Judith S. Goodrich
Teacher resources -- electronic (all accessed on June 28, 2004)
http://www.educationcoffeehouse.com/voc/automotive.htm. Engine animations and a great deal of automotive information.
http://www.oneworld.org/energy/whatis.html Great site answering the question: What is energy?
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/ University of Oregon Physics department site -- lots of good information on laws of thermodynamics with applets that illustrate the explanations.
http://www.secondlaw.com/two.html#time A wonderfully readable chat about the laws of thermodynamics, definitely way beyond what is needed for the unit but helpful for general understanding.
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/staff/blynds/tmp.html This is a great place to learn about the meaning of heat!
http://www.amscopub.com/free_downloads/review_us_nys_hist/us_nys_hist_ch16.pdf Good background of industrial developments in the 19th century -- actually this seems to be a chapter from a textbook.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/efficiency/definition.htm Energy efficiency is described.
http://www.h-net.org/~environ/syllabi/flader.htm An amazing bibliography of texts on the history of the American environment listed according to topics and chronology.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html I think that this site has the clearest explanation of heat engines and other related terms. It is well organized and has good illustrations.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/inside-engines-roundup.htm Use this site either as a teacher resource or to use in a whole class discussion -- especially if the interactive engines can be shown to the class.
http://www.klrn.org/learning/ICTT/Lessons/Littlefield.pdf Granted the source here is titled the University of the Incarnate World, but this site presents an entire unit on the Industrial Revolution that has many resources and some very interesting lesson plan ideas and handouts in PDF format.
Student resources -- electronic (accessed June 28, 2004)
http://www.classroom-energy.org/teachers/energy_tour/pg1.html All about petroleum website -- good activities for teachers and students that introduce or review basic concepts.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/energy/u5l1a.html This website explains the meaning of work and has an online quiz about work that students can try.
http://www.nsta.org/Energy/find/primer/primer1_1.html Good examples for kids to explore to understand about energy and work, all terms are defined by examples.
http://www.oneworld.org/energy/whatis.html Nice definitions of energy and work.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/whatsenergy.html More kid friendly descriptions of basic terms and concepts on energy.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html An online book of info --very readable for 88th grade.
http://inventors.about.com/od/famousinventors/ A good general resource site linked to many other sites about inventors and the growth of technology.
http://a-day-in-the-life.powys.org.uk/eng/eindex.html A site that compares a 19th century town with its modern match. This could be used as a model of the approach taken by the unit -- looking at how technology can affect a city.
http://www.digitalbookindex.com/_search/search010histsteamboatsa.asp Primary sources on steam engine related narratives -- all digital!
http://www.slatermill.org/index.htm Slater Mill in Massachusetts’s home page. Might be a good field trip location. But for the student it is an excellent resource on the working of mills.
http://www.merrycoz.org/bookndx.htm Letters of 19th century children to a magazine on variety of issues. Might be a great source for effects of progress on society that could help students think of factors to investigate.
http://www.42explore2.com/industrial.htm List of websites on the Industrial Revolution that are very kid friendly and sorted by topics and cities that relate to themes in this unit.
http://www.42explore2.com/industrial2.htm Links to biographical entries on important people of the Industrial Revolution although not all the links work!
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_48_1.html Online short videos about the history of transportation.
http://cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/Resources/Voices/transportation1.htm History of transportation on the Mississippi River-useful for students looking at steamboats.
Text Resources -- Teachers
Dukert, JO,
A Short Energy History of the United States
, Washington, D.C.: Edison Electric, 1980. Offers a unique way of viewing U.S. history.
Gardner, Robert.
This Is the Way It Works: A Collection of Machines
. New York: Doubleday. A variety of machines and technical drawings at a student level.
Hills, Richard.
Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine
. Cambridge University Press, 1993. Good facts and details about the development of steam as a source of power.
Loos, Margaret M..
Energy And The City Person
/curriculum/units/1981/5/81.05.08.x.html#m This unit includes an interesting survey for students to take to realize how reliant they are on energy in their daily lives.
Miller, G. Tyler, Jr. 1998.
Living in the environment: principles, connections, and solutions.
Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company. Described as the best college text on environmental science, also used by high school environmental science students. Takes an interdisciplinary approach by combining natural and social sciences.
