targeting cross-curricular learning - Jefferson County Schools

CONTENT STANDARD 1.0 CULTURE
Social Studies Indicators
• 8.1.tpi.8 research how specific technological innovations have impacted
society
• 8.1.tpi.9 make a timeline of technological innovations
Language Arts Indicators
• 8.1.tpi.4 organize prior knowledge using a variety of strategies while
reading
• 8.1.spi.01 continue to develop oral language and listening skills
a. continue to model active listening skills in both formal and
informal settings
Materials needed:
Slips of paper with printed information of dates, inventions, and events
from the Industrial Revolution; patriotic tea cups
Assessment activity: Tea Party
1. Give students a cup with a slip of paper inside which has printed
dates, inventions, and events from the Industrial Revolution
2. Explain that the purpose of Tea Party is to gather information,
access prior knowledge, and actively engage students in
constructing meaning.
3. Have participants move from student to student, sharing their
information with as many classmates as possible. Students can
only share what is on the slip of paper, nothing else.
4. Listen to others as they read their information in the informal
setting.
5. Return to desks and discuss how these events, dates, and
inventions might be related. What is the central theme?
Speculate on what the information on the slips of paper might be
about.
6. Encourage discussion and help students to identify possibilities
for connecting events using prior knowledge.
7. Lead discussion to the conclusion that these events, inventions,
and dates all relate to the Industrial Revolution.
Assessment tool: Make a timeline of technological innovations from the
Industrial Revolution. Have students write a brief statement about their
predictions of the significance of these early inventions and how specific
technological innovations impacted society during this era.
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