Compelling Question: Was Grit the Secret Sauce that Fueled the Industrial Revolution ?
Expanded NCSS C3 Inquiry Unit Plan:
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Unit PowerPoint Presentation: This PowerPoint Connects the Lessons Below and Drives the Unit Plan
Lesson One: (Setting the Stage-Story) What is grit and how is it connected to success in life?
Created by: Mary Azemi and Rachael Gersten
Lesson Two: (Setting the Stage Story) What is the relationship of passion for a goal to perseverance?
Created by: Lauren Iamascia and Catie Mae Racioppi
Lesson Three: (Google Earth Bus Tour) Was geography the secret sauce in the Industrial Revolution?
Created by: Dan Robbins and Jaclyn Scorce
Lesson Four: (Listen and Retell) What challenges did inventors Henry Ford, Nicholas Tesla, and Thomas Edison face?
Created by: Leah Dwyer and Amanda Miglione
Lesson Five: (Read and Retell) What challenges did entrepreneurs, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and Milton Hershey, face?
Created by: Deniz Goksen and Sarah Kirkup
Lesson Six: (History Alive--Shark Tank) What Would It Have Been Like to Experience the Struggles Faced by the Inventors and Entrepreneurs of the Industrial Revolution?
Created by: Caroline Nickels and Jerry Redondo
Lesson Seven: (SCIM_C) Was the information that we have learned about the inventors and entrepreneurs both accurate and unbiased?
Created by: Dan Savarino and Mary Stephani
Lesson Eight: (History Mystery) Based on a series of documents presented in a history mystery, can we make an informed decision on the compelling question based on sound evidence?
Created by: Melissa Torre and Belen Walston
Lesson Nine: (TDFC) How can we express our best thinking and strongest arguments in meeting the challenge in answering the compelling question?
Created by: Joelly Quezada and Jill Guizzo
Lesson Ten: (Informed Action) How can we connect our study of Grit in the Industrial Revolution to our lives today?
Created by: Jennifer Wynne
Summative Assessment:
Final DBQ for the Unit