Lesson Plan - Industrial Revolution

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Lesson Plan #2

Introductory Information:
Name: Alexa Keppley
Date: 4/12/20
Grade/Content Area: 6th Grade Social Studies
Title of Lesson: Impacts of the Industrial Revolution
State Standard(s):
 6.4.P Summarize the local and global impacts of the Industrial Revolution.

Warm-up:
Based on what the students have learned so far about the Industrial Revolution, they will answer
several questions about the following photograph. The photograph and the four questions that the
students must answer will be projected onto the Smartboard. The students will have 5 minutes to
analyze the picture and answer the questions in their notebook.

What is going on in the photo? What is the child


making?

Who do you think is being represented in this


photo? Who is not represented?

How would this image be different in modern


times?

Is this image meant to persuade or inform the


viewer?

After 5 minutes, I will direct the student’s attention up to the front. I will go through each
question, asking for student volunteers to share what they have written. We will discuss the
student’s answers. This should take 5 minutes. I will end the warm-up by stating... “Child labor
was just one of the effects of the Industrial Revolution. Today we will be discussing the various
other impacts.”

Objective:
The students will be able to explain how the Industrial Revolution caused economic, cultural,
and political changes around the world.

Body of Lesson:
 I will place the students into groups of three. Each student will be given a handout that
they will fill out during the activity. This handout has 3 columns: topic, positive effects,
and negative effects.
 Throughout the room, there are 8 image/reading cards placed sporadically. Each card has
a photo and a very short reading that discusses an effect of the Industrial Revolution. The
topics covered on the 8 cards are education, child labor, roles of women, urbanization,
tenements, labor conditions, political changes, and environmental changes.
 For the activity, each group will start at a different card/station. They will look at the
image on the card and read the information. They will discuss the topic with their group.
 Then, on their handout they will write down the positive and negative effects of that
topic.
 Each student will complete their OWN handout by using ideas that their group discussed.
 The students will have 5 minutes at each card/station. I will put a timer on the front board
that will go off every 5 minutes.
 After each group has been to all 8 stations, the students will return to their desks.

Closure:
The students will complete an exit ticket. For the exit ticket, the students will answer the
following question: Out of all the issues you learned about today, what stands out to you as the
most significant problem during the Industrial Revolution? Explain using 3-4 sentences. This
exit ticket allows students to reflect on what they have learned today while also tying in their
own opinion.

Accommodations:
 For the warm-up, the students have the option to pull up the photograph on their
Chromebooks so that they can see it clearer.
 For the gifted and talented students, I could give them a different exit ticket. For their exit
ticket I would ask the following question: Pick one of the Industrial Revolution issues
that you learned about today. Brainstorm 3 possible solutions for this issue that you
could have suggested to fix that problem at the time. Explain these 3 solutions in
sentence form. This exit ticket involves critical thinking and creativity which I think
would be great for the gifted and talented students.
 There are no IEP or ESOL in the class. Therefore, I do not need to make any
accommodations for this.

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