Sarah A. Huett U.S. History Lesson Plan T.I.S.D.

TEKS Lesson Plan/Unit Plan

Texarkana Independent School District

Teacher: Sarah A. Huett Subject/Course: U.S. History
Grade(s): Grade 11 Time frame: 45 minutes or less

Re-Teach Lesson Plan Number: 19

Topic/Process: TAKS Review: Science, Technology and Society

Textbook: Throughout Textbook

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): US22 A-C, US23 A-B

(22)Science, technology, and society. The student understands the impact of science and technology on the economic development of the United States. The student is expected to:

(A)explain the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations such as electric power, the telegraph and telephone, petroleum-based products, medical vaccinations, and computers on the development of the United States;

(B)explain how scientific discoveries and technological innovations such as those in agriculture, the military, and medicine resulted from specific needs; and

(C)analyze the impact of technological innovations on the nature of work, the American labor movement, and businesses.

(23)Science, technology, and society. The student understands the influence of scientific discoveries and technological innovations on daily life in the United States. The student is expected to:

(A)analyze how scientific discoveries and technological innovations, including those in transportation and communication, have changed the standard of living in the United States; and

(B)explain how technological innovations in areas such as space exploration have led to other innovations that affect daily life and the standard of living.

TAKS: US22 A & C, US23 A

(22)Science, technology, and society. The student understands the impact of science and technology on the economic development of the United States. The student is expected to:

(A)explain the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations such as electric power, the telegraph and telephone, petroleum-based products, medical vaccinations, and computers on the development of the United States;

(C)analyze the impact of technological innovations on the nature of work, the American labor movement, and businesses.

(23)Science, technology, and society. The student understands the influence of scientific discoveries and technological innovations on daily life in the United States. The student is expected to:

(A)analyze how scientific discoveries and technological innovations, including those in transportation and communication, have changed the standard of living in the United States; and

Concepts / Enduring Understandings/Generalizations/Principles
The student will understand that
Technology / Technology may lead to social, economic and political changes. Technology often results in industrialization and economic growth.

Sequence of Activities (Instructional Strategies):

1. Review with students how inventions affect society.

2. Activity: Create a matching game that has 4 cards per invention: invention name, date, immediate impact on society, long-term impact on society. Divide students

into pairs. Give each pair a Ziploc bag with all the pieces mixed up. Have

students race to see what team can match all the correct pieces first.

After you have finished, briefly go over the answers aloud as a class and discuss

any problem areas the students may have had.

Questions to Consider in Lesson:

1) How did the invention of ______affect peoples work? People’s home

life? People’s ability to communicate? Our environment?

Assessment of Activities:

Classroom Observation

Classroom Discussion

Prerequisite Skills:

Key Vocabulary:

Includes, but not limited to: electric power, telegraph, telephone, steam engine, computers, airplanes, assembly line, automobile, machine guns, tanks, atomic weapons, light bulb, printing press, reaper, cotton gin, barbed wire, factory system,

Internet, radio, motion pictures

Materials/Resources Needed:

Copies of game

Modifications: Allow students to have extended time to complete activities. Follow all modifications on students IEP.

Differentiated Instruction: Have students choose the 19th or 20th century invention that they deem most important. Why did they choose this invention? How would their lives be different had this never been invented?

Teacher Notes:

Sample Test Questions:

1. The technology of the Industrial Revolution led to-

A. more people working at home

B. creation of the factory system

C. more work for skilled artisans

D. a slower pace of work

2. Which of the following is a result of automation?

A. fewer jobs

B. greater productivity

C. increased profits

D. all of the above

Project developed and delivered through a Collaborative Research Grant between Texarkana Independent School District and TAMU-T Regents’ Initiative.