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Steel City

Steel City. Why Pittsburgh?. Today you will learn…. Standard: SS5G1: The student can locate important places in the United States. Element b. Important man-made places include the Chisholm Trail, Pittsburgh, PA, Gettysburg, PA: Kitty Hawk, NC, Pearl Harbor, HI, and Montgomery, AL.

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Steel City

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  1. Steel City Why Pittsburgh?

  2. Today you will learn… • Standard: SS5G1: The student can locate important places in the United States. • Element b. Important man-made places include the Chisholm Trail, Pittsburgh, PA, Gettysburg, PA: Kitty Hawk, NC, Pearl Harbor, HI, and Montgomery, AL. • Standard: SS5 G2 The student will explain the reasons for spatial patterns of economic activities. • Element a. Explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources influenced industrial locations in the United States between the end of the Civil War and 1900.

  3. Read the poem. In your own words what do you think the author was saying about Pittsburgh? “Here’s to grim Pittsburgh the city of smoke, Where the sky’s but a memory and sunshine a joke, Where the incense of stogies perfumeth the air – But in spite of her faults we all love to be there.” Meda Logan, poet, circa 1907:

  4. What factors must exist for business to develop? • Natural Resources • Ability to transport natural resources and product • Labor: people to work in jobs • Capital: money

  5. Use this knowledge to determine why the Steel Industry developed in Pittsburgh • Read the text and look at the graphs, captions and illustrations. • Use the information that you have read to complete the graphic organizer. • Be prepared to discuss what you have found with your classmates.

  6. Think about it: The development of the steel industry in Pittsburgh affected the city. Using what you have read, what effects did the development of the steel industry have on Pittsburgh.

  7. Ticket Out the Door: Pittsburgh…Steel City 1. During the Industrial age, Pittsburgh was known because…. a. The sky was so polluted that it was black b. It produce steel c. Andrew Carnegie owed the steel company d. All of the above 2. Pittsburgh was a great location for steel to be made in factories because a. Leaders gave money to Andrew Carnegie so he would build factories b. It was cold c. It had natural resources needed to make steel d. None of the above 3. The rivers and railroads were important in the production of steel. Explain why they were needed. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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