History: The Industrial Revolution

Row 1

ROLE
(Student)
Factory worker

AUDIENCE

FORMAT

TOPIC

Future generations

Letter

You are telling your future

generations what it was
like to work in a factory
during the Industrial
Revolution, and how hard it
was, how many hours you
had to work, and how you
were treated.

Row 2

Railroad

Friends

Short story

You are a railroad, and

your friends do not believe
that you were impactful
during the Industrial
Revolution. You will write
them a short story telling
why you were so impactful
after the Civil War.

Row 3

Telephone

Fellow contestants

Poem

You are a contestant with

all other electronic devices
competing on telling the
best story on how you were
invented.

Task Card
History: The Industrial Revolution
Objective:
You will be able to describe how it would be to work in a factory during the
Industrial Revolution
Student role:
Factory worker
Audience:
Future generations
Format:
A letter
Topic:
You are telling your future generations what it was like to work in a factory during
the Industrial Revolution, and how hard it was, how many hours you had to work,
and how you were treated.
Directions:
1. Visit
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/IndustrialRevolution/workingconditions.
htm#.VF7gMPTF9aw to learn more about working in factories.
2. Use a web to map out your letter
3. Write a letter

Resources:
Websites to visit:
About the Industrial Revolution
http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
About the Industrial Revolution
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Industrial_Revolution.
html
Working Conditions
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/IndustrialRevolution/workingconditions.htm#.V
F7gMPTF9aw
Working conditions
http://webs.bcp.org/sites/vcleary/ModernWorldHistoryTextbook/IndustrialRevol
ution/IREffects.html
Writing a letter

http://www.goodletterwriting.com/how-to-write-a-letter.html
Assessment:
You will be graded on your web and your letter. This is a 75-point assignment. 25
points will be for your web and 50 will be for your letter.

Task Card
History: The Industrial Revolution
Objective:
You will be able to explain the impact of the railroads after the Civil War
Student Role:
Railroad
Audience:
Friends
Format:
Short story
Topic:
You are a railroad, and your friends do not believe that you were impactful during
the Industrial Revolution. You will write them a short story telling why you were so
impactful after the Civil War.
Directions:
1. View http://www.ushistory.org/us/25b.asp to learn about the railroads
2. Create an outline for your story
3. Create your story
Resources:
Industrial Revolution
http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
Industrial Revolution
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Industrial_Revolution.
html
Railroad
http://www.ushistory.org/us/25b.asp
Railroad
http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/eme/17/FC112
Writing a short story
http://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-short-stories.html
Assessment:
You will be graded on your outline and your story. This assignment is worth 75
points. 25 points will be for the outline and 50 points will be for the story.

Task Card
History: The Industrial Revolution
Objective:
You will be able to retell how the first phone call happened
Student Role:
Telephone
Audience:
Contestants
Format:
Poem
Topic:
You are a contestant with all other electronic devices competing on telling the best
story on how you were invented.
Directions:
1. View
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/firstphonecall.htm
to lean about the first phone call
2. Make a bullet point outline of the main points of your poem
3. Create your poem
4. Type it on the computer and print it out
Resources:
Industrial Revolution
http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
Industrial Revolution
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Industrial_Revolution.
html
Telephone
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/firstphonecall.htm
Telephone
http://www.history.com/speeches/first-telephone-call-sent-around-theworld#first-telephone-call-sent-around-the-world
Writing a poem
http://www.atticacsd.org/webpages/csholts/teacherpages.cfm?subpage=1277246