Lesson Plan: Day 10
Grade:
_11_
Unit:
The Rise and Fall of a Textile Empire:
Lowell, Ma 1820-1861
Goal
(enduring understanding):
The Civil War economically devastated the Southern states
while the Northern states prospered.
Essential Question(s):
Did the
Did the Civil War have a positive or negative impact on
Does Lowell Deserve to be the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution?
Development
and selection of activities and resources:
Content:
Curriculum
Standard:
Economic Growth in the North
and South, 1800-1860
USI.26 Explain the
importance of the Transportation Revolution of the 19th century (the building of
canals, roads, bridges, turnpikes, steamboats, and railroads), including the
stimulus it provided to the growth of a market economy. (H, E)
USI.27 Explain the emergence
and impact of the textile industry in
a. The technological
improvements and inventions that contributed to industrial growth
b.
The causes and impact of the wave of immigration from
c. The rise of a business
class of merchants and manufacturers
d. The roles of women in
5. Explain how a cause and effect relationship
is different from a sequence or correlation of events. (H, C, E)
6. Distinguish between
long-term and short-term cause and effect relationships. (H, G, C, E)
7.
Show connections, causal and otherwise, between particular historical events
and ideas and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments.
(H, G, C, E)
Assignment:
Does
How
will the essential question be assessed?