Industrial Revolution Activities

Click on the following link to read about 3 giants of the early Industrial Revolution:  Information

Make sure you take good notes because you will have some activities to complete.  Click on the following link to go to the activities page:  Activities

Industrial Revolution

Today, we will begin our unit on the First Industrial Revolution by researching inventions and inventors.  If you are not at school today, go to the following site to find the chart to copy and complete:  Inventions and Inventors of the Industrial Revolution Chart

When finished, watch the following video
clip about the industrial revolution:

http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/videos#the-industrial-revolition

Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny was a 19th century American belief that it was the God-given right of Americans to expand the country as far in every direction as possible.  Driven by political, religious, and economic incentives, the United States would reach the Pacific Ocean. 

Today, you will complete a Westward Expansion map using the animated map below.

Animated Map
When you finish map and turn it in, go to
50 states game
If you score lower than 44/50, play again!

 

Andrew Jackson Evaluation

Today, using the chart you completed for Andrew Jackson's Presidency, you will evaluate his presidency by answering the following question:  "Was the Presidency of Andrew Jackson beneficial or harmful to the American people?".
Remember that although this is not a formal essay, you still need to provide examples, facts, and details to support your answer.

Explore the following examples from your chart before answering:

The Spoils System
The Kitchen Cabinet
Jackson's veto of the Second Bank of the United States
The Indian Removal Act
Worcester v. Georgia

Hero or Villan

If you were absent today, click on the following link to watch the video we saw in class today.  Watch 30 minutes, write 5 things you learned about Andrew Jackson as a young man, then draw a picture of Jackson depicting what he may have been like before becoming a politician.

Andrew Jackson: Hero or Villan?

The Age of Jackson

Today we will complete vocabulary for the "Age of Jackson".  The assignment will be due Wednesday at the beginning of the period.  If you do not finish today, you may check out a book, or simply use your computer at home to "google" helpful sites.

You can find the following words, people, and terms in your textbook from pages 374-384

nominating conventions
spoils system
kitchen cabinet
states' rights
nullification crisis
Andrew Jackson
Democratic Party
John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren
Tariff of Abominations
Daniel Webster
McCulloch v. Maryland
Whig Party
Panic of 1837
William Henry Harrison
Black Hawk
Indian Removal Act
Indian Territory
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Sequoya
John Ross
Worcester v. Georgia
Trail of Tears
Osceola

Technology Survey

Click on the following link to fill out the district technology survey:  Technology Survey

When you are finished, read the article you were given.  We will have an activity and there is a packet to complete- due Monday, beginning of the period.