English language Arts Standard: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
• The students will use several sources of information, in addition to an encyclopedia, in developing research reports
• The students will identify an appropriate format for sharing information with an intended audience
• The students will take research notes, using a note-taking process, with assistance
English language Arts Standard: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
• The students will compose, mechanically grade-appropriate texts for a variety of student-selected and teacher-selected purposes
• The students will write with voice to address varied purposes, topics, and audiences across the curriculum
• The students will organize writing effectively to communicate ideas to an intended audience
• The students will compose arguments to support points of view with relevant details from single and multiple texts
United States History Standard: Unit 7 The Industrial Revolution, Standard 1,4 and 5
The students will respond to hardships placed on working conditions for children.
The students will compare child labor of the late 1800's and today.
The students will examine pictures of people doing different jobs in the late 1800's.
The students will present findings a a photo collage or news report.