All of our programs have been reviewed to ensure their relevance to state and national standards. (See Education Program descriptions.)
The Industrial Revolution: A Self-Guided Tour
History and Social Science Learning Standards:
Growth of the United States to 1820 5.34: Identify the diverging economic issues that contributed to the onset of the Civil War.
USI 26: Explain the importance of the Transportation Revolution of the 19th century (the building of canals, railroads), including the stimulus it provided to the growth of a market economy.
USI 27: Explain the emergence and impact of the textile industry in New England and industrial growth generally throughout antebellum American.
USI 28: Describe the rapid growth of slavery in the South after 1800, the impact of the cotton gin on the economics of slavery and Southern agriculture.
USII 1 Explain the various causes of the Industrial Revolution
USII 2 Explain the important consequences of the Industrial Revolution
English/Language Arts Learning Standards
1.3 Apply understanding of agreed-upon rules and individual roles in order to make decisions.
9.5 Relate a literary work to artifacts, artistic creations, or historical sites of the period of its setting.
Science and Technology/Engineering Learning Standards
Manufacturing Technologies Learning Standards 4.1: Describe and explain the manufacturing systems of custom and mass production.
4.2 Explain and give examples of impacts of interchangeable parts, components of mass-produced products, and the use of automation.
Physical Sciences (Chemistry and Physics)
Forms of Energy 4 Identify the basic forms of energy. Recognize that energy is the ability to cause motion or create change. 5 Give examples of how energy can be transferred from one form to another.
Life Science (Biology) Ecology 6.4 Analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from natural causes, changes in climate, human activity, or introduction of non-native species.
Changes in Ecosystems Over Time 17 Identify ways in which ecosystems have changed throughout geologic time in response to physical conditions, interactions among organisms, and actions of humans.
