Back Print Editable Lesson Plan Teacher __________________________________________________ Date ____________________________ Lesson Plan The North Section 2 Objectives Students will learn that . . . 1. The spread of mills in the Northeast changed workers’ lives. 2. The Lowell System revolutionized the textile industry in the Northeast. 3. Workers organized to reform working conditions. California Standards HSS: 8.6.1 • Standards Review Workbook, with Answer Key Vocabulary Rhode Island system, Francis Cabot Lowell, Lowell system, trade unions, strikes, Sarah G. Bagley PRETEACH • Online Chapter Summaries in Six Languages RESOURCES ___ What You Will Learn . . . (SE) Preview Main Ideas, Big Idea, and Key Terms and People. ___ Daily Bellringer Transparency: Section 2 ___ Academic Vocabulary (TE) Review with students the high-use academic terms in this section. ___ CRF: Vocabulary Builder, Section 2 ___ If YOU were there . . . (SE) Have students read and discuss the section introduction and question. ___ Universal Access Modified Worksheets and Tests CDROM DIRECT TEACH RESOURCES ___ Teach the Big Idea Activity (TE) Students discuss the Main Idea questions and then write an article on factory life. ___ Interactive Reader and Study Guide: Section 2 ___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Standards-based discussion questions ___ CRF: Biography: Sarah Bagley ___ Critical Thinking: Finding Main Ideas (TE) Slater’s Mill Want Ad ___ Social Studies Skills: Assessing the Credibility of Primary Sources (TE) A Lowell Offering Excerpt [ES] ___ CRF: Primary Source: Lucy Larcom, Working in a Lowell Mill ___ Collaborative Learning (TE) Lowell Offering Magazine ___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: Advanced Learners/GATE (TE) Bagley Speech [ES] ___ Primary Source: Family Wanted (SE) ___ History Close-up: Life of a Mill Girl (SE) ___ Primary Source: Sarah G. Bagley and Workers’ Rights (SE) REVIEW & ASSESS RESOURCES ___ Close (TE) Have students summarize how life for workers in the Northeast changed during the early and mid-1800s. ___ Online Quiz Section 2 (keyword: SS8 HP11) ___ Section 2 Assessment (SE) ___ PASS: Section Quiz 2 Key: SE = Student Edition TE = Teacher’s Edition CRF = Chapter Resource File ES = Exceeding Standards RS = Reaching Standards Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. 50 Universal Access Teacher Management System
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