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Response of labor to Industrialization differentiated instruction lesson plan for middle school social studies

The Response of Labor to Industrialization Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plan and Revised PowerPoint is now available at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico! I specialize in middle school social studies differentiated instruction. This lesson plan focuses on the NYS 8th grade social studies curriculum and standards.

The following are the essential questions used in the Response of Labor to Industrialization differentiated instruction lesson plan:

Who entered the workforce and what kind of work did they do?
How did the roles of workers change?
What are unions and how did they work for improvements in the work place?
What were the results that the unions achieved?

This differentiated instruction lesson plans starts off with the essential vocabulary as the anticipatory set and includes the following vocabulary words: industrialization, anarchist, labor union, strike, boycotts, closed shop, and yellow-dog contract. There are three different ability levels of vocabulary sheets. 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.

There are two different ability levels of the PowerPoint to differentiate instruction; enriched and basic. There is an enriched note sheet that can be used with both PowerPoints. There is also a basic note sheet for each of the PowerPoints. Below are the notes that are in “The Response of Labor to Industrialization” PowerPoint. (Only headings are shown in the preview below.) 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. Choose the level that will work the best for your students or if you have a co-teacher you can parallel teach and use both of them.

The Response of Labor to Industrialization

Industrialization Created a Larger Workforce and Complex Work
Working Conditions Changed and Placed Hardships on the Workers (3 slides)
Roots of Modern Labor Unionism (6 slides)
Labor as a Reform Movement in Other Aspects of Society

(Above) Basic Note Sheets

(Above) Enriched Note Sheets

The activity allows students to choose how they work; individual, partners or groups of four. Make sure that all students work in mixed ability levels unless they are working individually. If you allow lower level students to work individually, you will need to guide them more.The students will create 3 metaphors based on the notes that were provided. These metaphors will summarize the content. Each group should have their own activity sheet to work from. There is a rubric to help you grade. This activity does not use differentiated instruction.

For the concluding set students will answer the essential questions during a class discussion or have your students write the answers as a ticket out the door.

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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.

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 2^nd Half of the 19^thCentury

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

Average 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

Basic 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

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

Rap and Dance 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.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers this differentiated instruction lesson plan (soon) and much more. Our site specializes in middle school social studies differentiated instruction. Check out what we offer by visiting our site!

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“The Presidency of Lincoln” differentiated instruction lesson plan!

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http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico continues to create quality social studies differentiated instruction lesson plans as the year goes on. My newest one is “The Presidency of Lincoln“. It is based on the 7th grade NYS social studies curriculum and standards. Below shows what is included in it.

The Presidency of Lincoln Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plan

This social studies differentiated instruction lesson plan includes:

Lesson Plan
There are three different ability levels of vocabulary sheets. 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.

There are two ability levels of the same PowerPoint. There is an enriched note sheet that goes with both the enriched version and the basic version of the PowerPoint. There are two basic level note sheets; one for the basic version and one for the enriched version of the PowerPoint. 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. You can use parallel teaching if a co-teacher is available and split the class or you will need to decide which PowerPoint will benefit the majority of your students for each class.

Basic Ability Level Note Sheets

There are two primary source or document based question (DBQ) activities. The first is on the Gettysburg Address. The second is on the Emancipation Proclamation. There are two levels of each primary source; basic and enriched. The basic version simplifies the documents and breaks it up into manageable sections. The enriched version allows for more critical thinking. You can have students work in similar ability pairs, groups or individually. You can do this activity either during the PowerPoint when you get to the documents used or you can wait until the mini-lesson is over and do it as a full activity session.

Differentiated Instruction on the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation

The Presidency of Lincoln differentiated instruction lesson plan also comes with a Leveled PowerPoint mini-lesson (Basic and Enriched versions). It includes the following content:

Vocabulary
Essential questions
Personal Leadership
Gettysburg Address
Opposition
Emancipation Proclamation
Assassination

Presidency of Lincoln PowerPoint

Personal Leadership Slide in the Presidency of Lincoln PowerPoint

Gettysburg Address in the Presidency of Lincoln PowerPoint

Assassination Slide in the Presidency of Lincoln PowerPoint

To find out where you can find the “Presidency of Lincoln” differentiated instruction lesson plan and PowerPoint, click here.

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What should be included in a War of 1812 social studies lesson plan for the Battle of Detroit?

