Inventions of Industrial Revolution Reading Packet (SS4E1f)

Your students will love learning about inventions of the industrial revolution with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans!

The objective of this activity is for students to be able to give examples of technological advancements and their impact on business productivity during the development of the United States. (e.g., cotton gin, steamboat, steam locomotive, and telegraph.)

This objective and resources aligns with Georgia Standards of Excellence, but can supplement many state standards. 

Resource Includes: 

• Passage (leveled for 4th grade) over the inventions during the Industrial Revolution and their impact on American people and their workplace

• Graphic Organizer (x1)

• Multiple Choice Questions (x8)

• Informational Extended Response with rubric and "text-based" sentences starters (x1)

• Opinion Extended Response with rubric and "text-based" sentences starters (x1)

• Answer Keys

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