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Government Response to Industrialization and Abuses Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plan

Government Response to Industrialization and Abuses Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plan

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I am proud to announce the addition of the “Government Response to Industrialization and Abuses” differentiated instruction lesson plan and revised PowerPoint! It follows the NYS 8th grade social studies curriculum. Below is a sneak peek of what is included.

Government Response to Industrialization and Abuses Differentiated Instruction Lesson

 

Table of Contents

  • Lesson Plan  (3-8)
  • 3 Ability Levels of Vocabulary Sheets (9-14)
  • Enriched Note Sheets (15-16)
  • Basic Note Sheets for Enriched PowerPoint  (17-19)
  • Basic Note Sheets for Basic PowerPoint  (20-22)
  • Enriched Economic Activity Sheet  (23)
  • Basic Economic Activity Sheet  (24)
  • Basic Economic Activity Answer Key  (25)
  • Activity Choice Sheet (26)
  • Rap and Dance Activity with Rubric (27-28)
  • News Article Activity with Rubric (29-31)

Grade: middle school

Title of Unit: Industrial Society in the 2nd Half of the 19thCentury

Title of Lesson: Government Response to Industrial Development and Abuses

1. Standards addressed in lesson: You will need to put your state standards here. (NY 4 and 5)

2. Concepts used in lesson: Economic Systems, Factors of Production, Government

3. Materials/supplies needed for lesson: computer, projector, and screen for PowerPoint, vocabulary sheets, note sheets, economic activity sheets, activity choice sheet, rap and dance and news article activity sheets, colors for newspaper drawing

4. Approximate length of lesson: 2 days

5. Multiple Intelligences: linguistic, logical, musical, spatial, kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal

6. Teaching Strategies Used: anticipatory set, group work, vocabulary taught before lesson, check for understanding, timer, processing time, partner review, concluding set

7. Background Information:

a. yesterday students…

b. Students already know… there are businesses in the US.

8. Essential vocabulary needed: (definitions are included)

(Day 1)

  • Capitalism:
  • Social Darwinism:
  • Laissez-faire:
  • Market Economy:
  • Regulation:
  • Command or Planned Economy:

(Day 2)

  • Mixed Economy:
  • Interstate Commerce:
  • Pooling:
  • Rebates:
  • Kickbacks:
  • Corporation:
  • Trust
  • Monopoly:

9. Essential Questions:

  • What is the difference between laissez-faire and regulation?
  • What type of government regulations were put into effect?
  • What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

10. Anticipatory Set: (Day 1: 12 minutes; Day 2: 16 minutes or less depending on if there was time left over the previous day to do this; if all vocabulary was done the day before just have the students review the vocabulary words for 5 minutes) There are three different ability levels of vocabulary sheets to differentiate instruction. The enriched version allows for more critical thinking by making the students write the definition in their own words. The average version has students filling in the blanks of the definitions. The basic version has the complete definition to allow them to read the definition and then work on step two, which is on all of the versions; write a sentence or draw a picture to show understanding of the vocabulary word. Day One’s activity is short which will allow you to have your students work on the vocabulary that will be used on day 2.

Enriched Version

Enriched Version

Average Version

Average Version

Basic Version

Basic Version

11. Notes: (25 minutes) In order to differentiate instruction there are different ability levels of note sheets. There is an enriched version of the note sheets that work with both of the PowerPoints. There are two basic versions of the note sheets that work with the basic PowerPoint and the enriched PowerPoint. Below are the notes that are in the “Government Response to Industrial Development and Abuses” PowerPoint.  (This preview only includes the headings of the PowerPoint and a view of four of the slides from the enriched version of the PowerPoint as well as pictures of the note sheets.) The different ability leveled note sheets allow some to do more critical thinking and others to focus on the content and then review with a partner after each slide is presented.This provides repetition for students who need it. The notes are separated into two days.

 

Government Response to Industrial Development and Abuses 

Day 1

  • Capitalism
  • Opposition to Capitalism (enriched only)
  • Laissez-faire vs. Regulation

Day 2

  • Interstate Commerce
  • Sherman Antitrust Act: Bigness as a Threat

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Capitalism Differentiated Instruction PowerPoint

Laissez-faire vs. Regulation Differentiated Instruction PowerPoint

Interstate Commerce Differentiated Instruction PowerPoint

Basic Note Sheets

Basic Note Sheets

Enriched Note Sheets

Enriched Note Sheets

12. Differentiated Instruction Activities:

Day 1: (15-20 minutes)The economic systems activity should be done after the laissez-faire vs. regulation slide of the PowerPoint.There are two different ability levels of the economic activity sheet to differentiate instruction. The enriched sheet allows for more critical thinking. The basic sheet is more for repetition and identification of the different types of economies.You can allow your students to work individually, with a partner or with a small group. You will need to make sure that if they are partnered or grouped, each member in the group has the same ability level sheet.

