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Page iHistory Alive!The United States Through IndustrialismStudent EditionTCITeachers’  Curriculum  InstitutePage vWelcome to History Alive!The United States Through IndustrialismPage vWelcome toHistory Alive!The United StatesThrough IndustrialismHistory Alive! The United States Through Industrialism was developed by middle schoolteachers  at  Teachers’  Curriculum  Institute  (TCI).  We,  Bert  Bower  and  Jim  Lobdell,  aretwo former high school teachers who started TCI. Our goal is to help students like yousucceed in learning about history in a way that is fun and exciting. With the help ofteachers  from  around  the  nation,  we’ve  created  the  TCI  Approach  to  learning.  Thischapter explains how the TCI Approach will make U.S. history come alive for you.The  TCI  Approach  has  three  main  parts.  First,  during  class  you’ll  be  involved  in  a  lotof  exciting  activities.  For  example,  by  playing  a  game  of  Capture  the  Flag,  you’ll  learnhow the Continental Army defeated the British  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  You’llparticipate as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention to understand the importantdebates  that  influenced  the  design  of  our  Constitution.  You’ll  explore  the  experience  ofimmigrants at the turn of the 20th century by creating and sharing immigrantscrapbooks. Every lesson is built around an activity like these.Second,  during  and  after  these  activities,  you  get  to  read  this  book.  You’ll  discoverthat your reading connects closely to the activities that you experience.  We’ve  workedhard to make the book interesting and easy to follow.Third,  during  each  lesson  you’ll  write  about  your  learning  in  your  Interactive  StudentNotebook.  You’ll  end  up  with  your  very  own  personal  account  of  U.S.  history.With the TCI Approach, you’ll  not  only  learn  more  about  history  than  ever  before,  butyou’ll  have  fun  doing  it.  Let’s  take  a  closer  look  at  how  this  approach  will  help  you  learnU.S. history.(Caption)Two teachers, Bert Bower (above) and Jim Lobdell (below), started TCI. They work withteachers and students like you to develop new ways to learn history.Page viTheory-Based, Active Instruction

History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism is probably unlike any otherhistory program you have ever encountered. Perhaps you have been in history classeswhere you listen to the teacher and then read a textbook and answer chapter questions.Does this approach make you excited about learning history? Most students would sayno, and educational researchers would tend to agree. Researchers have discoverednew ways of reaching all students in the diverse classroom. This program relies onthree of their theories.Students learn best through multiple intelligences. Howard Gardner, an educationalresearcher, discovered that people use their brains in very different ways to learn thesame fact or concept. From this discovery, he created a theory called multipleintelligences. There are at least seven intelligences. You can think of them as differentways of being smart—with words, with pictures, with numbers, with people, with yourbody, with music and rhythms, and with who you are. Everyone has multipleintelligences. Using one or more of these ways of being smart can make learningeasier.Cooperative interaction increases learning gains. Through research, Elizabeth Cohendiscovered that students learn more when they interact by working with others ingroups. Interactive learning includes working with your classmates in many kinds ofactivities.  You’ll  work  in  groups,  do  role  plays,  and  create  simulations.  This  kind  oflearning requires you and your classmates to share your ideas and work together well.All students can learn via the spiral curriculum.Researcher Jerome Bruner believed  that  learning  isn’t  just  up  to  students.  Teachersneed to make learning happen for allstudents. Bruner believed, as the TCI Approach does, that all students can learnthrough a process of step-by-step discovery. This process is known as a spiralcurriculum.These three theories are the foundation of the TCI Approach. Putting them intopractice in History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism gives you what youneed to succeed.(Caption)Researchers have found that students learn best when they are given the opportunity touse their multiple intelligences, work cooperatively with their peers, and build on whatthey know.Page viiStandards-Based ContentA lot of people care about what you are learning in history. These people include yourparents, your school administrators, your teachers, and even your state and nationalelected  officials.  In  fact,  if  you’re  like  students  in  most  states,  you  take  tests  at  the  endof the year to measure your progress.Most end-of-year tests are based on standards. Standards are the key pieces ofinformation about history that elected officials think are important for you to remember.

