this summary to a group.
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Language Learning Strategy LO: SWBAT develop a cause/effect graphic organizer analyzing and identifying the causes and effects of various laws developed due to industrialization. (The linguistic load will vary from LEP student to LEP student. Level 1-2 LEP students may need a word bank or other supplement to complete this activity using this strategy).