Unit 7 Standards- Growth: Industrial Revolution (Science, Technology, & Society)
Concepts: Industrialization and Reform
Enduring Understandings (Big Ideas):
 The movement of people and ideas affects all.
 Individuals and groups have struggled to attain equality.
 New ideas can lead to conflict and change.
 People who live in different locations may have different values, goals, and lifestyles.
Essential Questions:
 What effect did the developments in transportation and communication have on the spread of the Industrial
Revolution?
 In what ways did America change as a result of the reform movements in the 1800’s?
 Why was the Industrial Revolution of the early 1800’s confined mostly to the north?
 Are the benefits of progress worth the cost?
 In what ways did improvements in science and technology change America?
Academic Vocabulary:
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Abolition
Industrialization
Reform
Suffrage
Language of Instruction:
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Technology
Rural/Urban
Efficient
Canal
Temperance
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Civic Responsibility
Civil Disobedience
Women’s Rights
Prison Reform
Transcendentalism
Student Friendly Understanding
 1A – I can identify reform movements.
 1B – I can put events in chronological order.
 11A – I can analyze how the environment determined where people lived and how they made money…
 11B – I can describe how people can help and hurt the physical environment by changing it.
 12C – I can explain the reasons for the increase in factories and urbanization.
 12D – I can analyze the causes and effects of the economic differences between different regions.
 13A – I can analyze how the War of 1812 caused economic changes.
 13B – I can identify the economic factors that led to rapid industrialization and urbanization.
 22B – I can describe the contributions of key political, social, and military leaders.
 23B – I can explain the connection between urbanization and conflicts resulting from people’s differences and beliefs.
 23D – I can analyze the contributions of people of different backgrounds and their contributions to our national identity.
 23E – I can identify the contributions of women to American society.
 24A – I can describe the abolitionist movement.
 24B – I can evaluate the impact of reform movements.
 26A – I can describe developments in art, music, and literature in the history of the United States.
 26B – I can identify examples of American art, music, and literature that reflect society in different eras.
 26C – I can analyze the relationship between fine arts and stability and change in the American way of life.
 27A – I can explain the effects of new inventions in science and technology.
 27B – I can analyze how new ways of moving from place to place and new ways of communicating helped the United
States grow and change.
 27C – I can analyze how improvements in technology changed the way we make and sell things in the U.S. and in other
countries.
 27D – I can explain how improvements in technology caused industrialization and opened up the west.
 28A – I can compare scientific discoveries and improvements in technology that influenced daily life.
 28B – I can identify examples of how industrialization changed life in the U.S.
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Unit 7 Standards- Growth: Industrial Revolution (Science, Technology, & Society)
Concepts: Industrialization and Reform
History Strands
The student will:
understand traditional
historical points of reference
in U.S. history through 1877
and be able to:
(8.1A)identify the major eras and events in U.S. history through 1877,
including… religious revivals such as the Second Great Awakening, …westward
expansion, reform movements, … and describe their causes and effects
(8.1B)apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of
significant individuals, events, and time periods
Geography and Culture Strands
The student will:
and be able to:
understand the physical
characteristics of North
America and how humans
adapted to and modified the
environment through the
mid-19th century
understand the relationships
between and among people
from various groups,
including racial, ethnic, and
religious groups, during the
17th, 18th, and 19th centuries
understand the major reform
movements of the 19th
century
understand the relationship
between the arts and the
times during which they were
created
(8.11A)analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced
population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the
United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries
(8.11B) describe the positive and negative consequences of human modification
of the physical environment of the United States
(8.23B)explain the relationship between urbanization and conflicts resulting
from differences in religion, social class, and political beliefs
(8.23D) analyze the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and
religious groups to our national identity
(8.23E) identify the political, social, and economic contributions of women to
American society
(8.24A) describe the historical development of the abolitionist movement
(8.24B) evaluate the impact of reform movements, including educational reform,
temperance, the women’s rights movement, prison reform, abolition, the labor
reform movement, and care of disabled
(8.26A) describe developments in art, music, and literature that are unique to
American culture such as the Hudson River School artists, John James Audubon,
…transcendentalism, and other culture actives in the history of the United States
(8.26B) identify examples of American art, music, and literature that reflect
society in different eras
(8.26C) analyze the relationship between fine arts and continuity and change in
the American way of life
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Unit 7 Standards- Growth: Industrial Revolution (Science, Technology, & Society)
Concepts: Industrialization and Reform
Economics, Science and Technology Strands
The student will:
and be able to:
understand why various
(8.12C)explain the reasons for the increase in factories and urbanization
sections of the United States
(8.12D) analyze the causes and effects of economic differences among
developed different patterns of
different regions of the United States at selected times in U.S. history
economic activity
understand how various
(8.13A) analyze the War of 1812 as a cause of economic changes in the nation
economic forces resulted in the
Industrial Revolution in the 19th (8.13B) identify the economic factors that brought about rapid
industrialization and urbanization
century
(8.27A) explain the effects of technological and scientific innovations such as
the steamboat, the cotton gin, and interchangeable parts
understand the impact of
science and technology on the
economic development of the
United States
(8.27B) analyze the impact of transportation and communication systems on
the growth, development, and urbanization of the United States
(8.27C)analyze how technological innovations changed the way goods were
manufactured and marketed, nationally and internationally
(8.27D) explain how technological innovations brought about economic
growth such as how the factory system contributed to rapid industrialization
and the Transcontinental Railroad led to the opening of the west
understand the impact of
scientific discoveries and
technological innovations on
daily life in the United States
(8.28A) compare the effects of scientific discoveries and technological
innovations that have influenced daily life in different periods in U.S. history
(8.28B) identify examples of how industrialization changed life in the United
States
Government and Citizenship Strands
The student will:
and be able to:
understand the importance of
effective leadership in a
constitutional republic
(8.22B) describe the contributions of significant political, social, and military
leaders of the United States such as Frederick Douglass, …Susan B. Anthony,
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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