CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Technology and Society
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How technology has affected society and the social impacts of the industrial revolution.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize History: The Industrial Revolution
In the 1800's learning became accessible for the poorest of people. In Great Britain, a system of secondary schools was established and the government passed acts making education attendance compulsory.
Digital History
Digital History: The Eve of the Industrial Revolution
A brief review of how the nation changed from 1790 to the 1820s. See how the production of goods moved from the home to factories and read about the change in the way workers were compensated.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Collectivization and Industrialization
Excellent site that is part of a larger collection of documents from the Soviet System. Site gives a good explanation of the Five-Year plans put into effect by Stalin.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: Market Revolution: Industrialization
A quick comprehension check over industrialization during the Market Revolution.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Rise of Industrial Unions
Article outlines the rise of industrial unions during the 1920s and 30s and the impact unions had on politics.
Victorian Web
Brown University: Victorian Web: Child Labor
Looks at child labor in industrialized England during Victorian times. Links are provided throughout the article for additional information on related subjects.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Revolutions in Human Population Growth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes causes of increased population growth.
Read Works
Read Works: The Industrial Revolution the Legend of John Henry
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the legend of a many named John Henry, a "steel drivin' man," according to legend. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: The Commercial Revolution
This article provides a brief description to the events leading up to and a description of Europe's Commercial Revolution. This is the period of time where there was an emergence of trade, capitalism and working class parties and unions.
Oswego City School District
Oswego City School District: The Commercial Revolution
Read here about the time in European history leading into the Renaissance. It is known as the Commercial Revolution, or the emergence of trade, capitalism and working class parties, and unions.
Computer History Museum
Computer History Museum: Selling the Computer Revolution: Marketing
This site presents a collection of marketing brochures from the computer industry. The collection can be viewed by company, decade, computer application or software category.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: American Economic Growth 1820 1860
Article on the structural changes in the American economy between 1820 and 1860 as technological innovations and advancement flourished leading to considerable growth in industry.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Smith, Marx, and Keynes
Spanning three centuries of history, from the dawn of the industrial age to modern times, three diverse thinkers developed their own landmark theories on commerce, labor, and the global economy. The three economists profiled in this...
BBC
Bbc: Overview: Victorian Britain, 1837 1901
Website on Victorian Britain, 1837-1901, chronicles events, political history, and culture, explaining how Britain was able to claim to be a world superpower despite social inequality and rival overseas industry.
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Victorian Age Topics in Literature
This resource discusses four controversies that concerned the Victorians: evolution, industrialism, what the Victorians called "The Woman Question," and Great Britain's identity as an imperial power. Includes multiple-choice quiz and...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: 19th Century Railways: Export of Revolution
This website from the Fordham University provides information about the expansion of the rail system in European countries between 1840 and 1900. Presents graphs to present the information.
Curated OER
Macmillan/mc Graw Hill: The World, Vol. 1: Changing Ideas: Lesson 6 Quiz
Choose the correct answer for each of the five multiple choice questions to evaluate your comprehension of Great Britain's Industrial Revolution.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Who Am I?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use the reveal tool and the paint bucket to review famous men of the Industrial Revolution, geography, immigration, etc.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Cause and Effect With Us History
[Free Registration/Login Required] What is cause and effect? This flipchart explains cause and effect with simple examples leading to more in-depth examples in US history from the Industrial Revolution, immigration, and Westward expansion.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Eli Whitney
This site from the MIT Invention Dimension provides the history of Eli Whitney's cotton gin. Important part of the Industrial Revolution.
Victorian Web
Brown University: Victorian Web: Chadwick's Report on Sanitary Conditions
This site from the Victorian Web provides a summary of Edwin Chadwick's report on the sanitary conditions of the working class in 19th century England. Links are also provided for additional information on this subject.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Women Miners in English Coal Pits
Detailed essay, written in 1842, on women and girl miners' working conditions in Great Britain. Includes the personal accounts of two women miners.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Richard Guest: The Steam Loom, 1823
The Fordham University provides information about the application of steam power, which accelerated the centralization of textile production in factories.