Alabama Social Studies SS24.US1.16b
The Standard
- SS24.US1.16
- Describe the transformation of American society and politics during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Describe the changes in American society that resulted from the inventions and innovations of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and inventors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students connect inventions and new business methods to changes in work, travel, communication, and daily life. They explain who benefited and who faced new problems.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how Ford's moving assembly line lowered car prices but made factory jobs repetitive. They can connect telephones to faster business calls and steel production to taller buildings.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may say Ford invented the car rather than changing how cars were made. They may assume cheaper goods improved every worker's life, overlooking long shifts and repetitive tasks.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, ask: How did Ford's moving assembly line change car prices and factory work? Name one benefit and one cost.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Time students drawing paper cars, first with each student drawing a whole car, then at body, wheel, and window stations; compare output.
Post two claims: electric lights kept shops open later, and night shifts lasted longer. Ask who gained and who faced costs.
Match Bell, Ford, and Carnegie cards to telephone, assembly line, and steel cards, then to faster calls, cheaper cars, and taller buildings.
Compare calling a store about an order today with mailing a letter in 1880; name a business decision that now happens faster.
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Related Standards
- SS24.US1.17
Analyze the push and pull factors contributing to the rapid growth of cities in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- SS24.US1.16
Describe the transformation of American society and politics during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- SS24.US1.6
Evaluate the influence of American social and political reform on the emergence of a national identity from the early to mid-nineteenth century.
- SS24.5.1a
Summarize how important entrepreneurs and inventors shaped American society, and identify Alabamians who contributed to these innovations.
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