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Rise of Industry

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COMBINED RATING

4.7 Stars

TEACHERS (2)

4.5

STUDENTS (5)

4.8

LENGTH

20 Minutes

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CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Saves Progress

Description

Rise of Industry is an educational city builder and minigame collection set in the Gilded Age. Players grow an industrial city while experiencing the challenges of factories, railroads, inventions, monopolies, unions, and reforms. Every choice balances profit, worker welfare, and insight, showing how industrialization shaped America.

Vocabulary Words

Industrial Revolution

Production

Electric grid

Factory

Steel mill

Tenements

Immigrants

Conveyer belt

Steel

Railroad

Henry Ford

Andrew Carnegie

Alexander Bell

The Gospel of Wealth

Mergers

Wages

Labor

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

assembly line

steel

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Growth of Industrialization. Suitable for Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Compare the differing experiences of wealthy industrialists and poor workers during the Gilded Age.

Evaluate how technological innovation both created new opportunities and worsened social inequalities.

Describe the experiences of child laborers in factories during the Industrial Age.

Discuss how the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire highlighted the need for workplace reforms.

Explain the goals and methods of early labor unions, including strikes and collective bargaining.

Assess the challenges faced by industrial workers, including low wages, long hours, and unsafe working conditions.

Interpret the ideas behind Andrew Carnegie’s "Gospel of Wealth" and the philanthropic responsibilities of industrialists.

Analyze the growth of monopolies and trusts, and the public concerns over their political and economic influence.

Evaluate how inventions such as the telephone, electric light, and automobile changed American life.

Describe the role of immigrant and minority laborers in building railroads and powering industrial growth.

Analyze the development and impact of the transcontinental railroad on U.S. growth and western expansion.

Explain how the Industrial Revolution transformed the U.S. economy, including the rise of factories and new technologies.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What do you think industrialization is? How do inventions help improve peoples lives? Do inventions always improve the lives of everyone? Do the lives of all people improve when things begin to prosper?

After the Game

Who experienced the "gold" of the Gilded Age, and who experienced the "cheap metal" underneath? How did their daily lives differ? What is a monopoly? How does it impact a society as a whole? Why were labor unions necessary during this time?

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