Lesson #2 The Transcontinental Railroad
De Bono
This lesson is to cover the importance of the transcontinental railroad. It ranges from talking about immigrants, working conditions, and the effects of the railroad.
Objectives:
Content/Knowledge:
1. Students will be able to analyze primary sources
2. Students will be able to describe the importance of the transcontinental railroad.
Process/Skills:
1. Students will be able to gather information on the creation of the railroad
2. Students will be able to determine the lasting effects of the railroad through reading accounts from the time
Values/Dispositions:
1. Students will be able to analyze primary sources to feel the excitement of this new cross country transportation
2. Students will be able to comprehend the hostility towards the new immigrants from Americans.
State – Illinois Learning Standards
18.C.4a Analyze major cultural exchanges of the past (e.g., Colombian exchange, the Silk Road, the Crusades)
15.D.4c Describe the impact of worker productivity (output per worker) on business, the worker and the consumer.
15.D.4c Describe the impact of worker productivity (output per worker) on business, the worker and the consumer.
15.D.4c Describe the impact of worker productivity (output per worker) on business, the worker and the consumer.
16.B.4 (US) Identify political ideas that have dominated United States historical eras (e.g., Federalist, Jacksonian, Progressivist, New Deal, New Conservative).
16.B.4 (US) Identify political ideas that have dominated United States historical eras (e.g., Federalist, Jacksonian, Progressivist, New Deal, New Conservative).
16.E.4b (US) Describe different and sometimes competing views, as substantiated by scientific fact, that people in North America have historically held towards the environment (e.g., private and public land ownership and use, resource use vs. preservation).
State – Common Core State Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.8 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claims.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
National – National Council for the Social Studies Standards
1a. Culture: Explore and describe similarities and differences in the ways groups, societies, and cultures address similar human needs and concerns
1b. Culture: give examples of how experiences may be interpreted differently by people from diverse cultural perspectives and frames of reference
Standard 2.d -- Identify and use various sources for reconstructing the past, such as documents, letters, diaries, maps, textbooks, photos and others.
National – National Standards for History
1a. Culture: Explore and describe similarities and differences in the ways groups, societies, and cultures address similar human needs and concerns
1b. Culture: give examples of how experiences may be interpreted differently by people from diverse cultural perspectives and frames of reference
Standard 2.d -- Identify and use various sources for reconstructing the past, such as documents, letters, diaries, maps, textbooks, photos and others.
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