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Industrialization

Driving Question: How was the Industrial Revolution experienced differently by people around the world?

Industrialization revolutionized production, transportation, time, community, and identity—reshaping society as fast as a locomotive. How did such a massive shift unfold? What began on an island spread globally, with both positive and negative impacts that varied across people and communities.

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the origins and effects of the Industrial Revolution.
  2. Evaluate how the Industrial Revolution changed communities in the long nineteenth century.
  3. Create arguments using historical evidence to support claims and communicate conclusions through informal writing.

Vocab Terms:

  • automation
  • factory
  • fossil fuel
  • industrialization
  • raw material
  • rural
  • urban
STEP 1

Opener: Industrialization

Teaching Tools

Want to bring more informal writing like this opener into your classroom? Our Informal Writing Routines one-pager is a great place to start!

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STEP 2

Looking Ahead

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STEP 3

Industrialization

Teaching Tools

The Video Guide and Reading Guide are both packed with helpful strategies to teach this lesson step!

How was the Industrial Revolution experienced by people around the world? Dig into that question in the video, and then read the article to take your learning even further.

Unit 3 Overview External link

The Industrial Revolution began when people learned to harness new fossil fuels and to use machines for work. It transformed multiple aspects of our everyday lives, from the socioeconomic and political to the cultural.

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
STEP 4

Framing Unit 3

Teaching Tools

Need a refresher on the course frames? Look no further than the Frames Guide.

What can the frames tell us about industrialization? Explore big changes in production and distribution in the video, and then draw the course frames in an activity that puts your knowledge to use.

Frames in Unit 3 External link

The production and distribution frame is all about how we make things, share them with others, and how those things get consumed or used. Industrialization, at its heart, is a change in production and distribution.

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
STEP 5

Closer: Industrialization

Teaching Tools

Remember to check out the Openers and Closers Guide for more information on these lesson bookends.

Extension Materials
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Sharpen your understanding of claim and focus by reviewing it in a piece of writing—either your own or a sample essay.
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Essay Review

Teaching Tools

Don’t forget to have the OER Project Writing Rubric handy when you teach this activity!