Sandfort, John.
Heat Engines : Thermodynamics in Theory and Practice
(Science Study Series)Greenwood Press, 1979. I came across mention of this book as something that is easy to read and not full of math -- perhaps even good reading for a 13 year old..
Smil, Vaclav.
Energy in World History
. Boulder: Westview Press. 1994. This book is full of information on the development of all sorts of technology -- the section on steam engines is good -- the illustrations are helpful too. This is the kind of book that would a help a teacher answer all those unpredictable questions a student might ask about how things happen re. the development of energy use.
Stern, Beverly.
Creating Our Energy Future
. YNHTI Curriculum Unit 81.05.10:
Stepan, Thelma.
Energy Alternatives.
YNHTI Curriculum Unit 81.05.09
The Great Search.
A Walt Disney production on the history of energy development.
Wiggins, Grant and Jay McTighe.
Understanding by Design: Curriculum and Assessment
. Pennington, New Jersey: The Center on Learning, Assessment, and School Structure, 1997.
Text Resources -- Student
Archer, Dennis W.
Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs.
ABC-CLIO: Santa Barbara. 1998
Black, Brian.
Petrolia: The Landscape of America’s First Oil Boom
(Creating the North American Landscape) Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2000. This interesting book includes background material on Titusville in Pennsylvania where the first oil-drilling machine was operated.
Boeschenstein,Warren.
Historic American Towns along the Atlantic Coast
. Johns Hopkins University Press. 1999
Images of America Series
. Arcadia Press. There are over 2000 titles in this series relating to the neighborhoods and cities of America in historical perspective. The books include photographs and pother primary source references to document the history of the selected locale. On a quick search I found entries for Memphis, Hartford, Chicago, Cleveland, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Charleston.
Liberman, Sherri.
A Historical Atlas of the Industrial Age and the Growth of America’s Cities.
Rosen Publishing Group. 1st edition, 2004. Written for students in the middle grades.
Kerrod, Robin and Sharon Ann Holgate.
The Way Science Works.
New York: DK Publishing, 2002. This book has a few nice pages on heat and heat engines -- with illustrations.
MacAulay, David.
Mill.
Walter Lorraine Books, 1989. Great illustrations and text about the development of mills and mill towns.
MacAulay, David and Neil Ardly.
The New Way Things Work
. New York: Hought-Mifflin, rev. 1998.
McCague, James.
When Chicago Was Young
. Champaign, IL: Garrard Pub. Co., 1971. Good source for information on early Chicago.
Rosen, Robert.
A Short History of Charleston.
University of South Carolina Press; Reprint edition, 1997.
Sharp, HenryK.
Patapsco Valley: Cradle of the Industrial Revolution in Maryland.
Maryland Historical Society, February2002.
Shirley, Michael.
From Congregation Town to Industrial City: Economic Change and Community Culture in Nineteenth-Century Winston and Salem, North Carolina
. New York University Press January1994.
Stanek, Murial.
Chicago: The City and Its People.
San Diego: Coronado Publishers, Inc.1963, pp.16-34 and 127.
Stein, Conrad.
Chicago
. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1997, pp. 24-25.
Video Resources
I have not seen these videos but I selected them based on reviews written about them. The videos are available through Amazon.com or through the
Social Studies School Service
catalog.
Energy for Children Video Series. 5-Volume Set, 23 minutes each. These videos are advertised as K-4 “The Energy for Children video series uses simple examples and hands-on demonstrations to help young learners understand the basics of energy and how it affects us in everyday life. The series explains what energy is, the different kinds of energy, and how we use and conserve it.”
Modern Times.
I thought that segments of Charlie Chaplin’s famous satire would be good to show the students. 1936.
Living during the Industrial Revolution.
AGC/United Learning. This video was released in 2003 and compares life before and during the industrial revolution. 19 minutes
The American Industrial Revolution
. United Learning, 1997. This video uses primary source photographs and documents to cover the rise of industrial America from 1865 to 1900. 27 minutes.
The Second Revolution
. CBS News. This video shows the impact of industrial growth on the development of cities and society. 27 minutes.
What is Energy?
Educational Video Network, Inc. 2004. Good introduction to the meaning and types of energy.