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Unit 9: Modern Era: Industrial Revolution
Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world
history from 1750 to 1914: the Industrial Revolution and its impact on the development of modern
economic systems.
Explain how 17th
and 18th century
European
scientific
advancements led
to the Industrial
Revolution.
Identify
important
changes in human
life caused by the
Industrial
Revolution.
Explain how the Industrial Revolution led to political, economic and social
changes in Europe.
Summarize
the role of
economics in
driving
political
changes as
related to
the Industrial
Revolution.
Identify the historical
origins and
characteristics of the
free enterprise
system, including
the contributions of
Adam Smith,
especially the
influence of his ideas
found in The Wealth
of Nations.
Identify the
historical origins
and
characteristics of
communism,
including the
influences of Karl
Marx, and
socialism.
Identify the role of
textile
manufacturing and
steam technology in
initiating the
Industrial Revolution
and the role of the
factory system and
transportation
technology in
advancing the
Industrial
Revolution.
Identify the
contributions
of significant
scientists and
inventors such
as Marie Curie,
Thomas
Edison, Louis
Pasteur, and
James Watt.
Identify
examples of
key persons
who were
successful in
shifting
political
thought,
including
William
Wilberforce.
Describe the
changing
roles of
women,
children and
families.
Focus Questions:
Add’t terms to Know:
Enclosure
Capital
Turnpike
Urbanization
Tenement
Union
Utilitarianism
Proletariat
Factory Acts and reforms
Interchangeable Parts
Assembly line
Stock
Corporation
Laissez-faire
Florence Nightingale
Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism
-What effect did the Commercial Revolution have on
people’s standards of living?
-What were the new economic factors and principles
that contributed to the success of Europe’s
Commercial Revolution?
-What were the environmental consequences of the
Industrial Revolution?
-How are politics/political ideology and the economy
related?
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Unit 9: Modern Era: Industrial Revolution
Calendar & Notes:
Monday
1/30
Tuesday
1/31
Wednesday
2/1
Thursday
2/2
Friday
2/3
Unit 8 group reassessment
Mankind the
Story of Us:
Revolutions
2/6
2/7
2/8
2/9
2/10
Urban Game
Europe’s textile
industry leads the
way
British IR
Innovations &
Inventors
The factory
system &
transportation-
Crash Course
GR: 25.2 or Chpt
Brief & Vocab,
Geog 25.2
2/13
2/14
2/15
2/16
Focus: More
innovators
- Great Minds
- History Maker:
25.1, James Watt
Environmental
effects of the
Industrial
Revolution
Economic effects of
the Industrial
Revolution
GR: 25.4 or Chpt Brief
& Vocab
25.4 Wealth of
Nations
Review Day
Unit 9:
25.4 Skill Practice; Industrial
25.4 Connections; Revolution Test
Unit 9 Review
2/20
2/21
No School
Unit 9: Re-Test
GR: 25.1 or Chpt
Brief & Vocab
Britain: Engineering
an Empire
-Who’s Who Chart
-Crash Course: RR
Worst Jobs in IR
2/17