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Website
Other

A Virtual Tour of Victorian England

For Students 9th - 10th
A visit to a Victorian Family where they "Will show you how a middle-class Victorian family lives."
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Website
Britain Express

Britain Express: History: The Victorian Age: Chartism

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Chartist Movement in England from its origins in 1838 with the "People's Charter," to its demise in 1848.
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Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich Fordham University site of primary source material that include full-text, and multimedia sites. There are additional study and research guides such as Modern History in the Movies.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: America at the Centennial

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan requiring student to analyze primary documents from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Students interpret what these historical artifacts say "about the lives and values of Americans in 1876" among other things.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Carnivals of Revenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains information on the frustration of "Gilded Age workers."
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America at the Turn of the Century

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short report on America by 1900: "..the American nation had established itself as a world power. The West was Won. The frontier -- the great fact of 300 years of American history -- was no more."
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Website
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Social Darwinism 1857

For Students 9th - 10th
Herbert Spencer's article "Progress: It's Law and Cause" in which he discusses his theories of evolution prior to Darwin's publishing.
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Peterloo Massacre, 1819

For Students 9th - 10th
Text from Selections of Sources of English History, printed in 1920, about the Peterloo Massacre.
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: "Lowell Mill Girls" by Harriet Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Archived news article. A personal account of young female cotton mill workers in Massachusetts during the mid-1800's.
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Website
Other

Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about life in the cities of England in 1775. The site also contains links to transportation and entertainment information.
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Handout
US Department of State

America.gov: Foundations of Human Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent overview of the immigration activity and subsequent settlement patterns of the United States. Discusses major reasons for population shifts and growth of population centers.
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Website
Other

Illinois and Michigan Canal: A Corridor in Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Online history of the Illinois and Michigan canal.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Gilded Age: America Moves to the City

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the urbanization that took place at the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. Includes questions for students at end.
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Lesson Plan
National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: The Carbon Cycle Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan with downloadable handouts and teacher instruction sheets where students learn about the carbon cycle by simulating it in a game format. There are two rounds of the game where they first look at the pre-Industrial...
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Website
Other

Stanford University Press:institutionalization of Science in Europe,1650 to 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of chapter 3 from a book titled Economic Evolution and Revolution in Historical Time by Paul W. Rhode, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, and David F. Weiman. The chapter looks at how the Second Industrial Revolution gave rise to...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Queen Victoria's Empire (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Four lesson plans for exploring the reign of Queen Victoria, with instructions for introducing learners to the positive and negative impacts of the inventions of the Industrial Revolution, to the leaders of Victorian England, to the role...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Human Geography: Agricultural Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
AP Human Geography course unit on Agricultural Geography discusses industrial farming, global agriculture and the green revolution.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Spinning Jenny

For Students 9th - 10th
This lecture on the Industrial Revolution discusses its origins in England. Provides detail on what it was like in England during the time period of the Industrial Revolution.
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Handout
Other

Suffolk County Community College: Congress of Vienna

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the goals of the countries at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, how realistic they were, and to what extent they were achieved. The goals were intended to create a new balance of power that could prevent both the spread of...
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Eli Whitney Cotton Gin

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a summary and list of interesting facts on the Eli Whitney Cotton Gin that revolutionized the cotton industry in the South.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Samuel Slater

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Samuel Slater, the "Father of American Industry", through this comprehensive overview with detailed facts.
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Unit Plan
Columbia University

Columbia University: China and Europe 1500 2000 and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about China and its growth throughout the world. Understand and compare the growth of Europe with China. Links to many different topics. Offers lesson plans and study guides (PDF, Adobe Reader required). Includes video (uses...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: A Fatal Contradiction Webisode 5

For Students 9th - 10th
Webisode 5 - A Fatal Contradiction. The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments.Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.
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Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Primary Sources: The Lowell System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An hour-long professional development video on teaching how the Lowell System was a departure from traditional labor practices. Features experienced classroom teachers. Materials and a complete lesson plan are also provided.