educator materials

Overall Learning Objectives

1. To understand how industrialization led to significant changes in the economic patterns of

   producing, distributing, and consuming of goods and services.

 2. To understand how industrialization altered the traditional social patterns of American society

    and created a need for reform.

 3. To investigate key turning points in New York State and United States history and explain why

    these events or developments are significant.

 4. To explore how the twentieth century witnessed the emergence of a consumer society.

 5. To understand the role of General Electric and the development of the refrigerator in the  

    transformation of American society.

 6. To learn to read and evaluate primary documents and to appreciate their importance in

    understanding the past and its connection to the present.

  7. To use interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary approaches to develop an understanding of the

    inter-relationships between the academic disciplines.

 8. To use a variety of academic approaches to learning, such as cooperative groups, team teaching, interdisciplinary teaching, and higher level thinking skills such as Bloom’s Taxonomy.  

New York State Standards Objectives

The following are some standards objectives which may be addressed through this packet.

I.   Language Arts

    1. To read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

    2. To read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.

II.  Arts

    1. To respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting individual work to other            works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

    2. To develop and understand the personal and cultural forces that shape the artistic community

        and how the arts in turn shape the diverse culture of the past and present society.

III. Home and Career Skills

   1. To understand and be able to manage community resources.

    2. To apply academic knowledge and skills to workplace and other settings.

IV. Mathematics, Technology,  and Science

    1. To use mathematical analysis and scientific inquiry to pose questions, seek answers, and to

        develop solutions.

    2. To understand and apply scientific concepts and recognize the historical development of ideas          in science.

    3. To understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and          technology to address real-life problems and to make informed decisions.

V.  Social Studies

    1. To use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate understanding of major ideas, eras, themes,

         and developments in the history of the United States and New York.

    2. To examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.