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Standards: Common Core Curriculum Materials: Teaching Methods:

Standards: English Language Arts -Primary sources -Discussion as a group, with


Standards » History/Social Studies -images from Library of Congress partners, and written opinion
» Grade 6-8 -Secondary sources essays about (progress,
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1 -historical films provided by Class Mentor employment, gender roles,
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2 -Textbooks provided by Class Mentor whether or not the Industrial
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7 -Interviews with a person from a different Revolution was beneficial for
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.8 generation society, how it has affected us in
PA Core Standards: -Research from the web about the Industrial the modern day)
CC.1.2.7.A Revolution -collaborative presentation with
CC.1.2.7.B group (topics from Idea Web)
CC.1.2.7.C -access to prior knowledge and
comparing to their community,
Fish Town
-interpreting different texts about
Industrial the Industrial Revolution and
What? How?
Revolution main topics (progress,
employment, gender roles)
-science: creating their own
steam engine
Who: Between 2000 and 2010, Why? Theories of Learning and
Fishtown experienced a lot of
socioeconomic change. This great Teaching: Students need more
migration of new, young professional Educational Philosophy & hands on activities to learn the
residents to the neighborhood has Beliefs: I want my students to feel concepts. I would like to shift their
divided the neighborhood into two heard and valued for what they have to skills from listening patiently for long
groups that locals refer to as “New say. I will teaching them how to use periods of time to discussing actively
Fishtown” and “Old Fishtown.” The Old their voice. They should have throughout the lesson to engage
Fishtowners are those who usually opportunities to discuss and debate students. Hands on activities would
grew up in the neighborhood and topics. This will increase their depth of be writing opinions about what we
whose families have lived there for knowledge of the content. They will have learned so that they can apply
generations, while New Fishtowners develop skills in supporting their claims what they already know to what they
are newer residents who moved to the in discussions with valid evidence. learned. I will be explicit with the
area in more recent years. Scaffolding will help include all expectations of their writing.
students in these discussions.

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