February 1, 2010

Today we began with a quick presentation by me on the inventions listed on handout #6. You definitely should know the inventors of those inventions as well as a little about the invention's importance to industrialization.

Next we spent about 15 minutes reading handout #8 entitled "Growth in the North". This reading explains how industrialization began to take hold in America. You should pay close attention to the things that helped America begin to industrialize. On handout #9 there is a list of nine items and on handout #9 you should explain each one's role in helping industrialization in America.

Lastly, you began a poster project looking at three inventions of the industrial era. You can select any three inventions that you want but you should select one farming invention, one business invention and one transportation invention. If you want to study an invention not on the list on handout #6 that is ok as long as it fits into one of the above three categories. You should research the three inventions finding descriptive information and also information about the effects of the invention. You finished product will be a poster that has three columns. One column for the invention name, one column for the descriptive information on the invention and one column with the effects of the invention. See handout #7 for written directions. This poster is due on Wednesday.

Still one more day to take advantage of the bonus points for doing what was described in the previous post.