Social Studies - 6th Grade
Lesson Plans

Standard 3

Students will understand how revolutions have had an impact on the modern world.

Objective 2

Analyze the impact of selected revolutions.

• Industrial Revolution
  In this lesson, students will come to understand how the Industrial Revolution impacted individuals. They will examine how the change from shop or cottage industry to the factory affected people, how the railroad affected individuals, and how some of the inventions of the Industrial Revolution changed individual lives.
• Newspaper Lesson Plan
  This lesson helps students create a newspaper that will demonstrate their understanding of the processes of revolution, representative people in a revolution, winners and losers in a revolution, and the impact on the future. This lesson plan integrates social studies, language arts, art, and technology. Teachers can determine how expansive this task will be. What is essential to the assignment is that students demonstrate an understanding of the standard.
• Revolution Jigsaw Lesson
  In small groups, students will research various revolutions, and will then teach other groups about their selected revolution.
• Revolutionary Characteristics
  Students will use quotes from revolutionaries of various revolutions to come up with a general list of adjectives/descriptors for revolutionaries.
• The Reformation
  The Religious Reformation in Europe allowed for the spread of new ideas in both science and religion.
• The Scientific Revolution
  During the Renaissance, many astute thinkers began to question long-held beliefs. This questioning led to the Scientific Revolution, which in turn led to the establishment of many scientific fields in use today.
• Wax Museum
  Students will pick a famous person from a revolution and research about that person from several different sources. The student will then need to complete a worksheet that examines the essential questions for this standard. The student will then create a 2 to 3 minute script about the history of this person. The student will then create a background, dress up in time period clothing and present the information to the class.

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