World History Advanced Placement
Unit 5 - The European Moment, 1750-1914
Week at a Glance:MON- Quiz; Introduction to the Industrial Revolution
TUE- DBQ - Industrial Revolution - working as a class cooperatively
W/TH- Impact of the Industrial Revolution; Independent & Full Class discussion of DBQ over Industrial Revolution
FRI- Free Response Question - DBQ - Industrial Revolution
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| The Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It was the first arch bridge in the world to be made of cast iron, a material which was previously too expensive to use for large structures. |
Monday, February 11, 2013
Quote: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” - Buddha
Learning Targets:
• To explore the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution
• To root Europe’s Industrial Revolution in a global context
• To examine the question of why industrialization first “took off ” in Great Britain
• To heighten student awareness of both the positive and the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution
• To examine some of the ways in which nineteenth-century industrial powers exerted an economic imperialism over their nonindustrialized neighbors
Essential Questions:
1. What was revolutionary about the Industrial Revolution?
2. What was common to the process of industrialization everywhere, and in what ways did that process vary from place to place?
3. What did humankind gain from the Industrial Revolution, and what did it lose?
4. In what ways might the Industrial Revolution be understood as a global rather than simply a European phenomenon?
Agenda:
1. Quiz Chapter 18 - Revolutions of Industry. Students may use hand written notes.
2. Do Now Question after Quiz: Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?
3. Lecture, Discussion, & Video: Introduction to the Industrial Revolution. Why Britain & Europe? Impact on the planet. The birth of a new era.
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| Like he said. |
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Quote: “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ― Wayne W. Dyer
Learning Targets:
• To explore the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution
• To root Europe’s Industrial Revolution in a global context
• To examine the question of why industrialization first “took off ” in Great Britain
• To heighten student awareness of both the positive and the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution
• To examine some of the ways in which nineteenth-century industrial powers exerted an economic imperialism over their nonindustrialized neighbors
Essential Questions:
1. What was revolutionary about the Industrial Revolution?
2. What was common to the process of industrialization everywhere, and in what ways did that process vary from place to place?
3. What did humankind gain from the Industrial Revolution, and what did it lose?
4. In what ways might the Industrial Revolution be understood as a global rather than simply a European phenomenon?
Agenda:
1. Do Now: Pick up DBQ Packet from the front of the room. Begin working on analyzing the documents and following the instructions on the packet.
2. In cooperative groups:
- Analyze the prompt.
- Document Analysis. M-A-P (Meaning, Analysis, Point of View)
- Group the documents
- Write the thesis
3. Full class discussion of each component. The class will create a single set and write it up on the white board.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 & Thursday, February 14, 2013
Quote: “We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.” ― Brian Cox
Learning Targets:
• To explore the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution
• To root Europe’s Industrial Revolution in a global context
• To examine the question of why industrialization first “took off ” in Great Britain
• To heighten student awareness of both the positive and the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution
• To examine some of the ways in which nineteenth-century industrial powers exerted an economic imperialism over their nonindustrialized neighbors
Essential Questions:
1. What was revolutionary about the Industrial Revolution?
2. What was common to the process of industrialization everywhere, and in what ways did that process vary from place to place?
3. What did humankind gain from the Industrial Revolution, and what did it lose?
4. In what ways might the Industrial Revolution be understood as a global rather than simply a European phenomenon?
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: In what ways might the Industrial Revolution be understood as a global rather than simply a European phenomenon?
2. Lecture, Discussion, Video on Industrial Revolution and Impact: How did the Industrial Revolution change the world? Also discuss capitalism & socialism -- two economic systems that see their roots in the IR
3. Self-analysis of last Friday's Timed Writing DBQ. Students will analyze their work with the rubric.
4. Students will work independently for 20 minutes on an Industrial Revolution DBQ. The remainder of the class will be a group discussion on unpacking and breaking down the DBQ:
- Analyze the prompt.
- Document Analysis. M-A-P (Meaning, Analysis, Point of View)
- Group the documents
- Write the thesis
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| Happy Valentine's Day. |
Friday, February 15, 2013
Quote: “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ― Carl Jung
Agenda:
1. Free Response Question - Timed Writing - Industrial Revolution DBQ.
Enjoy Monday and we'll see you Tuesday. Quiz over Chapter 19 on Tuesday.