March always means Industrialization in my World History class. I have shared about my Industrialization Unit before, but I have two tweaks from this year to share.
First, I’m using the Images of the Industrial Revolution lesson as a small group activity. While the whole class completes the Origins of the Industrial Revolution Edpuzzle I assign in Google Classroom, I have a group of 4 or five students came up to the front.
We use tables from the library with dry-erase marker and set each table up with numbers 1-5 on the top and a line across the middle. The word before is written above the line and the word after below the line. The images are put into page protectors and given to students who sort them into before and after industrialization groups.
Once we have the before group completed, we try to come up with words to describe it. Then, we move to the after-industrialization group. Finally, students try to match up the images (Printing with printing etc). I have not tried it but I wonder if it would work to have the group select a member or a pair to teach the next group and have students move around the room more.
The second adjustment I made was to the Urbanization Game. I hand the maps back the day next day and we annotate with the cultural advancements that altered the community. I really like doing this because it kept students engaged in their work and provide those who gave up a chance to add important information. As our closure, students drew a chart on the back of the map that they could use to consider the impact of industrialization on the environment, social impacts, technology, and the economy. This helped me wrap this lesson up and provide some formative data.
What do you have other groups do while working with a small group? The term cultural advancements comes from my standards. It is tricky because advancements sounds positive and not all of these ideas had positive impacts.
- What term do you use and how do you define it?
- How have you improved your teaching of the Industrial Revolution?
Share your thoughts and questions below.
