Ch. 13.5The Worlds of North & SouthSec. 1 - The Growth of Industry in the North

Ch. 13.5 - The Worlds of North and South

• How was life in the North different from life in the South?

• Students bring to life inventions, improved methods of transportation, factory life, and the Underground Railroad from the mid-1800s to compare the different ways of life in the North and the South.

Brainstorm

Come up and list on the chalkboard any inventions that you feel have changed the American way of life.

Keep these questions in mind…

1.What new inventions changed farming in the North?

2.How did the telegraph help business?3.How did steam power and railroads

help industry grow?

Growth of Industry

The Industrial Revolution greatly affected the economy of the North. Inventions and improved methods of transportation supported a factory system that produced goods more quickly and cheaply. Today, you will learn about the machines, railroads, and ships that helped industries and trade in the north expand.

Activity

• I will divide you up into groups of 3 or 4.• You and your group members will prepare a TV commercial

for your assigned invention.• You should address these 3 questions in your ad:

1. What does your invention look like? Describe it to me.2. How does your invention work? What does it do?3. In what ways will your invention revolutionize American life?

How so?• Remember, commercials should show how the customer’s

life would be made easier by using this invention or service.

• Groups will then present their commercials to the class.

You will all be facing each other

Activity

I will be videotaping these and possibly playing selected interviews for the class…so make em’ good!

Whichever group number you have, you will match that to the invention number on the next page…ready…

• The Sewing Machine1. Elias Howe

• Farming Inventions2. John Deere: cast steel plow3. Cyrus McCormick: McCormick Reaper

• The telegraph4. Samuel Morse

• 1st Railroads5. George Stephenson: the Rocket6. Peter Cooper: the Tom Thumb

• Yankee Clippers7. John Griffiths: the Rainbow

The Sewing Machine

John Deere: cast steel plow

Cyrus McCormick: McCormick Reaper

The telegraph - Samuel Morse

George Stephenson: the Rocket

Peter Cooper: the Tom Thumb

John Griffiths: the Rainbow

Linking Past & Present

• The development of speedy clipper ships lead to a new sport for the rich – yachting.– The American Cup

• The need for fast drivers during the Prohibition era lead to a new sport also – race car driving.– NASCAR