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War of 1812 Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plan

The Battle of Detroit was one of the first battles in the War of 1812. When teaching a social studies lesson plan on the War of 1812 and the Battle of Detroit, information has to be simplified for some students yet enriched for others to accomplish the ideal differentiated instruction goal. One way a teacher can differentiate instruction is to develop two different slides for the Battle of Detroit. If a co-teacher is available, allow them to teach one part of the class and the core teacher should teach the other. Create 2-3 different note sheets to help different ability levels. If a co-teacher isn’t available allow advanced students or students who already know what the Battle of Detroit is to read and take notes on their own ability level while you teach the rest of the class. Another option is to allow one section to view their level of the PowerPoint slides on their own using an in class computer or at home if given as homework. For more information on how to differentiate instruction for a War of 1812 social studies lesson plan, click here.

How can you put the Battle of Detroit into note form?

Below are two different versions of notes for the Battle of Detroit which is part of my War of 1812 social studies lesson plan.

Enriched:

Hull was ordered to invade Canada. To get ahead, he sent sick soldiers, heavy guns & official papers there. He didn’t know that the war had started. The boat was captured at Fort Malden. Britain now knew his plans.
Hull attacked Fort Malden on August 6 and 2 days later retreated across the Detroit River because Fort Mackinac fell and more British reinforcements were coming.
Hull sent 350-400 men to find a supply route that didn’t pass Fort Malden.
The British counterattacked and asked for Hull’s surrender which stated the British couldn’t control his Indians when the battle started. Hull refused and sent his militia to guard the town in case of an Indian attack. He left the river unguarded.
700 Indians with Tecumseh & 700 British regulars crossed Detroit River.
Artillery killed 4 US officers. Hull raised the white flag and surrendered.
The British captured: 1,600 Ohio volunteers but later released, 582 American regulars, 33 cannons, 2,500 muskets and, the brig Adams (soon renamed Detroit).
The British suffered no casualties.
Hull and the regulars were taken to Quebec as POW’s.
Hull was court-martialed & sentenced to death, later pardoned by President Madison.

Basic Version:

Hull attacked Fort Malden on August 6 and 2 days later retreated across the Detroit River because Fort Mackinac fell and more British reinforcements were coming.
The British counterattacked and asked for Hull’s surrender because the British couldn’t control the Indians when the battle started. Hull didn’t and sent his militia to guard the town in case of an Indian attack. He left the river unguarded.
700 Indians with Tecumseh & 700 British crossed Detroit River.
Artillery killed 4 US officers. Hull raised the white flag and surrendered.

Not going into as much detail allows the students that are receiving the basic version of notes time for repetition of the content. The enriched students should use more critical thinking skills. To differentiate instruction more, a teacher can bring in different learning styles or multiple intelligences for the repetition and critical thinking.

Other events in the War of 1812 that should be included in a social studies lesson plan on the War of 1812 are:

Fort Mackinac
Battle of Detroit
Constitution vs. Guerrire
Battle of Frenchtown
Battle of York
Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of Thames
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Burning of Washington D.C.
Battle of Plattsburgh
Battle of Baltimore
Hartford Convention
Treaty of Ghent
Battle of New Orleans

This information can be seen in a differentiated instruction social studies lesson plan PowerPoint found at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/War-of-1812-Differentiated-Instruction-PowerPoint-553613. The lesson plan can be found at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/War-of-1812-Differentiated-Instruction-Lesson-Plan-553618.

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How can I differentiate instruction to teach about Horizontal and Vertical Integration?

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Differentiate Instruction to Teach Vertical Integration and Horizontal Integration

Social Studies differentiated instruction can be done in different ways. I tend to stick to two of them which would be the use of Multiple Intelligences and Leveling/Scaffolding/Tiering.

In order to introduce vertical integration and horizontal integration I use a vocabulary sheet that gives them the words, definition and allows them to choose between writing a sentence using the vertical integration and horizontal integration correctly or drawing a picture to represent the words. This gives them a choice between using the linguistic multiple intelligence and the spatial multiple intelligence. This exposes them to the words vertical integration and horizontal integration twice in the first five minutes of class. In order to differentiate instruction for vocabulary teachers can provide students with a lower ability level or those who need accommodations with a partial or complete definition and those who need enrichment can decide the most important information that they need to write down and do it in their own words.

The next part of the differentiated instruction lesson plan would be the PowerPoint mini-lesson, which vertical integration and horizontal integration are a part of. Usually vertical integration and horizontal integration would be part of an Industrial Revolution or a Progressive Era unit. I include two different versions of the PowerPoint mini-lesson in order to differentiate instruction with leveling. This works really well if there is a co-teacher in the room. The enriched level would go into more detail and include more critical thinking. The basic level would use simplified language and more repetition.