Left: Enriched/ Right: Basic

Left: Enriched/ Right: Basic

Day 2: (35-40 minutes)Use the activity choice sheet the day before you plan on doing the activity. Students will be allowed to choose to create either a rap and dance or a newspaper article. These options are based on the Multiple Intelligence Theory to differentiate instruction. The rap and dance must be done in a group. The newspaper article may be done individually, with a partner or in a group with no more than 4 people. Using the activity choice sheet the day before will allow you to run off enough copies of each activity and group appropriately. It is recommended you group using mixed ability levels.

It is important that you check the rap before the performance to make sure there is nothing vulgar in it. Sometimes students hear the word “rap” and immediately think they are on MTV and don’t think they will get in trouble for vulgarity even though it states in the activity that it will not be accepted.

Student Activity Choice Sheet

Student Activity Choice Sheet

Rap and Dance Activity with Rubric

Rap and Dance Activity with Rubric

News Article Activity with Rubric

News Article Activity with Rubric

13. Concluding Set: Answer the essential questions during a class discussion or have students write down their answers as a ticket out the door.

14. Evaluation: There is an answer key for the economic activity for the basic version. No answer sheet is available for the enriched version because answers will vary. There are rubrics for both the newspaper article and the rap and dance activities.

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How to Teach about Progressive Era Trusts using Differentiated Instruction

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How to Teach Progressive Era Trusts with Differentiated Instruction

Trusts are something that multiple companies or industries created and gave power over to a council to reduce competition and increase profits. During the Progressive Era trusts became a big political issue because of the corruption that was associated with the trusts. The federal government had to intervene and created a series of laws meant to help fix the situation. These are listed at a later section of this article with the content that is included in this Progressive Era: Trusts Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plan.

Teachers can differentiate instruction during their Progressive Era Trusts mini-lessons while they reinforce the content. I recommend presenting the content “traditionally” first. In other words, use the Logical and Linguistic Multiple Intelligences through the means of lecture. Then reintroduce it by using the other Multiple Intelligences like the Musical Multiple Intelligence, Spatial Multiple Intelligence, Interpersonal Multiple Intelligence, Intrapersonal Multiple Intelligence, and Kinesthetic Multiple Intelligence. For some examples of differentiated instruction using Multiple Intelligence in this manner click on the links of the content.

Not only can teachers use the Multiple Intelligence Theory to differentiate instruction but they can also use leveling or tiering. They can create two levels of their Progressive Era: Trusts mini-lesson. This is especially helpful for a co-teaching situation. The basic level should use simplified language and the enriched version should increase the level of vocabulary used as well as an increase in critical thinking exercises. Create two different note sheets for this type of mini-lesson that will help challenge both ability levels of students.

The following is a list of content that can be useful during a Progressive Era: Trusts differentiated instruction lesson plan:

  • Entrepreneur
  • Free Enterprise
  • Laissez-faire
  • Vertical Integration
  • Horizontal Integration
  • Trusts
  • Monopoly
  • United States Steel Corporation
  • Standard Oil
  • Northern Security Company
  • Grover Cleveland
  • Interstate Commerce Act
  • Sherman Antitrust Act
  • Teddy Roosevelt
  • trustbuster
  • Department of Commerce and Labor
  • Elkins Act
  • Hepburn Act
  • Taft
  • Federal Trade Commission Act
  • Clayton Antitrust Act
  • Wilson

There are other parts of a lesson plan besides the mini-lesson that delivers the content on the Progressive Era trusts. They are listed below. Follow the links to see how you can differentiate instruction for each part of this lesson plan. If they are not there now they will be soon!

  • 3 differentiated instruction levels of a Progressive Era: Trusts vocabulary work sheet.
  • 3 choices of differentiated instruction activities with rubrics and student choice sheet
  • 2 differentiated instruction flow chart graphic organizers
  • 1 paragraph writing assignment

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers many social studies differentiated instruction lesson plans like the Progressive Era: Trusts lesson plan above. If you are only interested in the Progressive Era: Trusts PowerPoint Mini-lesson you can click this link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Differentiated-Instruction-PowerPoint-Mini-Lesson-Trusts

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Where can you find a differentiated instruction lesson plan about trusts?

