Lesson Plan: Day 2
Grade:
_11_
Unit:
The Rise and Fall of a Textile Empire:
Lowell, Ma 1820-1861
Goal
(enduring understanding):
The
Essential
Question(s):
What economical, environmental, and geographic factors led
to
Was
Francis Cabot Lowell a genius or a thief?
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 New England and industrial growth
generally throughout antebellum America. (H, E)
a. The technological
improvements and inventions that contributed to industrial growth
b. The causes and impact of the wave of immigration from Northern Europe to America in the1840s and 1850s
c. The rise of a business
class of merchants and manufacturers
d. The roles of women in New
England textile factories
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:
Students will be divided in class into four groups of five. Each group will be agents hired by the Boston Associates to scout the area of East Chelmsford. Use the maps of East Chelmsford, and Massachusetts (handed out in class), as well as class notes as your guide. Each group of agents must report back to the associates answering the following questions:
What
is the landscape of East Chelmsford?
Why
would this location be suitable for building a textile factory?
Is
there a natural resource for power?
What
are the financial benefits of building in East Chelmsford (if any)?
After your fellow group of agents determines the advantages of East Chelmsford, elect two members of your group to present your written proposal (5-10 minutes) to the class. Be prepared there may be questions!!!!
Assignment #2
In your class Journal answer the following question for homework:
Was Francis Cabot Lowell a genius or a thief?
In addition to the journal entry, read Lyddie pages 27-61
How
will the essential question be assessed?