Story of the World Vol 4- Chapter 1-2 Quiz

I wanted to share a handout for chapters one and two of Story of the World Volume 4: Modern Times.  This could be used across multiple grade levels as a quiz, group activity or assessment tool.

Happy Learning!

The Industrial Revolution

For the past couple of weeks, we have been talking about the idea of revolution.   I began the chapter by playing the Beatle's hit while the kids brainstormed their ideas about the meaning of the word revolution.  The following are some of their responses: 

• war
• change things
• a circular path 
• a planet's orbit about the sun
• social change
• protest 

As you can see, they were not too far off!  From here, we built on our discussion about the changes in agricultural techniques that moved Britain and other European countries forward.  They noticed that in the early 1700's most people still worked at home, however, by the mid 1800's people began "going to work" often in factories.  The rural farmers and craftsmen could not compete with factory made products.  They often had to sell their products for considerably less.  Eventually, these rural workers had to make the shift to factory work themselves if they were to have any hope of providing for their families.  

Our 2nd grader created a wordle highlighting the main inventions of the First Industrial Revolution while our 3rd and 5th graders updated our Dipity timeline.

 

Early Modern HIstory on Dipity.

We discussed the four main factors that brought about the Second Industrial Revolution:

1. coal mining
2. a canal system
3. capital
4. cheap labor

From here a great activity would be to compare and contrast life in the 1700's to life in the 1800's.  You could create a Wallwisher to post stickies or use and online whiteboard, like Dabbleboard, to create a t-chart.  To conclude, our fifth grader realized that progress often comes at a price.  She wrote a reflection on the exploitation of children during the mid-1800's.  We rounded out our chapter by watching the BrainPop movie on the Industrial Revolution.

Peter the Great Wordle

We have recently studied Peter the Great for early modern history.  As a review, the kids used their notes to create a wordle highlighting his life acheivements.

Wordles are a great way to review, assess and just have fun with the material you are studying.

Resources for the Salem Witch Trials

Here are a collection of resources to use with the Salem Witch Trials during your study of Colonial America.

Resources:

Discovery School- Salem Witch Trials

Witch of Blackbird Pond Study Guide

National Geographic Kids- Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Museum

Moghul India Wordle

Today, we used a wordle activity to assess what the kids learned during our unit on Moghul India.  First, I asked review questions and we add the answers to our wordle.  After creating the wordle, they shaded the facts that went with each emperor according to the following color chart.

Jahangir: red

Shah Jahan: blue

Aurangzeb: green

Facts about India: yellow