• Lesson Plan - Introduction and Development of the Machine (PDF)
  • Note Taking Sheet: Introduction (PDF)
• Lesson Plan - Birth of the Locomotive (PDF)
  • Note Taking Sheet: Birth of the Locomotive (PDF)
• Lesson Plan - Rise of the American Railroad (PDF)
  • Note Taking Sheet: Rise of the American Railroad (PDF)
• Lesson Plan - Canals and Steam Power (PDF)
  • Note Taking Sheet: Canals and Steam Power (PDF)
• Lesson Plan - Brief History of the Industrial Revolution (PDF)
• Lesson Plan - Risky Business (PDF)
• Lesson Plan - Economic Interactive Activity - Producers and Consumers (PDF)
• Assessment: Railroads and the Hand of Government (PDF)
• Assessment: Andrew Carnegie (PDF)
• Professional Development - History of the American Railroad (PDF)
• Professional Development - Decline of the American Railroad (PDF)
• Teacher Reference - Technology Timeline

• Mapping Activity: Canals (PDF)
• Independent Reading: Brief History of the Industrial Revolution (PDF)
• Graphing Activity - Population of the U.S. (PDF)
• Class Activity - Railroads' Role in the Modern American Economy
• Bar Charting Activity: Decline of the Railroads (PDF)
• Student Reading - Biography of Andrew Carnegie (PDF)
• Assessment: Andrew Carnegie (PDF)

Interactive Classroom Resources:

• Industrialization - Introduction and Development of the Machine
• Canals and Steam Power
• Birth of the Locomotive
• Rise of the American Railroad
• Economic Focus Activity: What is an Economy?
• Railroads and the Hand of Government

Interactive Exploration Topics:

• Economic Activity - Risky Business
• Economic Activity - Producers and Consumers

• Professional Development - Horatio Alger (PDF)
• Assessment: The City of Steel (PDF)
• Assessment: Andrew Carnegie (PDF)

• The Gilded Age Barons (PDF)
• Understanding Capitalism: Writing Assignment
• Group/Individual Exploration Activity: Economies of Scale
• Bar Charting - Change in Per Capita Productivity
• Henry Ford’s Vision (PDF)
• Writing Activity: Morgan Biography (PDF)
• The Wright Brothers (PDF)
• Horatio Alger (PDF)
• Carnegie's Wealth and Philanthropy

• The Gilded Age
• Trusts and Anti-Trusts
• The Growth of Cities
• Movement of African Americans
• Pittsburgh: The City of Steel
• Boss Tweed
• Westward Expansion
• The Internal Combustion Engine
• The Growth of Factories
• Henry Ford

Interactive Exploration Topics:

• The History of Flight
• Inventions That Improved Life

Teacher's Resources:

• Lesson Plan: The Garment Industry (PDF)
• Lesson Plan: The Haymarket Strike (PDF)
• Lesson Plan: The Pullman Strike (PDF)
• Lesson Plan - Homestead Strike Classroom Debate (PDF)
• Lesson Plans: Hands-on Activities (PDF)
• Professional Development: Eugene V. Debs (PDF)
• Teacher Reference - Labor Timeline (PDF)

• Economic Activity (PDF)
• Worksheet: Understaning Labor Unioins (PDF)
• Timelines From Text - Brief History of the Labor Movement (PDF)
• Class Discussion - Child Labor in the Mines (PDF)
• Interpreting Cartoons - The Haymarket Strike
• Classroom Debate: Homestead Strike (PDF)
• Haymarket Class Activity (PDF)
• Interpreting Charts Activity (PDF)
• Reading for Meaning: The Striker's Appeal
• Interpreting Primary Resources: Triangle Fire (PDF)
• Charting and Graphing Activity on Population
• Reading for Meaning: Essay on Children in Poverty
• Student Reading: Vanderbilt Biography (PDF)
• Biography of Eugene V. Debs (PDF)

• The Knights of Labor
• The Homestead Strike
• The Garment Industry
• Haymarket Strike
• The Pullman Strike

• Triangle Fire Tragedy