After I go into more detail or simplify horizontal integration and vertical integration during the mini-lesson. I also immediately reiterate it using another multiple intelligence. I bring in the Spatial Multiple Intelligence and the Kinestethic Multiple Intelligence for horizontal integration and vertical integration. I use boxes but you could also use blocks, plastic cups or something to stack. Label them the following for vertical integration and then stack them accordingly at the front of the class (you can also have a kinesthetic learner stack them with your direction): trees (natural resource), logging company with machines, transportation, mills, carpentry company, transportation, stores. For horizontal integration use and lay out horizontally: radio channels, television channels, newspapers, books, and magazines (all media). After you add this to the mini-lesson, students have been exposed to vertical integration and horizontal integration four times.

Teachers can then have students use a graphic organizer. In order to differentiate instruction with a graphic organizer, teachers can create a word box for lower ability levels but allow upper ability levels to use a higher level of critical thinking by allowing them to decide for themselves what the title of the chart is and what should be in it. You could even allow them to create their own graphic organizer but have the lower ability level use a template. This brings the amount of times a student is exposed and uses horizontal integration and vertical integration to five.

Teachers can also assign a writing assignment to review horizontal integration and vertical integration by asking them to compare both terms in paragraph form. This can be leveled by using a leveled writing system found at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico.

I included information from this article in a lesson plan about Progressive Trusts. It is located at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico or the PowerPoint mini-lesson can be purchased at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Differentiated-Instruction-PowerPoint-Mini-Lesson-Trusts

To find more ideas about how to teach vocabulary from the Progressive Era: Trust differentiated instruction lesson plan follow the link below!

http://socialstudiesdifferentiatedinstruction.com/how-to-teach-about-progressive-era-trusts-using-differentiated-instruction/

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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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Where can I find a differentiated instruction lesson plan on the Silk Road?

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The Silk Road Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plan

There are many places on the web to locate a Silk Road differentiated instruction lesson plan. The question should be where can I find a quality Silk Road differentiated instruction lesson plan. Before you create or purchase any type of social studies differentiated instruction lesson plan, ask yourself some of the following questions:

Does it differentiate instruction for vocabulary and if so how?
Does it differentiate instruction for the mini-lesson and if so how?
Does it differentiate instruction with note sheets for the mini-lesson and if so how?
Does it differentiate instruction for the activities and if so how?
Does it differentiate instruction for graphic organizers and if so how?
Does it differentiate instruction for writing and if so how?
Does it differentiate instruction for a homework assignment and if so how?

These questions can help you find the best Silk Road differentiated instruction lesson plan for your teaching style and your student’s learning styles. If you don’t want to look any further and waste your time searching the web, I have two fantastic places where you can find a Silk Road differentiated instruction lesson plan for grades 6-9 and they are listed below:

1) http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Silk-Road-Differentiated-Instruction-PowerPoint-Mini-Lesson is a mini-lesson PowerPoint presentation on the Silk Road. Differentiated instruction is accomplished by providing two levels using the same core content. The basic level focuses on facts which allow students to have the opportunity for repetition. The enriched level allows students to go more into detail and provides for more critical thinking. This leveled differentiated instruction mini-lesson on the Silk Road can be used in a parallel co-teaching situation or by itself.

2) http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Silk-Road-Differentiated-Instruction-Lesson-Plan goes along with the differentiated instruction mini-lesson above. It differentiates instruction by providing:

a) 3 levels of a vocabulary sheet that is a foldable study tool which critical thinking progresses from the basic level to the enriched level as well as a choice of using different Multiple Intelligences.

b) It gives many ideas of how to differentiate instruction even more for the mini-lesson PowerPoint above by using the Multiple Intelligence Theory and how to connect it to background knowledge.

c) There are 3 activities that differentiate instruction by using the Multiple Intelligence Theory that allow for student choice. The choices are creating a diorama, writing 3 diary entries, and creating and performing a musical skit.

d) There are 3 differentiated instruction levels of graphic organizers that help guide and allow for an increase of critical thinking as the levels progress.

e) The last part would be the paragraph writing homework assignment which can be differentiated if you choose the next option.

3. http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/socialstudiesdifferentiatedinstruction/silk-road-lesson-plan-amp-powerpoint-bundle-save-1-01 This is a bundle that can save you $1.01.

I created this Silk Road differentiated instruction lesson plan to teach my students and am now hoping to help teachers and interest their students in the learning process. Whatever type of Silk Road differentiated instruction lesson plan you choose, make sure that it challenges SPED, ELL, “Average”, and Advanced students.

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