When  you  read  most  standards,  you  might  scratch  your  head  and  think,  “These  seemreally  hard  to  understand,  and  they’re  probably  even  harder  to  learn  and  remember.”There’s  no  need  to  worry  about  that  with  History Alive! The United States ThroughIndustrialism.  Every  lesson  is  based  on  standards.  So  every  day,  while  you’re  havingfun learning U.S. history, you are also learning key standards.You’ll  be  recording  everything  you  learn  in  your  Interactive  Student  Notebook.  Whenit’s  time  to  prepare  for  tests,  your  notebook  will  make  it  easy  to  review  all  the  standardsyou’ve  learned.In fact, students across the nation using the TCI Approach are getting better scoresthan ever on standardized tests. A big reason for this success is that the TCI Approachis  based  on  interactive  learning.  That  means  you  won’t  just  read  about  history.  You’ll  beactively involved in experiencing it and recording  what  you  learn.  Now  let’s  look  at  whatyou’ll  do  during  each  part  of  a  lesson  with  the  TCI  Approach.(Caption)History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism has been carefully developed toprovide the information and learning you need to succeed on state tests.Preview AssignmentsWith the TCI Approach, learning starts even before you begin studying. Most of thelessons in History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism begin with a Previewassignment. Previews are short assignments that you complete in your InteractiveStudent Notebook. They allow you to make a personal connection to what you willstudy.After you complete a Preview assignment, your teacher will hold a brief classdiscussion. Several students will share their answers. Your teacher will then reveal howthe  assignment  “previews”  what  is  to  come  in  the  lesson.Here are some examples of the kinds of Preview assignments you will complete:  Before learning about daily life in colonial America in Chapter 4, you will look at a setof  statements  about  the  colonies  in  a  fictitious  British  tabloid  newspaper.  You’ll  becomea British reporter and travel to colonial America to evaluate the accuracy of theseclaims.  Before learning about the Bill of Rights in Chapter 10, you will reflect on the powersgiven  to  parents  in  a  “Parents’  Constitution.”  You  will  determine  if  the  powers  should  berestricted to protect the rights of children.  Before learning about the lives of African Americans in the mid-1800s in Chapter 20,you will analyze a story quilt. You will use the quilt to find clues about the variedexperiences of African Americans during this time period.  Before learning about the Civil War in Chapter 22, you will listen to two period songs.You will describe the mood and lyrics of each song as if you were a Confederate or aUnion soldier.Preview assignments like these will spark your interest and get you ready to tacklenew concepts. Next come the exciting activities that make up the heart of each lesson.As  you’re  about  to  see,  these  activities  draw  on  many  ways  of  being  smart—our multipleintelligences.

(Caption)Preview assignments like the ones shown here help introduce you to new topics.Page ixMultiple Intelligence Teaching StrategiesThe teaching strategies in the TCI Approach are based on hands-on learning. Everylesson in History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism is built around a funand exciting activity. We mentioned some examples earlier. Here are some other thingsyou and your classmates will do to experience U.S. history:  For  Chapter  3,  you’ll  prepare  a  booth  for  a  colonial  fair  to  see  the  similarities  anddifferences between the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.  For  Chapter  16,  you’ll  become  groups  of  people  traveling  to  the  West  in  the  1800s,bringing to life the challenges and successes of your move westward.  For  Chapter  25,  you’ll  pretend  to  be  workers  in  a  garment  factory,  experiencing  life  onthe assembly line.Activities like these will challenge you to use your multiple intelligences. Think abouttimes when learning new things has been easier for you. Were you looking at picturesabout the new ideas? Were you writing about them? Does acting out an event help youto better understand what happened? Studying history is a lot easier and more funwhen  you  learn  new  ideas  in  ways  that  best  suit  your  learning  styles.  Here’s  a  list  ofseven different intelligences:  Linguistic (word smart)  Logical-mathematical (number/reasoning smart)  Spatial (picture smart)  Body-kinesthetic (body smart)  Musical (music smart)  Interpersonal (people smart)  Intrapersonal (self smart)While  you’re  engaged  in  fun  and  exciting  activities,  you’ll  also  be  reading  this  book  tolearn more about U.S. history. The next page explains why this book is so easy to read.(Caption)Using your multiple intelligences helps you learn and remember what you study.Page xConsiderate TextThe  TCI  Approach  is  all  about  being  successful  and  having  fun  while  you  learn.  You’reabout to discover that History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism isinteresting  to  read  and  easy  to  understand.  That’s  because  this  book  is  “reader  friendly,”which is another of saying that it makes readers want to read it. Some people call thisconsiderate text. The writers of this book considered your needs as a reader and madesure you would have fun reading.Here are some of the ways this book is considerate of all levels of readers:  Each chapter is organized around key concepts. The summary section reminds you ofthe big ideas in the chapter.