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Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Industrializing America Unit PlanAnnenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Industrializing America Unit Plan
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Annenberg Foundation
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9th - 10th
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Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Industrializing America

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Comprehensive teaching unit that explores the "second industrial revolution" and the mass production of consumer goods. This, in turn, caused an increase in the labor force and immigration. Learn how these changes brought about the start of labor unions and industrial reform. Contains video and text materials, web interactives, student-oriented activities, and a timeline of key events from 1855-1938.

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immigration, industrialization, labor unions, mass production

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

RH.6-8.9

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