Day 1
In Class: Review anything from Westward Expansion and the Oregon Trail Game! Did you die of Dysentery? I prefer cholera... Introduce the Age of Reform. What is reform? Why do we reform things? What needed reform in the 1820s-1850s?
HW: None!
Day 2 and Day 3
In Class: Technology in the mid 19th century... THEN... American Progress!
- What does industry mean?
- What were two effects of Elias Howe’s sewing machine & how does this still impact us today?
- How did McCormick & Deere’s inventions revolutionize farming? How are we still living in that world today. How is farming today affected by their inventions?
- How has photography changed history?
- After reading about these inventions, what inventions or innovations do we have today that remind you of the inventions/innovations from back then?
- After reading all of the information about the Second Industrial Revolution, how do we live in a “Second Industrial Revolution” world?
HW: None!
