World History · Week 10 · The Industrial Revolution
Children at Work
Students evaluate testimony from child factory workers given to the British Parliament in the 1830s and practice weighing a source's purpose while staying attuned to the people behind it.
- Students will
- Students evaluate a source about child factory work by its maker, date, audience, and purpose, and explain why reforms took time.
- SEL skill
- Stay attuned to the people behind a source while weighing its purpose
- What it looks like
- Students practice staying attuned to the people behind a source while weighing its purpose.
- Content focus
- Children at work
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Responsible decision-making
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What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- 10.3.4: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 10: World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World (standard 10.3, item 4)
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HREP2 Identify bias and prejudice in historical interpretations. (Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.His.11.9-12 Critique the usefulness of a historical source based on its maker, date, origin, audience, and purpose.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors on the same or related topics.
Fits these textbook chapters
- Modern World History, An Age of Democracy and Progress
- History Alive! World Connections, Lesson 16: The Industrial Revolution
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