Industrial Revolution News Report!

Introduction

Headline News!!!

New machinery and inventions are sweeping the nation!

There has been an outbreak in America the past couple years.

Inventions are popping up all over the country.

The News Production Team needs YOUR help to investigate the hype!

First, here is a preview of what the Industrial Revolution was all about.

http://www.teachertube.com/video/industrial-revolution-inventions-timeline-171-241991

Task

Today, you will work in 5 groups of 5 to create news teams to report these inventions

on the evening news. Touching on the features and the inventors of the inventions.

Your news teams job is to investigate (research) the invention assigned to your team.

To construct this news report, first you will research the invention on the

computer. Then you will construct a poster to use as a visual aid during

your news teams presentation.

The class meeting following the presentations there will be a Test covering material from all presentations. So it is VERY important to pay attention to News Team presentation.

Process

Procedure

News Team #1- cotton gin

News Team #2- telephone

News Team #3- sewing machine

News Team #4- steam engine

News Team #5- light bulb

1. Once each news team is assigned their news story (invention) they will need to make sure their report includes:

-Name of invention -Name of inventor -Year invented -Purpose of invention -Pictures -Benefits

2. Use these websites to find information

Cotton gin- http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/cotton-gin-patent/

Telephone- http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm

http://inventionatplay.org/inventors_bel.html

Sewing machine- http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/sewing_machine.htm

http://www.ismacs.net/sewing_machine_history.html

Steam engine- http://americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/p/steamengine.htm

http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/videos/steam-engine…

Light bulb- http://www.thomasedison.org/index.php/education/inventions/

http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/thomas-edison

3. You will use the information researched and transfer it onto a poster board to use as a "prop" during your news teams story. You will work as a team to write information and draw pictures onto the posterboard. Here is an example of a completed poster:

4. Once the research and posterboard are complete, each news team will present their news story to the class.

Evaluation

Rubric:	10pts	5pts	0pts
Rules (Individual)	Full understanding of the activity and instructions.	Some understanding of the activity and instructions.	No understanding of the activity and instructions.
Participation (Individual)	Full engagement during the News Report and investigation. Helped out other group members when needed. Full engagement during the group presentation.	Some engagement during the News Report and investigation. Helped out other group members when needed. Some engagement during the group presentation.	No engagement during the News Report and investigation/didn’t want to participate. Didn’t help out other group members when needed. No engagement during the group presentation.
Listening/cooperation (Individual)	Listened silently to instructions. Cooperated fully with group members.	Listened to instructions with little talking. Cooperated some with group members.	Didn’t listen to instructions. Had no cooperation/communication with group members.
Presentation (Group)	Each group member participates. 5 or more facts are presented. 3 or more pictures are present on the board.	Each group member participates. Less than 5 facts are presented. Less than 3 pictures are present on the board.	Some group members participate. Less than 3 facts are presented. No pictures are present on the board.