Differentiated Instruction Progressive Era Trusts Lesson Plan

Trusts during the Progressive Era were a large problem. There was much corruption through the use of trusts during the Progressive Era. The federal government stepped in to try to decrease the amount of corruption that was being done through the use of trusts. If you are looking for a social studies differentiated instruction lesson plan on Progressive Era Trusts then I have a fantastic recommendation for you. It includes:

  • 3 differentiated instruction levels of a Progressive Era: Trusts vocabulary work sheet.
  • 2 differentiated instruction levels of a Progressive Era: Trusts PowerPoint Mini-lesson that includes ideas for connecting to background knowledge, enrichment, and repetition. Differentiated Instruction Leveled PowerPoint mini-lessons are ideal for co-taught classrooms.
  • 2 differentiated instruction leveled note sheets that go along with the Progressive Era: Trusts PowerPoint mini-lesson.
  • An activity choice sheet for students to choose the MI activity they are interested in doing with the Progressive Era: Trusts content. It also allows them to choose how they would like to work (self, partner, or group).
  • 3 choices of differentiated instruction activities with rubrics that include a cartoon strip, talk show or a superhero story that offer the use of all 7 of Dr. Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. These should be used with mixed-ability grouping.
  • 2 differentiated instruction flow chart graphic organizers that chart the different measures made by the federal government against trusts.
  • 1 paragraph writing assignment

The content that is included in the differentiated instruction Progressive Era: Trusts lesson plan is as follows:

  • Entrepreneur
  • Free Enterprise
  • Laissez-faire
  • Vertical Integration
  • Horizontal Integration
  • Trusts
  • Monopoly
  • United States Steel Corporation
  • Standard Oil
  • Northern Security Company
  • Grover Cleveland
  • Interstate Commerce Act
  • Sherman Antitrust Act
  • Teddy Roosevelt
  • trustbuster
  • Department of Commerce and Labor
  • Elkins Act
  • Hepburn Act
  • Taft
  • Federal Trade Commission Act
  • Clayton Antitrust Act
  • Wilson

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers many differentiated instruction lesson plans like the Progressive Era: Trusts lesson plan above. If you are only interested in the Progressive Era: Trusts PowerPoint Mini-lesson you can click this link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Differentiated-Instruction-PowerPoint-Mini-Lesson-Trusts

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Kasha Mastrodomenico

http://www.socialstudiesdifferentiatedinstruction.com

kasha@socialstudiesdifferentiatedinstruction.com

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Epitaphs can be used to Differentiate Instruction!

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Differentiate Instruction with an Epitaph Activity

Epitaphs are not just cute to use around Halloween but can be a great way to allow students to use small pieces of content and critically think.

An epitaph is written on a gravestone. You might be surprised that epitaph activities can work in most subject areas. For instance, in Social Studies an epitaph can be used for a historical person. In Science, it could be for the extinction of a species. In math, a symbol like the division sign can be used. In Language Arts, a character from a book in a story might need an epitaph.

Epitaph activities use multiple intelligence learning styles. The following are used:

  • Spatial Multiple Intelligence Learning Style: decorating the grave stone to match the content
  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style: writing the epitaph
  • Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Styles: allow students to choose how they work on this; individually or with a partner

An epitaph activity can be used to differentiate instruction. Here are two ways you can differentiate instruction for an epitaph activity:

  • Multiple Intelligence Learning Styles: Teachers can give their students choices of activities that use different multiple intelligence learning styles and the same content.  http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers over 50 activity templates with rubrics to help teachers differentiate instruction quickly.
  • Leveling/Tiering/Scaffolding: Students with a lower ability level will often need more guidance. Teachers can list, in simple text, the content that needs to be used in the epitaph. They still need to use their critical thinking skills to come up with the epitaph. Teachers can also state exactly what decorations should be put on the gravestone. That way they only have to deal with how to draw it. You could also provide clip art, already cut out, that they could just paste on. It still works as a visual component. Students at a very high ability level could use humor or an emotion in the epitaph to increase the amount of critical thinking.

Teachers need to make sure that when they plan for differentiated instruction that each student is using the same content. They also must all be challenged at their own level with with their own multiple intelligence learning style.

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Differentiated Instruction Ideas for Drawing

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Differentiate Instruction with Drawing

Drawing is an oldie but a goody activity. Drawing a picture uses visualization. It interests those students with the visual learning style or those with the spatial multiple intelligence learning style.

Teachers can use drawing in all sections of a lesson . The following is an example of the type of lesson plan drawing can be incorporated into.

