World History · Week 9 · The Industrial Revolution
From Farm to Factory Town
Students study the move from villages to crowded industrial cities and consider what helps newcomers feel they belong in a new place.
- Students will
- Students describe population growth and migration from villages to industrial cities, and analyze what newcomers gained and lost.
- SEL skill
- Describe what helps a newcomer feel they belong
- What it looks like
- Students consider what helps newcomers feel they belong and practice empathy for people starting in a new place.
- Content focus
- From farm to factory town
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness is understanding and empathizing with the views of others, especially people whose lives are unlike yours. More social awareness activities
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
- 10.3.3: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 10: World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World (standard 10.3, item 3)
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: CST3 Use maps and documents to interpret human movement, settlement, frictions between groups, and the spread of ideas and goods. (Chronological and Spatial Thinking)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.Geo.7.9-12 Analyze how historical events and the spread of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have shaped migration and where people live.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis, such as charts and maps, with information in a text.
Fits these textbook chapters
- Modern World History, The Industrial Revolution
- Modern World History, An Age of Democracy and Progress
- History Alive! World Connections, Lesson 16: The Industrial Revolution
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