Grade 5 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 17, Lesson 1

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
America Will Be

Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 17, Lesson 1: Industrial Growth (pp. 422-425)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Change and Technology Inventions of the late 18th and early 19th centuries changed the way goods were produced and transported.

Draw attention to students' sneakers and ask them how they think they were made. Then begin discussing factories and why factories make goods cheaper and easier to make. Tell students that they will be reading about how factories changed the lives of people living in the United States during the Industrial Revolution. Before reading, have them make predictions about changes in the lives of workers, how the goods are shipped, and how the goods are made. Revise and add to them after reading.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Ask students to choose either the locomotive or the textile factory and explain how its invention changed the way things were done in America.
Have students illustrate a poster entitled "The Industrial Revolution."

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