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Prior Knowledge

Students have learned about the Industrial Revolution previously. This is a culminating activity on 6 inventions.

Goals & Objectives

Students will be able to do independent research on their invention.

Students will collaborate in a group to make a presentation to the class.

Outcomes

Each role will have a specific visual aid to use in their presentation.

Historian-A collage showing the history of the times and how the invention changed society.

Designer-A labeled diagram explaining the design of the product.

Journalist-A concept web highlighting 5 fascinating facts about the invention.

Futurist-A timeline illustrating how the original invention evolved and its impact on the present day.

Certificate of Expertise

Curriculum Standards

Social Studies Standards Addressed

6.1	Social Studies Skills All students will utilize historical thinking, problem solving, and research skills to maximize their understanding of civics, history, geography, and economics.

6.3	World History All students will demonstrate knowledge of world history in order to understand life and events in the past and how they relate to the present and the future.

6.4	United States and New Jersey History All students will demonstrate knowledge of United States and New Jersey history in order to understand life and events in the past and how they relate to the present and future.

6.5	Economics All students will acquire an understanding of key economic principles.

Language Arts Standards Addressed

3.1	Reading All students will understand and apply the knowledge of sounds, letters, and words in written English to become independent and fluent readers, and will read a variety of materials and texts with fluency and comprehension.

3.2	Writing All students will write in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.

3.3	Speaking All students will speak in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.

3.4	Listening All students will listen actively to information from a variety of sources in a variety of situations.

3.5	Viewing and media literacy All students will access, view, evaluate, and respond to print, nonprint, and electronic texts and resources.

Technology Standards Address

8.1	Computer and information literacy All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

8.2	Technology Education All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and the environment.

Multiple Intelligences

Verbal/Linguistic- answering written questions, researching

Mathematical/Logical-planning the diagram and timeline

Visual-using the computer, researching

Bodily/Kinesthetic-constructing a diagram, model, timeline, collage

Interpersonal-working in a group, presenting to class

Intrapersonal-researching individually for his/her role

Learning Styles

Concrete Sequential- sequential instructions

Abstract Sequential-independent work

Concrete Random-group work

Abstract random-creative problem solving-collage, timeline, concept web

Bloom's Taxonomy

Students will have the opportunity to move up Bloom's Taxonomy. Students will recall previous learning of the Industrial Revolution. They will understand the directions and be able to apply what they have learned to their invention. They will analyze their information to see what will help them win an audition. They will evaluate their visual aid to try and get selected. As they work on their group presentation, they will put all of their parts together to form a complete presentation.

Sense and Meaning

Students will see how inventions from the past have actually made their lives easier today.

Transfer

Students will use prior knowledge from class about the Industrial Revolution to see how these inventions have impacted their lives today.