Unit Title:

ACISD Lesson Plan

Unit 1 Growing Pains Gilded Age 1877-1898 Week Two

Academic
Vocabulary:

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Industrialization, big business, Bessemer Steel Process, entrepreneur, free enterprise, Captains of
Industry, Robber Barons, Labor Unions, Dawes Act, Tammany Hall, Boss Tweed, urbanization

Focus TEKS/TPO/
Guiding Questions
TEKS# US.3B
We will analyze
economic issues
stemming from the
change from an
agriculture to an
industrial society

TEKS
What were the positives and
negative consequences of
industrialization in the late
19th century?

Resources
Youtube and Mr.
Job.

TEKS# US.3B; US.3A

We will examine the

economic issues
stemming from
industrialization
I will share 1 effect for
each economic issue

Warm up: Steve Jobs and the Introduction of

the Iphone.
Activity: Create graphic organizer
DATE DUE: August 29th
Questions: What were five cause of the
Industrial Revolution?

I will share 3 causes

of the Industrial
Revolution by the end
of the 19th century
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Instruction/ Direct Teach/ Activity

What contributions to
American Society were made
by business leaders such as
Andrew Carnegie and others
referred to as Robber
Barons.

Warm up: Political Cartoon analysis

Primary source
analysis: Gospel
of Wealth

Direct Teach: Responses to industrialization

Debate:
It will be a great mistake for the community to
shoot the millionaires, for they are the bees
that make the most honey, and contribute
the most to the hive even after they have
gorged themselves full. (Graded)
DATE DUE: AUGUST 30th

Questions: How did society react to

government intervention to the economic
problems during industrialization?

TEKS# US.3C
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We will examine the
social issues
stemming from
industrialization

How did workers and

immigrants respond to rise of
large industry?

Warm up: Lewis Hines and Tenement NYC

Primary Source
Analysis

Activity: Construct of graphic organizer

examining the positives and negatives of
industrial growth by the end of the 19th
century.

I will share 2 effects

of each social issue

TEKS# US.3C
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We will examine the
social issues
stemming from
industrialization

Questions: How did industrialization affect

society?

What was daily life like for

women, children, and
immigrants living in urban
areas of the United States in
the late 19th century?

Intersection of the
Great
Gatsby/Horatio
Alger and Lewis
Hine

TEKS# US.3A
We will analyze the
political issues of
industrialization
I will share 2 ways the
US population reacted
to the problems
stemming from
industrialization

Warm up: Primary source analysis

Direct Teach: Social impacts of
industrialization and the altering of the
American Dream.
Activity: Interdisciplinary response with
English Grade 11

I will share 2 effects

of each social issue

Direct Teach: Social impacts of

industrialization

Questions: How did industrialization affect

society?

Analyze how the Industrial

Revolution affected political
structures in the United States
by the end of the 19th century.

Populism reading
and The Rise of
the Political
Machine

Warm up: Thomas Nast Illustrations

Direct Teach: Political issues stemming from
industrialization
Activity: Think, Pair, Share
Questions: What did society do in order to
combat the problems stemming from
industrialization?

DATE DUE: September 2nda

Writing Critically: How did society respond to
the way the government reacted to the
problems associated with industrialization?