5SSIndRev

=Industrial Revolution=

Quick Activities and Games
Way back, technology in the 1900's http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/tech1900/ On this interactive site you will find the first telephone operators...early race cars...and music video 1900's style.

Morse Code http://www.soton.ac.uk/~scp93ch/morse/ Learn morse code and play a game to translate code into words.

Inventors of the Industrial Revolution Online Quiz http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/invent-quiz.htm

Lessons- Internet
[|The Industrial Revolution Think Quest] This think quest has most of the important information about the Industrial Revolution. After you learn all the facts, you will have fun things to do that are related to the Industrial Revolution. Here you will find cartoons, word games, and trivia.

[|Industrial Revolution Internet Hunt] Use the links provided to answer the questions about 4 of the famous people associated with the Industrial Revolution: Henry Ford, Horatio Alger, The Wright Brothers, and Cornelius Vanderbilt

Lessons- Technology
Spreadsheet: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click the [|link] and scroll down to the graphing section at the bottom of the page. Students use the data provided to create 6 different graphs in a spreadsheet program. Topics for graphs include population growth line graph, rural/urban circle graph, immigration bar graph, manufacturing workers pictograph, tariff duty increases bar graph, and miles of railroad track line graph. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How to Create a Graph Help Page: [|Microsoft Excel]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Class PowerPoint Timeline <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assign each student one event or invention of the Industrial Revolution to research. Students will then create a PowerPoint slide with several sentences about their event. They can use [|Clip Art] or [|Pics4Learning] or [|Industrial Revolution Clip Art] to find a copyright free picture to accompany their information. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Suggested timeline for completing activity: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 1- In Lab- Students use Internet to research their assigned event or invention. They should find an appropriate picture for their topic and save it to the server. For homework, students compile their research into 4-5 sentences on the topic. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 2- In Lab- Students use a word processing program to type their sentences. Save the document to the server. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 3- In Classroom on one Computer- Students individually open their word processing document from the server and copy and paste the sentences into a PowerPoint slide. Then they insert their picture. I would suggest training the first student. Then each student trains the person after them.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Resources from Social Studies Alive
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> http://www.greatachievements.org/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> GreatAchievements.org explores the many inventions that were made in science and technology in the 20th century. From electricity and automobiles, through highways and households appliances, to the Internet and nuclear energy, you can learn about many 20th century developments.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Picturing the Century <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/galleries/galleries.html <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> “Picturing the Century,” from the National Archives, is a collection of photographs to represent the 20th century. The photographs are divided into eras, or periods of years, with each photograph capturing an important part American life at that time.