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Standard 5-3.1

5-3.1 Explain how the Industrial Revolution was furthered by new inventions and technologies, including new methods of mass production and transportation and the invention of the light bulb, the telegraph, and the telephone.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

“Inspiring Inventions!” (Design)
“Inspiring Inventions!” (Design)

Lesson

This lesson falls into the second nine weeks of school, after the study of Westward Expansion. This design project will lead to a new unit that focuses on the Industrial Revolution. Collaborating in...

Inventions Family Tree
Inventions Family Tree

Lesson

Students choose a "patriarch" invention, research its "offspring", and create a family tree showing how it changed and improved lives.