SECOND Semester Daily Lessons - UNITS 11 & 12
The lessons below are in the order they are taught in the course:
Unit 11: The Industrial Revolution & the Age of Imperialism
(circa 1700-1914 CE)
Each Daily Lesson Contains:
- the daily AGENDA
- the daily JOURNAL/"Bell-Ringer Activity"
- the daily LESSON PURPOSE/LEARNING TARGET
- a PREVIEW OF END OF LESSON QUESTIONS
- a MINI-LECTURE/LESSON (which corresponds to the student note-taking guide)
- the ACTIVITIES & ASSIGNMENTS of the day
- the END OF LESSON QUESTIONS (Major success criteria)
- the HOMEWORK assignment
- the LAUNCH! (a message to send with students at the end of the hour)
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Lesson 106: Industrialization Begins
Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:
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Identify major characteristics of industrialization
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Identify major characteristics of the First Industrial Revolution and the Second Industrial Revolution
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Explain major causes of industrialization
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Explain major effects of industrialization (esp. connections to urbanization and imperialism)

Lesson 107: Effects of Industrialization (Reform Efforts)
Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:
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Identify, explain, and analyze major NEGATIVE EFFECTS of industrialization and the REFORM MOVEMENTS created to address these negative effects/problems.
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Focus on:
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Formation of Labor Unions
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Abolition of Slavery
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Women’s Rights/Suffrage Movement
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Urban Reform
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Environmental Conservation
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Lesson 108: Industrialization & the Development of Capitalism & Communism
Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:
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Explain the development of capitalism, socialism, and communism as effects of industrialization
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Identify major characteristics of capitalism & socialism/communism
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Compare and contrast socialism/communism to capitalism

Lesson 113: Imperialism Affects Asia (Southwest, South, Central, and Southeast Asia)
Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:
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Identify causes and major developments of European Imperialism in Asia during the Age of Imperialism
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Identify & explain major EFFECTS of European imperialism during the Age of Imperialism (circa 1850-1914)
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Focus on SOUTHWEST ASIA, SOUTH, CENTRAL and SOUTHEAST ASIA (short-term & long- term/present-day effects of imperialism)
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Lesson 114: Imperialism Affects EAST ASIA
Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:
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Identify causes and major developments of European Imperialism in Asia during the Age of Imperialism
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Identify & explain major EFFECTS of European imperialism during the Age of Imperialism (circa 1850-1914)
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Focus on EAST ASIA (short-term & long-term/present-day effects of imperialism)
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Unit 12: Crisis of the 20th Century & A New Age of Global Interdependence
(circa 1914 to Present)

Lesson 121: Wrapping Up WWI - Test Review Questions
Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:
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Identify and explain the major long-term & short-term causes of World War I (the Great War)
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Identify major developments of WWI (esp. Russian Revolution)
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Identify and explain the major short-term & long-term effects of World War I (the Great War)

Lesson 122: The Interwar Years - THE GREAT DEPRESSION & the RISE OF DICTATORS
Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:
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Identify and explain the major causes, developments, and effects of the Great Depression
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Identify dictators who came to power in the interwar years and the role they played in causing WWII
Lesson 125: Introduction to the COLD WAR
Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:
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Identify and explain major causes of the Cold War (include explanation of the different ideologies/goals of the USA & USSR)
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Identify major developments and “hot spots” during the Cold War
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Identify and explain basic developments which led to the end of the Cold War
Final Exam
Review Materials