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 * Lesson Title: The Fall of the Pemberton Mill and the Financial Results**


 * Author: Aaron Minton**


 * Unit Title:**


 * Grade Level(s): 9-12**


 * Age Levels(s): 14-18**


 * Subject Area: American History**


 * Essential Questions: How did Business Leaders in the Community of Lawrence React to one of the biggest industrial disasters in the antebellum period?**


 * Unit Goals: Students will discover the reactions to the Pemberton Mill collapse of the local business leaders and form their opinion around those reactions.**


 * Objectives: SWBAT: Write a letter to the business leaders in Lawrence to appeal for more mill workers rights.**

USII.1 Explain the various causes of the Industrial Revolution. (H, E)
 * Curriculum Standards:** **__ Industrial America and Its Emerging Role in International Affairs, 1870-1920 __**

A. the economic impetus provided by the Civil War B. important technological and scientific advances ** C. ** **the role of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Cornelius Vanderbilt**

- computer lab access to webquest or handouts for students.
 * Materials/Resources: This lesson would be best taught in a Computer Lab type setting with either one or two students to a station. Handouts could also be used.**
 * - Youtube Video, projector or TV, speakers.**


 * Timeframe: 3 days**


 * Student Foundational Skills:** Students should understand the role and functionality of a Mill. Students should be familiar with primary sources, their use and function in history.

1.Have the Students do a preliminary study on the disaster, followed by a short discussion to check for understanding. 2.Explain that many first hand accounts were reported and that they as the insurance investigators need to get good evidence to write their report. 1. Have the students break out into groups of three to four and discuss the questions regarding the pictures and Fireman's account. One student should record the group's answers. 2. A class discussion should summarize main points about the pictures and fireman's account. 3. Students should complete the writing portion on their own. (perhaps as homework) 1. A class discussion should answer the preliminary questions. Teacher should be ready to answer any questions about the insurance adjustment. 2. Students will complete day threes assessment individually. Remind the students to use prior findings in their recommendations.
 * Learning Activities and Organizational Notes:**
 * Day ONE**
 * Day TWO**
 * Day Three**

ASSESSMENT Questions for Pre/Post test 2, 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 36
 * Lesson Assessments:**


 * Day one:** Report on first hand accounts
 * Day Two**: Report to Boss
 * Day Three**: Amendments to Adjustment.


 * Teacher Notes:**

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