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Industrial Revolution Documentary: Culminating Activity

Persistent Issue:
What should society do to promote fairness and justice for people who live within its jurisdiction?
Central Question:
Did the Industrial Revolution diminish or improve quality of life?
Topic:
Industrial Revolution
Course:
U.S. History
Strategy:
Documentary Creation
Lessons in this unit:
  1. Industrial Revolution Documentary: Culminating Activity

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Alabama State Standard

  • Standard 1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

National Council for the Social Studies Standards

  • Standard 2: Time, Continuity, and Change: Social Studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the past and its legacy.
  • Standard 7: Production, Distribution, and Consumption: Social Studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people organize for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
  • Standard 8: Science, Technology, and Society: Social Studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of relationships among science, technology, and society.

National Standards for American History

Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States.

  • Standard 1: How the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed the American people.
  • Standard 3: The rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes.