Creating a Picture Story Book Told Through the Perspective of a Child During the Industrial Revolution
Essential Question: Would your life be better or worse if The Industrial Revolution never happened?
- Students will make a picture/story book that is told through the perspective of a child living during the Industrial Revolution. The students will be prompted to include what is happening to their living situation as they move from a rural area to an urban area, how the environment is changing, what technological advances are happening, and will describe their workplace environment. The students will use primary sources, such as pictures or newspapers, in their book to aid in telling the story. The students will state in their picture book why the changes are happening.
- Students will first create a rough draft, peer review their stories, receive feedback from the teacher, and then create a storybook for their final copy.
- Levels of thinking/Objectives:
- Students will interpret and apply their understanding of the changes brought forth by the Industrial Revolution through the perspective of a child.
- The students will use an analysis of thinking by analyzing how changes brought by the Industrial Revolution affected the world around them.
- Students will use critical thinking by coming up with creative ideas to assemble their story and use primary source pictures to show their story along with a written narrative.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of technological advances during the Industrial Revolution, why there are environmental changes during the Industrial Revolution, workplace environments during the Industrial Revolution, and urbanization during the Industrial Revolution.
- Prompt given to students:
- “Now that you have learned all about the Industrial Revolution, your task is to create a picture storybook! You are going to create a story from the perspective of a child your age that is moving from a rural area to an urban area with their family to work. Instead of going to school, the child is working in a factory. In your story, you are to include the following: the child’s living situation as they move from a rural area to an urban area, how the environment is changing, what technological advances are happening, and the workplace environment of the factory they are working in. You are also prompted to use your knowledge learned from this unit to include explanations for each of these situations. Your last step is to include pictures that you draw or primary source pictures with your story. You will create your book, we will do a peer review and you will receive feedback from me, and then you will create your final copy.”
- Rubric linked here