Education Standards
Industrial Revolution Scavenger Hunt
Overview
Students will research information using a variety of sources to answer questions for an Industrial Revolution Scavenger Hunt.
Standards
Standards: 5th Grade
SC Social Studies
Standard 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the economic, political, and social effects of expansion and industrialization on the United States and South Carolina between 1860–1910.
SC ELA Inquiry Based Literacy Standards
Standard 3: Construct knowledge, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, to build deeper understanding of the world through exploration, collaboration, and analysis.
3.1 Develop a plan of action for collecting relevant information from primary and secondary sources.
AASL Framework Standards for Learners
Learners engage with new knowledge by following a process that includes:
1. Using evidence to investigate questions.
Activity
Time: 45-minutes
1. Students will be divided into teams of two. Students must work together on this activity. One person is the reporter (locates the answer) while their partner is the recorder (writes the answer on the paper).
2. Printed and laminated questions are placed on the counter. Students do not have to answer the questions in order.
3. Students will choose a question, locate the correct source, answer the question and then return the question slip for a different question.
4. Students will have 30 minutes to answer as many questions as possible.
5. Review with students the correct answers upon completion of the scavenger hunt.
Materials
Books:
Smokestacks and Spinning Jennys by Sean Price
New Industries, New Jobs by Jeremy Thornton
A Changing Nation by Michael Burgan
Immigration, Migration, and the Growth of the American City by Tracee Sioux
Industrial Revolution by Susan Hamen
We the People: Industrial America by Kitty Shea
Reference Books:
Heinemann First Encyclopedia
World Book
Scholastic Dictionary
America A to Z
Biography for Beginners-Inventors