Teacher Candidate: Jonathan Brown

School:
South Charleston High School
th
10 / U.S. History
Unit Topic: The Industrialization of the United States
Lesson 5
Lesson Topic: Social and Cultural Trends
Purpose:

Date: 4/29/2014
Grade/Subject :

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the idea of

consumerism and how it changed the American lifestyle. Also this lesson will
cover the introduction of entertainment into Americans lives, and the
development of mass culture.
Background:

This lesson will serve to inform students about the beginnings of our
shopping habits that exist today, and also to show them when the past times
we enjoy today began.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES/ STUDENT OUTCOMES:

Students will be able to explain how new types of stores and

marketing changed American Life.
Students will analyze the ways in which Americans developed a mass
culture.
Students will describe the new forms of popular entertainment.
Big Ideas:

Americans become consumers.

Advertising attracting customers.
Mass culture.
Literature and Arts flourish, Educational Developments, and increase
in newspaper circulation.
New forms of entertainment (e.g. Amusement Parks, Circus,
Vaudevilles, and Sports).
Guiding Questions:

What is consumerism?
What luxuries did the middle class begin to enjoy?
How does advertising attract customers?
What is mass culture?
Why do you think circulation of newspapers increased?

What types of entertainment do you think began to emerge in this

period?
WV CSOS:

SS.H.CL.5.3 investigate the various periods and movements at the

end of the nineteenth century (e.g. The Gilded Age)
NATIONAL STANDARDS:

NSS-USH.5-12.6 Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United

States
st
21 Century Learning Objectives:

SS.9-10.L.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they

are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social or
economic aspects of history/social studies.
Themes:

Theme #1: Culture. This lesson will examine the changes in

Americans buying habits as a result of new types of stores and
advertising which had led to the consumerist culture that still exists
within our society.
Theme #4: Individual Development and Identity. This lesson will
serve to introduce students to how advertising, mass culture serve
to socialize individuals and groups which can unknowingly develop a
certain type of individuals with a certain type of cultural identity.
(e.g. consumers, materialists)
MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Overall Time: 50 Minutes
Time Frame:
10 Minute Teacher Intro and Demonstration
30 Minute Activity either individually or in pairs
10 minute regroup for assessment and closure
STRATEGIES:
Teacher Led discussion
Guided Instruction
Collaborative Learning
Guided Note-taking
Graphic Organizer
Contextual Teaching and Learning Strategies in Lesson

Students will work together to fill out a graphic organizer pulling information
from the textbook.
Needs-Based Planning

Learning Differences
-Graphic Organizer
Attention Differences
-Guided Instruction

Sensory Differences
-Graphic organizer
Behavioral Differences

Motivational Differences
-Personalized Content
Physical Differences
Communication Differences
-extended time, group collaboration

Ability Differences
-differentiated instruction
Cultural Differences
Enrichment
-Graphic Organizer

Multiple Intelligences Addressed:

_x_Verbal
_x_Spatial
_x_Logical/Mathematical
_x_Bodily (kinesthetic)
__Musical
__Naturalist
_x_Interpersonal
__Existential
__Other
PROCEDURES:
Introduction/Lesson Set:

Essential Questions
How did consumption patterns change in the late nineteenth century?
What factors contributed to mass culture?
What new forms of entertainment began in the late nineteenth
century?
State Objectives
We are going to use a graphic organizer for this lesson
You have the option of working on this alone or with a partner
Pass out the graphic organizer. Explain the layout, and the types of answers I
am expecting
Body & Transitions

Students will pairing up or working alone

Students will be using the textbook to retrieve the information necessary to
fill out the organizer
I will be restating objectives of the lesson, and restating the specific types of
answers I want
I will be checking for understanding, on task behavior, and addressing any
questions or needs
Closure:

Students will return to their assigned seats

Teacher led discussion reviewing graphic organizers
Calling on students at random for their responses

 Checking to see if all the students have similar answers and are clear
ASSESSMENT
Diagnostic

Essential Questions
How did consumption patterns change in the late nineteenth
century?
What factors contributed to mass culture?
What new forms of entertainment began in the late nineteenth
century?
Formative

Restating Objectives/Checking for Understanding

I will be restating objectives of the lesson, and restating the specific
types of answers I want
I will be checking for understanding, on task behavior, and
addressing any questions or needs
Summative

I will be checking to see if everyone has there organizer finished

Discussion of Organizers
Students will present their findings
Clarification will be made if necessary
Thumbs up and thumbs down
MATERIALS:
Technology
Not Necessary
Printed Materials
Graphic Organizer
Supplies
Pen/Pencil
Internet Resources
N/A
Other Resources
N/A
EXTENDED ACTIVITIES
If student finishes early

Students will be required to look at the questions and choose one of

them to answer, or they can assist a fellow classmate in completing
their organizer
If technology fails
No technology will be needed for this assignment
POST-TEACHING
Reflections
This lesson has not been taught
Planning

Implementation
Clarity of Presentation
Attention to Individual Differences
Student Response
Planning and Implementation of Higher Order Thinking Skills
Assessment
Special Addition: Area of Improvment
Data Based Decision Making