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Welcome to History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism. This document contains everything you need to teach the sample lesson “Toward Independence.”
We invite you to use this sample lesson today to discover how the TCI Approach can make history come alive for your students.
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Letter from Bert Bower, TCI Founder and CEO

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Benefits of History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism

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Program Contents

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Student Edition: Sample Lesson 5: Toward Independence

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Lesson Guide

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Assessment

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Welcome!
H i s to ry A l i ve ! T h e U n i te d Sta te s T h ro u g h I n d u s tri a l i s m

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elcome to the second edition of History Alive! The United States Through
Industrialism, which is a part of TCI’s engaging middle school social

studies series. Since the program was first released, I’ve been slipping into classrooms with my camera to catch the TCI Approach in action. Despite the great diversity of classes in which the images were taken—in urban and suburban settings, in mainstream and English Language Development classes, with honors and special education students—one similarity always strikes me: students are actively involved in history and having a great time.
Our goal in creating History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism was to engage students’ multiple intelligences, connect history to their own lives, and foster critical thinking. The result has been a movement away from traditional, teacher-centered classrooms to more engaging, active social studies instruction.
Improved test scores, student enthusiasm for history, and teacher renewal have followed.

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