BBC
Bbc: The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution saw advancement in all areas of life. Take a look at the achievements in transportation such as improved roads, canals, and railways. Also included is a timeline of inventions in this area.
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PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wake Up, America: Industrial Revolution in America [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that looks at the technological advances of early nineteenth-century America and the birth of the Industrial Revolution in America.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Industrialization 2
A learning module on the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the movement...
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Industrialization
A learning module on the Industrial Revolution in America that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include how manufacturing...
Other
Historyplex: Urbanization During the Industrial Revolution
Urbanization brought about many changes in the social, economic, and political lives of people during the Industrial Revolution. This article sheds light on the effects of urbanization and industrialization on the common people of that...
Other
Ecology: The Industrial Revolution
A discussion of the effects of the Industrial Revolution on population growth, with emphasis on the question of sustainability. A great introduction to the field of ecology.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Industrial Revolution Inventions
The Industrial Revolution is a phrase that encompasses the massive changes in agriculture and manufacturing processes during the 18th and 19th centuries that transformed the United States from an agricultural to an industrial society....
Other
Modern World History: Pre Industrial Society
In this textbook unit, students learn about what society and the standard of living were like prior to the Industrial Revolution. The average peasant grew their food and kept farm animals. Change took place much more slowly, but the rate...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Global Industrialization
Europe and America were far from alone in the quest for industrialization. This unit explores just how far the age of industry impacted the world.
Other
National Museum of Industrial History
Explore these exhibitions, previously located in the Smithsonian Institute, which feature the great Americans who contributed to the industrialization of the United States beginning with the nation's centennial celebration. Plan a trip...
Other
Bringing History Home: Industrialization History
This 3rd grade unit introduces the history of industrialization in the United States in the late 19th century. The development of mechanization and assembly line processes, reliance on unskilled labor, and geographic concentration of...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Second Industrial Revolution
This site from the Fordham University and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook offers an outline of primary source materials covering the Second Industrial Revolution and advanced capitalism as well as new technologies associated with...
Other
What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us
This online companion to a television production in the U.K. contains information about the achievements of the Industrial Revolution. Click the Changing Landscape link to view an interactive map showing how the landscape of Great...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Industrial Revolution Timeline
Learn what started the Industrial Revolution and its impact. Includes important inventions during the first industrial revolution and their inventors.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Industrial Revolution
The first three pages of this extensive essay on the railroad in United States history focuses on the early railroad and the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Other
Child Mine Labor During the Industrial Revolution
Website informing readers on the daily life of children working in the mines during the Industrial Age. Site provides an overview with photos about the hours, types of jobs and working conditions.
Other
Modern World History: Introduction to the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the most profound historical event with consequences that changed every aspect of our society. Urbanization, environmental issues, social issues, and migration are just a few areas that changed as a result...
BBC
Bbc: The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution brought the United Kingdom into an era of technology and productivity. It created wealth for many but social problems and poverty for others. It includes a slideshow of some of the most famous inventions and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Industrial Revolution & Immigration
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson has notes covering the American Industrial Revolution and famous leaders of the industrial age. Also includes the need for immigrants to supply the factories with workers.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: History of Work Ethic: Work Ethic and Industrial Revolution
This article from The University of Georgia examines the effect of the Industrial Revolution on the general work ethics of people.
Other
Woonsocket Connection: Samuel Slater: Father of American Industrial Revolution
A biography of Samuel Slater, father of the American Industrial Revolution, is on this site. Pictures and links are also available.
Other
Nettlesworth Primary School: Child Labor and the Industrial Revolution
This resource provides information about child labor and the Industrial Revolution.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Industry and Isms (1815 1850)
As the conservatives were establishing Conservativism, liberals were finding Liberalism, nationalists were creating Nationalism, and socialists were developing Socialism with their own ideas for a new order to establish on a continent...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Industrialization and Big Business, 1870 1900: Inventors of the Age
In the Industrial Revolution, new products and inventions spurred the growth of big business. Learn about some of these inventions and the people who created them, for example, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison.