How did industrialization increase the speed of change?
CHANGE visual from final scene of Gangs of New York
INDUSTRIALIZATION UNIT HOOK
Create Our Own Immigrant Experience...
Learning Goal 18.3: Discuss the causes and effects of the rapid growth of cities
Chicago, Illinois: @America's Crossroads
ACTIVITIES
1. Chicago: 2009 - Find examples of the technology it takes to build a modern city
*click on the picture at the right and view fullscreen before exploring
2. Chicago: 1871 - Describe the causes and effects of the fire.
3. Create a "Second City" CityScape: Rank, and discuss as a "city planning team," the necessary steps a city must take to grow rapidly
Google "CityScape" to find sites that host this game or "embed CityScape" to get the HTML to put on your website
CITYSCAPE Game Cheats (see bottom):
4. Chicago: 1893 - How does the city prove that it is back from disaster? Have a Fair!!
b. Describe your day at the fair uisng historical
narrative. What entertainment does Chicago have to
offer the rest of the world?
MORE TO EXPLORE AFTER NARRATIVE...
Would you read this book?
Devil in the White City - Author Erik Larson discusses his book about a true connection between a serial killer and the 1893 World's Fair
Would YOU stand here?
The Ledge at Sears Tower (Willis Tower) Skydeck in Chicago
How tall has tall gotten?
5. Compare and Contrast a major industrial center:
Tour both maps for 2 minutes each. Analyze maps for causes and effects of urbanization.
6. Take a 1915 New York City Tenement Virtual Tour: How did urbanization create challenging living conditions?
ASSESSMENT: Complete URBANIZATION MULTI-FLOW MAP by giving specific examples from your learning for proof
CITYSCAPE Game Cheats:
explorers, surveyers, residential, industrial, interstate, commerce, schools, fishing, mining, airport, themepark, seaport, media, health, religion, police, army, tourism
