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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists Internet Archive: The Principles of Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Marxists Internet Archive provides the Principles of Communism, written by Frederick Engels, defines Proletariats in the second section of this page. Defines proletarianism, and then answers more detailed questions...
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Henry Bessemer

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the life and accomplishments of Henry Bessemer.
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Other

Key People in Labor History: Mother Jones (1837 1930)

For Students 9th - 10th
Once called "the most dangerous woman in America", Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was one of the great organizers of the labor and union movements.
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Read Works

Read Works: The British Empire an Introduction to the British Empire

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the history of the British Empire. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Website
Other

James Brindley: Canal Engineer & Builder

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of the famous English canal builder and designer.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Chapter 6: Economic Growth: Self Check Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides a list of 12 self-check study questions covering the content of Chapter 6: Economic Growth from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics textbook.
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PBS

Pbs: Who Made America? Samuel Slater

For Students 9th - 10th
Slater divided factory work into such simple steps that children aged four to ten could do it -- and did. While such child labor is anathema today, American children were traditionally put to work around the farm as soon as they could...
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Website
Other

Cambridge University Press: Palm Oil

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the origins of, European demand for, and the devlopment of modern-day global trade of palm oil.
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize History: The Chartists

For Students 6th - 8th
Explains who the Chartists were and their first efforts to try to persuade the British Parliament to enact reforms for the working class. Their three petitions failed to move Parliament but increased the resolve of others to push for...
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize History: The Chartists: The Roots of Chartism

For Students 6th - 8th
Discusses how Chartism took hold in Britain and the people who championed the movement.
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize History: The Chartists: The Charters

For Students 6th - 8th
Describes the three Charter petitions that the Chartists presented to Parliament between 1839 and 1848 and the government's response to each one.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: American Inventors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will learn about 8 American inventors from the 1800's. They will use the internet of encyclopedia disc to research and print pictures and information about these people.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quiz: Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge on the modernization of society.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quiz: Expansion & Interconnection

For Students 9th - 10th
A quiz reviewing over how empires expanded, why they expanded, and how they fell.
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Lesson Plan
National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: The Impact of Inventions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
A promotional painting by George Inness will introduce students to a new invention from the nineteenth century, the locomotive.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England

For Students 9th - 10th
Spooky stories featuring the supernatural were all the rage during the darkest time of the year. Towards the end of each year, as fireplaces are lit and hot cocoa is made, Americans have made it a tradition to revisit their favorite...
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Lesson Plan
National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Rolling on the River

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students will explore how westward expansion increased the number of jobs available in the nineteenth century, including being a flat boatman through a painting by George Caleb Bingham.
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Other

History View: Titanic

For Students 9th - 10th
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Here you can take a virtual tour.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "Toilers of the Sea" by Victor Hugo. Set after the Napoleonic Wars, this novel addresses the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the island of Guernsey.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Gray Mills of Farley by Sarah Orne Jewett

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "The Gray Mills of Farley" about a textile mill at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Who Am I?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a review of famous inventors and people of the Second Industrial Revolution. Activotes questions are included. There is a citation for a United Streaming video clip at the end that could be...
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Karl Marx: Father of Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the capitalist conditions, brought on by the Industrial Revolution, that led to the fostering of the socialist ideas espoused by Karl Marx, and to the writing of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Era of Expansion and Reform

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information about the period in United States history between the Civil War and World War I. The United States was transformed from a rural republic to an urban state.
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Website
Other

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission: Independence to the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses a variety of topics concerning the time period of 1776-1861, including Pennsylvania in the revolution, founding a commonwealth, founding a nation, population and immigration, political developments, industry, transportation,...

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