Mrs. Bousman's Social Studies Units
Industrial Revolution
The third unit of study for fifth grade includes the industrial revolution and the U.S. becoming a world power. Standard 5-3 states:
The student will demonstrate an understanding of major domestic and foreign developments that contributed
to the United States� becoming a world power. Students will explain how the Industrial Revolution was furthered by new
inventions and technologies, including new methods of mass production and transportation and
the invention of the light bulb, the telegraph, and the telephone. Students must also understand the effects of immigration and
urbanization on the American economy during the Industrial Revolution. Discussions of progressive reform will lead students to
understand how the US became a world power.
- Standard 5-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of major domestic and foreign developments that contributed
to the United States� becoming a world power.
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5-3.1 Explain how the Industrial Revolution was furthered by new inventions and technologies, including new methods of mass
production and transportation and the invention of the light bulb, the telegraph, and the telephone.
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5-3.2 Identify prominent inventors and scientists of the period and summarize their inventions or discoveries, including Thomas
Edison, Alexander Graham Bell,the Wright Brothers, and Albert Einstein.
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5-3.3 Explain the effects of immigration and urbanization on the American economy during the Industrial Revolution,
including the role of immigrants in the work force and the growth of cities, the shift from an agrarian to an industrial economy, and
the rise of big business.
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5-3.4 Summarize the significance of large-scale immigration and the contributions of immigrants to America in the early 1900s,
including the countries from which they came, the opportunities and resistance they faced when they arrived, and
the cultural and economic contributions they made to this nation.
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5-3.5 Explain how building cities and industries led to progressive reforms, including labor reforms,business reforms, and
Prohibition.
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5-3.6 Summarize actions by the United States that contributed to the rise of this nation as a world power, including
the annexation of new territory following the Spanish-American War and
the role played by the United States in the building of the Panama Canal and
in World War I.
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Know the definitions to the following vocabulary:
- industrialization
- overseers
- apprentice
- migrant workers
- mobilized
- textile industry
- Spinning Jenny
- Flying Shuttle
- Cotton Gin
- Steam Engine
- railroads
- canals
- black lung
- Bessemer process
- natural resources
- pesticides
- domestic work
- agrarian
- alliance
- allies
- annex
- culture
- domestic
- federation
- foreign
- immigrants
- imperialism
- industry
- invention
- inventor
- labor union
- mass production
- migration
- militarism
- military draft
- monopoly
- naturalization
- patriotism
- prejudice
- progressive reform
- strike
- technology
- transportation
- corporation
- shareholder
- sweatshop
- slum
- tenement
- reform
- assembly line
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Students and teachers utilize a new series published by Pearson Education, Inc.
It is called Social Studies Growth of a Nation by Scott Foresman. Our district purchased this textbook and many
extra materials for use in the classroom. As supplementary materials our fifth grade teachers use USA Studies Weekly, a
great newspaper for kids that highlights all our social studies standards in a "kid friendly" format. Teachers also use
many read aloud books to supplement. Some of the titles are:
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Coolies by Yin
- The Bobbin Girl by McCully
- Thomas Edison Biography
- Alexander Graham Bell Biography
- The Wright Brothers
- Albert Einstein Biography
- Coming to America by Maestro
- The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
- The Great Migration by Lawrence
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Enchanted Learning Site
This Website has interactive games and great information about inventors of this time period.
The American Presidency
This part of the Smithsonian Institution website gives timelines and information about the presidents, presidency, and many
links to interesting information for students, parents, and teachers alike. This site is especially beneficial during the
progressive movement.
- What is the difference between a capital resource and a human resource
- Which entrepreneur developed one of the biggest steel businesses in the U.S.?
- Name the first businesses in the U.S. to develop into large corporations?
- What type of business did Rockefeller monopolize?
- What two locations did the transcontinental railroad connect?
- What is a monopoly?
- What is a hub?
- What is a labor union?
- Why did most immigrants come to the U.S.?
- Describe the working conditions during the late 1800�s.
- What type of treatment did immigrants to the U.S. face?
- What was Ellis Island and which group of immigrants came through Ellis Island?
- What was Angel Island and which group of immigrants came through Angel Island?
- What types of problems did cities face during the Industrial Revolution?
- What inventions helped cities grow during the late 1800�s?
- What was the Great Migration?
- What were settlement houses?
- Describe a tenement house.
- What was the largest group of immigrants to come to the U.S.?
- What city did most African Americans settle in the north between 1915 and 1930?
- Make sure you know the following people and the contributions they made to our country.
- Thomas Edison
- Alexander Graham Bell
- The Wright Brothers
- Albert Einstein
- The American economy shifted from agrarian to industrial. Explain what it means to move from an agrarian economy
to an industrial economy.
- What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
- How did the transcontinental railroad affect economic growth and the growth of cities?
- Explain the cultural and economic contributions made by immigrants during the Industrial Revolution.
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