Introduction Lesson Plan 1: High School Lesson Plan 2: High School Lesson Plan 3: Middle School Lesson Plan 4: Elementary School Lesson Plan 1: High School The Textile Industry and the Triangle Factory Fire By Roberta McCutcheon This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards: Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) -- Standard 2: How the industrial revolution, increasing immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the westward movement changed the lives of Americans and led toward regional tensions. Lesson Plan 2: High School George Pullman: The Railroad Industry, Labor, and American Life in the 19th century By Rosanne Lichatin This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards: Era 6: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) -- Standard 2: How the industrial revolution, increasing immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the westward movement changed the lives of Americans and led toward regional tensions. Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) -- Standard 1: How the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed the American people. Standard 3: The rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes. Lesson Plan 3: Middle School 19th Century Technology in 21st Century America By William Walker This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS NCHS National History Standards: Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Standard 1: How the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed the American people. Lesson Plan 4: Elementary School Dashes and Dots: A Product of the 19th Century By Kristal Cheek This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National Standards for History: Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Standard 1: How the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed the American people.   Save Our History National Honors Contest Teachers and students who display exceptional commitment to history education and historic preservation both in and out of the classroom can win up to $5,000 through the History Channel's Save Our History National Contest. Learn more and apply here: http://www.saveourhistory.com/awards/get_involved.html Entries are due March 30th, 2007.
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