Baltimore County Public Schools Division of Curriculum and Instruction

Unit 4: 1800-1914
Essential Question How were regions and global interactions affected by economic, social,
and political change?
The big picture
I can list factors needed for industrialization.
I can compare conditions in England, China, and India before
industrialization.
I can describe the economic and social impacts of industrialization.
Knowledge o Living and working conditions
Targets o Migration patterns
o Standard of living
What I need to o Entrepreneurship
know I can identify economic, social, and political motivations for
European imperialism.
I can describe geographic obstacles faced by imperialistic powers
and the management systems used to address them.
I can compare European efforts to control East Asia and Africa.
I can I can compare resistance to European control in India, East
Asia, and Africa.
I can describe the following terms in the context of this unit of
study:
Berlin Entrepreneur Marxism Socialism
Conference
Bourgeois Hegemony Opium War Sovereignty
Bureaucracy Imperialism Patent Sphere of
Influence
Capital Indigenous Proletariat Status Quo
Communism Industrialization Protectorate Utopianism
Cottage Innovation Taiping
Industry Rebellion
I can analyze the philosophical and political reactions to
industrialization.
Reasoning Targets I can analyze European imperialism and regional responses.
I can evaluate the positive and negative effects of imperialism on
What I can do with various groups.
what I know I can form conclusions regarding methods for maintaining control of
Empires.
I can evaluate the impact of European imperialism on Africa.
I can analyze European efforts to control East Asia.
I can analyze primary source documents.
Skill Targets I can analyze the Industrial Revolution from multiple perspectives.
I can investigate the Industrial Revolution as a positive or negative
What I can agent of change.
demonstrate I can formulate a hypothesis regarding factors influencing or
impeding economic development.
I can determine the economic and social impacts of industrialization.

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I can determine European motivations for imperialistic policies.

I can take a position on the essential question, How were regions

Product Targets and global interactions affected by economic, social, and political
change?
What I can make to I can cite several details and examples to support my position from
show my learning all of the following topics:
o Short- and long-term effects
o International economic relationships
o Cultural diffusion
o International political relationships
I can create one of the following products to promote my position:
o Infographic
o Traditional essay
o Digital presentation
o Create and perform a rap or song
o Short documentary
o Blog
I can present my response in an organized manner, clearly
explaining the relationship between contemporary conditions and
the Industrial Revolution and Age of Imperialism.

Rubric:
Proficiency Criteria
Level
4 I can take a complex position on the essential question, How were
regions and global interactions affected by economic, social, and
political change?
I can cite ample details and examples to support my position from and
beyond the following topics:
o Short- and long-term effects
o International economic relationships
o Cultural diffusion
o International political relationships
I can present my response in an organized manner, clearly explaining
the relationship between contemporary conditions and the Industrial
Revolution and Age of Imperialism.
I can extend my response with additional global and thematic
connections.
3 I can take a clear position on the essential question, How were
regions and global interactions affected by economic, social, and
political change?
I can cite several details and examples to support my position from all
of the following topics:
o Short- and long-term effects
o International economic relationships

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o Cultural diffusion
o International political relationships
I can present my response in an organized manner, clearly explaining
the relationship between contemporary conditions and the Industrial
Revolution and Age of Imperialism.
2 I can take a position on the essential question, How were regions and
global interactions affected by economic, social, and political
change? I may not equally address economic, social, and political
changes or only discuss two of the three themes.
I can cite some details and examples to support my position from at
least three of following topics:
o Short- and long-term effects
o International economic relationships
o Cultural diffusion
o International political relationships
I can present my response in an organized manner, showing a
relationship between contemporary conditions and the Industrial
Revolution and Age of Imperialism.
The connections I discuss may lack some clarity or make inaccurate or
inappropriate correlations between events over time.
1 I try to take a position on the essential question, How were regions
and global interactions affected by economic, social, and political
change? I may not equally address economic, social, and political
changes or only discuss one of the three themes.
I can cite a few details and examples to support my position from at
least two of following topics:
o Short- and long-term effects
o International economic relationships
o Cultural diffusion
o International political relationships
My response may lack some organization which interferes with clearly
showing a relationship between contemporary conditions and the
Industrial Revolution and Age of Imperialism.
The connections I discuss may make inaccurate or inappropriate
correlations between events over time.

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