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This is an internet lesson designed for high school U.S. History classes. The lesson focuses on the Industrial Revolution with an emphasis on the contributions of a number of inventors and innovators. The desired outcome of this lesson is for the sutdents to examine the rewards and costs of the individual achievements during this time period from a historical perspective. Students will asses the impact of the achievements on the progress and growth of out country, and discover the differences between innovators and inventors.
1. READ ALL DIRECTIONS so that you have a good idea of the scope of this lesson before beginning. Return back to Main Page as needed to review the directions. There is a menu bar at the top of each page to help you navigate through this website.
2. Now go to the icon bar at the bottom of this page and click the icon labeled Indroduction. Read and follow the links highlighted in blue to gain further backround knowledge and learn required definitions. Take about 10 minutes to browse the site under the Industrial Revolution.
3. When completed, select the icon for Inventors. this takes you to another page where you will select five incentors from the choices provided to research further. Follow the links to larn more about this individuals and then complete the chart (Activity 1). You will be provided a hard copy of this activity to turn in at the end of class today. Approximately 20 minutes should be spent on this section of the lesson.
4. After you have filled in the required information for five inventors on your chart, proceed to the Innovator page by selectiong the appropriate icon. Here you will need to research three people whom I have referrd to as "innovators". In a manner similar to the chart on inventors, fill in the matrix for innovators (Activity 2). You should allow about 15 minutes for this section.
5. When all the materials have been read and charts filled out, answer the following questions in the space provided on your handouts. Each answer should be several sentences in length and have specific examples from your reading:
What do you see as the difference between an inventor and an innovator?
In what general ways did American inventions and innovations lead to growth and progress of this country?
From your point of view, which was greater-- the rewards of the costs of technological growth and progress in this country? Why?
6. Inventor Reading Activity- After completing the assessment questions click here to proceed to the internet reading activity. This activity involves creating a poster which may be completed and homework, however, the research needs to be completed in class. Use the left side of your notebook to record notes which are needed to do your poster.
7. Grading Procedures - The following scoring rubric will be used to grade each og the answers to the assessment questions. Student worksheets (activity one and two) may be used to complete the assessment questions. There will be a total of 20 possible points for this web lesson, with an opportunity for extra credit as noted below.
5 points- Demonstrates in-depth understanding of subject matter. Analysis cites several soecific examples to illustrate point. More than one side of the question is explored in the answer. No signifigant grammatical or spelling errors (like the ones on this site) in the response.
4 points - Demonstrates good understanding of subject matter. Analysis cites some specific examples from readings. At least one viewpoint is fully developed in response, the reference to other possible ways to address the question. Ver few grammatical or spelling errors.
3 points - Shows understading of some area of the subject. At least one specific example from readings is used to answer each question. Viewpoint is well developed. Few grammatical or spelling errors.
2 points - Show limited understanding of the subject. Readings are referred to in only general terms. Several spelling and/or grammatical errors
1 points - Little to no subject shown. Writer makes broad generalizations without documentation or source. Numerous spelling/grammatical errors.
0 points - A chimp with one arm could have done better.
The inventor reading activity will be worth an additional five points and be graded based on the five required elements for this mini-project. (4 symbols with annotations and a quote)
7. Extra Credit- Only after everything above has been completed, you may go back to the Intoduction page and follow the links to find out about other inventors and innovators. On the back-side of your handout, make a list of inventors you read about and identify their inventions and impact. Same applies for innovators.
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