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The Human History Project

Unit Pack: Post-Industrial Economics

Unit Pack: Post-Industrial Economics

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The Industrial Revolution created immense wealth, but also vast inequality. The Post-Industrial Economics Unit Pack, part of The Human History Project’s Ready, Click, Teach series, provides a complete, 11-lesson program to help middle school and Key Stage 3 students understand the world-changing ideologies that emerged to fix the economic chaos.

This comprehensive, user-friendly digital package gives you back hours of planning time. Purchase once, and you are licensed to use the pack with all of your students, year after year.

Why Choose This Unit Pack?

This unit moves beyond simple definitions, asking students to analyze the flaws of early capitalism and argue the merits and drawbacks of the systems designed to replace it. The curriculum is focused on deep comparison and critical thinking, not just memorization.

 

Deepen Economic Understanding
  • Big Picture Learning: Students will analyze how the problems that arose from industrialization led to the rise of new economic ideas, including Capitalism, Marxism, Socialism, and Communism.
  • Comprehensive Coverage: The unit covers the key differences between Laissez-Faire Capitalism and Mainstream Capitalism, the stages of Marxism, the goals of Socialism , and the principles of Communism.
  • Key Comparisons: Clear comparisons are made between the systems' views on:
    • Ownership of major resources
    • The role and level of government control
    • The ultimate goal (profit vs. equality)
Cultivate 21st-Century Skills

The unit features engaging, inquiry-based activities that encourage students to use supporting evidence and good judgment to argue in favor of a specific ideology.
  • Experiential Learning: The Laissez-Faire Capitalism Class Activity puts students in a market simulation to immediately experience the pros and cons of an unregulated system.
  • In-Depth Project: The culminating Unit Project divides students into groups to create an ideologically accurate Laissez-Faire Capitalist or fully Communist "nation", challenging them to explain its government, economy, laws, and the obstacles that would arise in a real-world application.
  • Assessment for Learning: Multiple short answer and critical thinking questions are embedded in the worksheets to promote analysis and comparison (e.g., comparing the role of government in laissez-faire vs. mainstream capitalism).
What’s Included in Your Instant Download?
  • Detailed Lesson Plans: A complete 11-class breakdown with learning objectives, new vocabulary, and suggested activities for each lesson.
  • Student Worksheets: Dedicated "Understanding" worksheets for Capitalism, Marxism, Socialism, and Communism to support in-class learning.
  • Full Unit Assessment: A comprehensive test to gauge student mastery of concepts and comparison skills.
  • Unit Revision Guide: A handy summary for review, outlining the key features, pros, cons, and real-life snapshots of all economic models covered.
  • Project Guide & Rubric: Everything needed to run the group project.

 

Ready to bring clarity and depth to the complexity of economic history?

Get your Post-Industrial Economics Unit Pack today and be ready to click and teach in minutes!

 

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