Jeffrey+Wandrak's+Resource+File

My class is designed for 11th Graders American History Class. The Unit topic is the __Age of Industrialism__ that roughly spans from the end of Reconstruction to the Beginning of World War I. This includes several subtopics: First Industrial Revolution, Second Industrial Revolution, Taylorism and Mass Production, the Social Effects of the Industrial Revolution, Marxism, Imperialism, Romanticism, and Industrialism and Globalization. All of these topics interrelate to one another and the times and events are inextricably linked together and should be taught along side one another.

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__The Communist Manifesto__ by Friedrich Engles and Karl Marx (1360L) [] This is a rather high level and long piece but is broken up by short paragraphs. This would allow students to take selected passages in piece by piece in order to understand the ideas and major concepts behind Marxism.
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__We__ by Yevgeny Zamyatin(930L) **[]** This is the novel that the English class is using as part of my interdisciplinary Unit. I would use selected chapters that the students should be reading as part of their English assignment to have students draw connections between our work in Social Studies and the themes present int he story.

__The Jungle__ by Upton Sinclair (1170) [] Excerpts from this book will be used to detail the real life conditions of the chicago meat packing industry. This influential novel will be used to illustrate the need for the FDA and the role of government in consumer protection.

//The Tyranny of the Clock// by George Woodcock (1500L) [] The lexile level of this piece is the highest in the text selection but it does not strike me as being a difficult read. This text will be scaffolded and annotated with students to understand the authors premise. This will be used to highlight the impact that scientific management had on the contemporary conception of time.

__Heart of Darkness__ by Joseph Conrad (1050) [] This novella will have selections taken from it in order to aid students understanding of Imperialism and human nature. Students will understand that the justification for imperialism as civilizing "barbarian"cultures is itself barbaric and uncivilized.

//Crash Course World History// (The Industrial Revolution) [] //Crash Course U.S. History// (The Industrial Economy) [] These two videos are about 11 minutes a piece and are part of John Green's Crash Course series. They are humorous yet informative edutainment pieces about the Industrial Age. The World History video gives a great perspective on the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the world as a whole while the U.S. History video gives a more nuanced look at the specific ways that the Industrial Revolution shaped the United States. There are a lot more Crash Course videos dealing with The Industrial Age and students would be encouraged to check out the video series as well as Crash Course Science and Literature.
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//Globalization Handout// [] This handout is a good web resource for understanding the basics of Globalization. This handout also asks big questions about the process of globalization which the students may find helpful in writing the final paper on the Industrial Age.

//Industrial Revolution Timeline// [] This interactive timeline is an easy way to visually organize the time period that the Industrial Age encompasses. It begins a little earlier than the official dates of my Unit but still provides context for when influential inventions from both the First and Second Industrial revolutions were invented.

//Modern Times// (Scene) [] This film is on YouTube in it's entirety but this clip is by far the most iconic scene. This is a comedic look at Scientific Management and the feeling the industrial laborer had of being a "cog in a machine"

//Political Cartoon// (Worker Pyramid) [] This political cartoon is well known and will serve as a basis for students to make their own political cartoon about the current system of capitalism. It also is an ironic piece as it is really an advertisement.
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//Kahoot.it Quiz// [|https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/cb776fe8-4609-4203-b4eb-7455efca0953] ([|https://kahoot.it/#/]) This is a website designed as a quiz for students. I made the content as a demo but the quiz can be as long or as short as I want to make it. This can be a warm up activity or a review. I control the quiz from the computer while students would take the quiz on a tablet, computer, or phone/iPod touch.

//Globalization Programs BBC// [] This website is a portal to three different websites about globalization. One that examines the trend of popular music, one that describes how globalization makes the fast food industry possible, multinational corporations, and another that examines the growing trend of noise pollution.

//Lord of the Rings and Industrialization// (1210L) [] This is an interesting essay written by a fan of The Lord of the Rings about the influence of the Industrial Revolution on J.R.R. Tolkein. It is a good example of Romanticism in fiction and will help students to understand the historical and literary movement. It does not require prior knowledge of LOTR as all the details needed to understand are in the text.

//Risk// [] This is an online version of the classic board game Risk.This is a good example of Imperialism at work and will help transition students to the next Unit, World War I. Because all of the territory in the world was under control by 1900 and the next logical step in the Imperial system is for the great powers to fight one another.