  • Anticipatory Set: Draw a picture of something you learned in class yesterday.
  • Vocabulary: Draw a picture that represents the vocabulary word according to its definition.
  • Mini-Lesson: Draw a picture next to each section of notes before moving onto the next section. You could even call students up to the board to create a storyboard to go over when you conclude the lesson.
  • Activity: Draw a tattoo someone might have created after living through (whatever event you wish) or a cartoon strip or a political cartoon.
  • Concluding Set: Go over the storyboard left of the board from the mini-lesson.

Teachers can add to the spatial multiple intelligence learning style to make the assignment more appealing for students who have different multiple intelligence learning styles. Here is an example of this:

  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style: Explain what the drawing is and how it relates to the content.
  • Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Styles: Allow students the option of working individually or with a partner.

Differentiating Instruction for drawing is possible. The following are two different ways to differentiate instruction for drawing.

  • Multiple Intelligence Learning Styles: Teachers can give their students options of activities that use different multiple intelligence learning styles and the same content.  http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers over 50 activity templates with rubrics to help teachers differentiate instruction quickly.
  • Leveling/Tiering/Scaffolding: Lower ability levels can draw what they are learning. This is a lower level critical thinking exercise because they are simply translating text to pictures. Middle ability levels can draw a comic strip. This uses a higher level of critical thinking because it uses humor as well as chronology. This also brings in the logical multiple intelligence learning style to the activity session. Higher ability level students could create a political cartoon. This uses an extremely high critical thinking level because not only do they have to use the content and humor they also need to take a side by deciding how they feel about the content.

Teachers need to make sure that they follow these two tips of advice when they are planning for differentiated instruction:

  • all students must use the same content
  • all students need to be challenged

Bringing in art such as drawing allows teachers to differentiate instruction in multiple ways.

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How can teachers use wanted posters as an activity?

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A wanted poster activity is good for a small amount of content. These are usually used for people in history or characters in a story but it can also be used in Science with a virus or math with a symbol. You can have students create it on paper or have them use a site like www.glassgiant.com/wanted. You could also give students a choice of how they want to complete the assignment as a form of differentiated instruction.

A wanted poster activity uses several different multiple intelligence learning styles.

  • The linguistic multiple intelligence learning style is used for writing the reason the historical figure, character, etc. is wanted.
  • The spatial multiple intelligence learning style is used to set the layout of the poster as well as the letter art used and of course the drawing of the character.
  • Wanted poster activities will work best using the intrapersonal multiple intelligence learning style, working individually or the interpersonal multiple intelligence learning style, working with a partner.

Differentiated instruction can be accomplished with a wanted poster activity. Teachers can offer other options to their students by creating up to three other activities using other multiple intelligence learning styles and the same content. Activity templates can help teachers differentiate instruction quickly and easily. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico is a great site that can help you differentiate instruction through the use of multiple intelligence learning styles. It offers over 50 multiple intelligence learning style activity templates that come with rubrics.

Wanted poster activities can be easily used to differentiate instruction and can be very useful to learn a small amount of content.

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How can teachers use crossword puzzles for activities?

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Use Crossword Puzzles to Differentiate Instruction

I’m sure we all remember filling in crossword puzzles in elementary school. Somewhere in middle school they became known as “busy work” and might have been done when you finished work early or when you had a substitute. By the time I landed in high school, crossword puzzles were too babyish to do.

I continued this decrease in crossword puzzle tradition when I started to teach. Recently my view has changed. I realized that if I switched the student from the person who fills out the crossword puzzle to the creator, a crossword puzzle might have more to offer secondary students. For one thing, more creative critical thinking can take place. As teachers we need to help our students get used to creating if we want future entrepreneurs in our society.

Creating crossword puzzles allows students to review facts and vocabulary. It also uses multiple intelligence learning styles. The following are used:

  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style: using language to write clues
  • Spatial Multiple Intelligence Learning Style: designing and creating the layout
  • Intrapersonal or Interpersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Styles: students may work as an individual or with a partner.

A crossword puzzle can be used to differentiate instruction in the classroom. Here are two ways to differentiate instruction while incorporating crossword puzzles:

  • Multiple Intelligence Learning Styles: Give students three other options of activities using other multiple intelligence learning styles and the same content. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers over 50 activity templates with rubrics to help teachers create activity options for their students.
  • Leveling/Tiering/Scaffolding: Provide two different levels of the assignment. Allow students on a lower ability level to use notes and the book to put the definitions in their own words as clues. For the higher ability levels, allow them to also use resources but instead of writing the definitions in their own words for their clues, they can make their clues more clever by using riddles.

Teachers need to make sure that when they differentiate instruction using levels, tiering or scaffolding that they are not just assigning extra work to the higher ability levels. Teachers need to make sure the activities challenge everyone.

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Kasha Mastrodomenico

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