This assignment is the final grade for the section of "A Worker's Life" in Edgenuity and counts for credit in English and the corresponding class in U.S. history. Upon completion of the assignment, your grade and SAR will be shared with your history teacher.
Read at least two of the resources below and use them as evidence to answer the prompt below. (You can also use the excerpt of The Jungle from Edgenuity.)
You can answer the prompt in...
You can answer the prompt in...
- a 2-3-paragraph short answer
- a video presentation, or
- a creative project such as a song or artwork with an analysis (discuss with me for more details.)
Resources
(Ask for a print out if the links are not working).
Pollution
The Peppered Moth and Natural Selection
Why is the Smog in China so Bad?
CityTree Technology to Combat Pollution
-Plus video from site: https://youtu.be/7P4o38xd68U
Pollution Protection Industries
Wages and Job Availability
Automation - Humans Need Not Apply
Manufacturing vs. Service Industries
Comparing Earlier Industrial Revolutions to Changes Today
Urbanization
Urbanization Can be Good (Planning vs. Slums)
The Guardian: Cities
-An entire site dedicated to articles about the past and present of urbanization
Causes and Effects of Urbanization (In the Past and Today)
- This is a longer text and has enough information to cover all of the 2-3 required
texts (aka, if you choose this one, it's the only one you need).
Women in the Workplace
The Long Road Home
Industrialization as a Path to Independence
Prompt:
How is industrialization affecting us today? How does that compare to the effects of the first Industrial Revolution?
(Ask for a print out if the links are not working).
Pollution
The Peppered Moth and Natural Selection
Why is the Smog in China so Bad?
CityTree Technology to Combat Pollution
-Plus video from site: https://youtu.be/7P4o38xd68U
Pollution Protection Industries
Wages and Job Availability
Automation - Humans Need Not Apply
Manufacturing vs. Service Industries
Comparing Earlier Industrial Revolutions to Changes Today
Urbanization
Urbanization Can be Good (Planning vs. Slums)
The Guardian: Cities
-An entire site dedicated to articles about the past and present of urbanization
Causes and Effects of Urbanization (In the Past and Today)
- This is a longer text and has enough information to cover all of the 2-3 required
texts (aka, if you choose this one, it's the only one you need).
Women in the Workplace
The Long Road Home
Industrialization as a Path to Independence
Prompt:
How is industrialization affecting us today? How does that compare to the effects of the first Industrial Revolution?