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Industrialization Unit – VA SOL USII.3

This Industrialization Unit is a hands-on unit that combines history and language arts skills! Everything you need for teaching about industrialization, immigration, and the Progressive Era can be found here. Save time planning, and your students will love completing the hands-on activities found in this unit.

For a closer look at the activities in this unit, see the product preview images at the top of the page!

What topics are covered in this Industrialization Unit?

This Industrialization Unit includes 9 detailed lesson plans. All lessons are hands-on and incorporate literacy skills. Students will investigate–

• the relationships among natural resources, transportation, and industrial development from 1865
• the impact of new inventions, the rise of big business, the growth of industry, and the changes to life on American farms in response to industrialization
• the relationship between captains of industry and robber barons
• the technological advances and the broader impact of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair on America’s rise as a world leader in innovation, business, and trade
• the impact of the Progressive Movement on child labor, working conditions, the rise of organized labor, support for eugenics as a social policy, immigration policy, women’s suffrage, and the temperance movement
• the muckrakers and what they exposed about industrialization
• the events, factors, and motivations that caused individuals and groups to migrate to the United States towards the end of the 19th century
• governmental actions including, but not limited to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, that caused harm to Chinese Americans and other immigrants
• how various groups worked to alleviate the issues facing new immigrants and how immigrants advocated for themselves
• the cause and effect relationship between rapid population growth and city government services and infrastructure

What types of resources are included in the unit?

A variety of no-prep activities are included in these unit plans.

• worksheets
• passages with comprehension questions
• map activity
• hands-on activities
• writing activities
• foldable
• quiz
• test
• word wall cards
• timeline of suggested activities: Provides a timeline for using the activities included within this unit and provides links to websites featuring videos about concepts being taught.
• answer keys included throughout

Students will become fully immersed in learning about industrialization as they complete hands-on activities and research past events!

Are digital resources included?

All of the passages and comprehension questions, most worksheets, the quiz, and the test within this Industrialization Unit are also included in an interactive Google Slides format and can be shared with students using your Google Drive.

Video tutorials are included to help you share interactive Google Slides with your students.

What standards are covered?

This Industrialization Unit is specifically aligned with the 2023 Virginia U.S. History SOL USII.3, although it closely matches most U.S. History standards related to teaching about industrialization, immigration, and the Progressive Era.

Don’t Miss Out!

You don’t need to spend hours creating your Industrialization Unit! These lessons require minimal prep work and are easy to implement whether teaching in-person or virtually. Students will also enjoy learning about American life during the Progressive Era as they complete hands-on activities and read passages.

 

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This Industrialization Unit is included in my U.S. History 1865 to Present Unit Bundle for a discounted price!

 

More U.S. History resources:

• Industrialization Task Cards
• U.S. History 1865 to Present Task Cards Bundle

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