2012 What Was The Industrial
Revolution And Why Did It Start
In Great Britain Lesson
Date your papers:
Block Days: Thursday, Feb 16 or Friday, Feb
17, 2012
Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012
Thursday, Feb 23, 2012
Friday, Feb 24, 2012
Industrial Revolution Unit Study
Guides Covered With This Lesson
1. Why did the Industrial Revolution start in
Great Britain over France or Germany?
What are the seven reasons with key
characteristics and historical evidence.
2. What were the connections between the
Agricultural Revolution and Industrial
Revolution?
• Essential and Guiding Questions:
• What is industrialization?
• Why did parts of the world industrialize and
others did not?
• How did western civilization move from an
agrarian society to an industrialized society?
• What major economic and social changes
occurred as a result of mass industrialization
during the 19th century?
Block Day: Feb 16 or Feb 17, 2012
• QQ: Type One---Working with your partner, use the
Horrible History Timelines to complete the Main Idea
Organizer.
• Main Idea One: THREE EXAMPLES OF POLITICAL
CHANGE WITHIN GREAT BRITAIN
• Main Idea Two: THREE EXAMPLES OF CHANGES
RELATING TO COLONIES AND IMPERIALISM
• Main Idea Three: THREE EXAMPLES OF NEW
INVENTIONS
• Main Idea Four: THREE EXAMPLES OF ADVANCES OR
ISSUES WITH HEALTH AND SCIENCE
• Main Idea Five:
THREE EXAMPLES OF ADVANCES
OR DEVELOPMENTS IN ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Block Day
• Class: What are your OVERALL IMPRESSIONS
of life in Great Britain from the mid 1700s to
the late 1800s? Why?
• Class: We will begin to watch “Just the Facts:
The Industrial Revolution” DVD.
–As we do, you are to take notes in the
provided 5 Ws and How and the Causes
and Effects Graphic Organizers.
Block Day
• Homework: Read and Talk to the
Text on the provided supplemental
reading.
–Night One: Do pages 1-6
–Night Two: Do pages 7-11
–Night Three: Do pages 12-15
Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012
• Pair-Share: Turn to your partner and share your DVD
notes.
– Make additions and revisions as needed.
• Class: Ms. Barben is going to do her Powerpoint on
the Industrial Revolution and Why it developed in
Great Britain. As she does, you should be doing the
Interactive Notebook Method with the provided
teacher notes.
•
– Must use at least THREE different methods throughout on
the Left Side.
– There should be no gaps or blank spaces on the Left Side.
– On the Right Side, information should be highlighted,
starred, and have additional historical facts added.
– You must do BOTH SIDES on each page.
Left Side of the Notebook:
*Paraphrase or clarify items
*Enter a drawing, photo, sketch, or magazine picture that illustrates the
concept, ideas, or facts
*Pose questions about the information
*Form and express an opinion
*Predict outcomes or next steps
*Create a metaphor that captures the essence of the information/issue
*Formulate and record a contradictory perspective
*Write a reflection on the information or experience
*Find a quote that connects to the concept; record it and explain your
rationale
*Make connections between the information/text and your own life,
another text, and/or the world
*Create a mind map that captures the main topic and key concepts and
supportive detail
*Create an acronym that will help you to remember the information
covered
*Make connections to the content/processes of other courses
*Sketch a political cartoon expressing a historical viewpoint or your
views on the historical concepts.
*Record important primary source quotes that capture the essence of
the historical idea.
*Do the activities Ms. Barben has built into her powerpoints.
*Write out questions that the content has raised for you to ask Ms.
Barben
*Brainstorms
*Venn Diagrams
*Flowcharts
*Metaphors or analogies
*Top ten lists
*SOAL---sum of all learned at the end
Right Side of the Notebook
Teacher directed:
*notes on a mini-lesson
* notes on a lecture
*notes on a hands on learning lab
*notes on an assigned reading
*notes/story map on a video
*notes/story map on a read aloud
*notes from a small group or large group discussion
*collaborative group process
*a copied excerpt of a text
*notes and assignments from an Internet Web Quest
*notes on an historical reenactment
*notes from a fieldtrip
*Worksheet/or textbook assignment copied or glued
into the notebook
*You highlight key terms, dates, events.
*Add historical information to provided teacher
notes.
*Use underlining and stars.
Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012
• Homework: Continue reading
and Talking to the Text.
Thursday, Feb 23, 2012
• Class: Ms. Barben is going to continue
her Powerpoint Presentation, while you
continue to work on your Interactive
Notes.
• Homework: Finish your reading and
Talking to the Text. It is due
tomorrow…Feb 24, 2012!
Friday, Feb 24, 2012
• Ms. Barben is going to collect the Talking to the Text.
• Class: While Ms. Barben finishes her Powerpoint, you will finish your
Interactive Notes.
•
• Homework: Create a Metaphorical Representation examining why the
Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and the impact it had.
•
• You may select one of the following to complete the statement or come
up with your own for bonus points.
• Complete the following statement: “The development of the Industrial
Revolution in Great Britain over other European nations was like”:
– Putting together all the pieces of a puzzle.
– Having all the gourmet ingredients to create a lavish feast.
– The competition between siblings as the older sibling gets the new clothes,
car, etc…while the younger siblings get the hand-me downs.
– Come up with your own for bonus points.
• It can be a metaphor, simile, or analogy.
Friday, Feb 24, 2012
• Then under the chosen statement, illustrate a scene that
supports the analogy.
– You must incorporate specific historical information into the drawing.
This means using historical images of key people, beliefs, and ideas of
the Industrial Revolution and why it began in Great Britain.
– Examples: images of inventors and inventions, images relating to the
economic conditions, etc…
– You must incorporate specific historical terms and words into the
drawing as well as historical images of key people, beliefs, and ideas of
the Industrial Revolution and why it began in Great Britain
– It may be hand-drawn or generated on the computer.
– You must use historical images…it cannot all be drawn by hand.
– You must address ALL of the following: Agricultural Revolution,
Economic Conditions, Physical Geography and Natural Resources,
Large Available Workforce, Social Factors, Openness to New Ideas,
Political Stability and Government
• Do this in color and on a blank piece of paper.
Friday, Feb 24, 2012
• On the back of your metaphorical representation:
– You must provide THREE typed well-developed paragraphs explaining the
metaphor and how it represents the cause and effect relationship of why the
Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and the impact it had.
– A well-developed paragraph consists of a minimum of EIGHT compound
sentences.
– You must provide analysis of the supportive illustration as well.
– Do not just list or refer casually to the historical information in the
illustration, but explain how they each played a role in the development of
the Industrial Revolution and the changes this period brought to the world.
– You must explain and provide examples for each of the seven factors for why
the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain first.
– First Paragraph: You explain the metaphor, analogy, or simile breaking down
the literary and visual aspects to show how it represents the historical
content.
– Second Paragraph: You explore in more depth the reasons 1-3 with
explanations and examples.
– Third Paragraph: You explore in more depth the reasons 4-7 with
explanations and examples.
– Be sure to edit for spelling, grammar, and capitalization errors!