Inventors and Inventions of the 19th Century

Authors

Dylan Koenig, St. Cloud State University

Grade Levels

High School 9-12

Files

Description

As we dive deeper into the Gilded Age, the students begin to understand the idea of change in this era. The prior lesson discussing the chaos and drastic change of America, the students will understand the amount of change. Change is everywhere and is constant. Drastic upgrades with technology are sweeping across the country at a rapid pace. This causes change in industry and improves the lives of people in a general sense. Tasks that were once difficult are made easier with a new invention or an upgrade of an old one. Products that were once made manually and involved a lot of work is now done at a rapid rate and the amount of that same product increases tenfold. We will begin to dig deeper into some changes that occurred by working with material that deals with those who are inventors and create things that dramatically change the way the world runs.

Publication Date

1-8-2016

Keywords

lesson plan, Gilded Age, innovations

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | United States History

Comments

Adapted from the National World War II Museum.

Recommended Citation

Koenig, Dylan, "Inventors and Inventions of the 19th Century" (2016). Curriculum Unit on the Gilded Age in the United States. 7.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/gilded_age/7

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