Lesson Plan: Day 3
Grade:
_11_
Unit:
The Rise and Fall of a Textile Empire:
Lowell, Ma 1820-1861
Goal
(enduring understanding):
The
Beside
the natural resources that provided waterpower,
Essential Question(s):
What economical, environmental, and geographic factors led
to
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:
It is time to go back to work for the Boston Associates. After the excellent job you and your group did in assessing a new site for a factory the Associates has put you in charge of recruiting the laborers who will work in the textile mill. Your assignment is to reform your group and draft a recruitment poster on Microsoft Publisher. Use the following questions to help guide you along in your task:
Who are you recruiting?
What are you offering?
What will be their living arrangements?
What will be their salary?
Remember this is 1823 please use historical accuracy in drafting your poster. Assessment will be by rubric.
How
will the essential question be assessed?
Multimedia
Project: Mill Girl Recruitment Poster
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CATEGORY |
4 Excellent |
3 Good |
2 Average |
1 Developing |
Attractiveness |
Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. |
Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. |
Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. |
Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presenation content. |
Mechanics |
No misspellings or grammatical errors. |
Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors. |
Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors. |
More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar. |
Originality |
Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. |
Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. |
Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. |
Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit. |
Organization |
Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. |
Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. |
Content is logically organized for the most part. |
There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. |
Points |
13-16 = A |
9-12 = B |
6-8 = C |
3-5 = D |
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0-2 = F |
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