Steam engines
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A lesson plan for Grade 8 Social Studies
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- Appropriate grades
- 8
- Subjects
- science (technology and innovation), social studies (United States history)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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The purpose of this lesson is to use the Internet to explore the Industrial Revolution. Students in middle school should acquire some knowledge of the Industrial Revolution in social studies, and from science and technology they should acquire a grasp of how steam engines and pumps work.
To appreciate the significance of these historical episodes, students must:
- know or at least be able to follow the science involved, and
- be able to grasp the main features of the prevailing view at the time.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 8
- Goal 3: The learner will identify key events and evaluate the impact of reform and expansion in North Carolina during the first half of the 19th century.
- Objective 3.08: Examine the impact of national events such as the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the War with Mexico, and the California Gold Rush, and technological advances on North Carolina.
