Unit 3: Industry and Progress

How industrialization changed and shaped ideals

How technological changes and innovations shaped who has access to resources and money

How industrialization shaped competition and power dynamics

How industrialization shaped the race to resources and colonialism/beginnings of imperialism

MW.His.5.a. Analyze how industrialization gave rise to new ideals and their related policies
(e.g., laissez-faire, communism, feminism, socialism, utilitarianism, utopianism).
MW.His.14.a. Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of industrialization (e.g.,
geographic features, technological innovations, access to capital, exploitative
foreign policies and impact on native populations, environmental degradation,
population trends, labor standards).
MW.Geo.4.a. Analyze the relationships and interactions between growing industry and physical
systems to explain reciprocal influences that occur among them (e.g., air
pollution, hydropower, mining, dredging).
MW.Geo.10.a. Evaluate how the cultural and environmental changes caused by industrialization
influenced spatial patterns of trade and land use (e.g., Enclosure Movement,
Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company, Treaty of Amity and Commerce, Suez
Canal).
MW.Eco.4.a. Evaluate the extent to which competition for access to resources existed during
industrialization (e.g., Chinese tea, silk, and porcelain; South African gold, salt,
and ivory; Indian spices and jewels).
MW.His.14.b. Analyze how the Industrial Revolution impacted the balance of power among
nations (e.g., Opium Wars, Sino-Japanese relations prior to and post the Meiji
Reformation, Crimean War, Zulu War, Mahdist War, Anglo-German naval arms
race, Scramble for Africa).

Recommended but not limited too

Graphic Organizers

Projects and Essays 

Map Projects

Analyzing primary and secondary documents

Reading Comprehension