Industrial Revolution Interactive
This Digital Interactive is designed to help you better understand the causes, events, and effects of the Industrial Revolution for World History. It includes pages on people, and key events of this period.
On each page you will see text boxes where you can type responses. Simply click in the box and begin typing to provide your response. You can also add your own text boxes by clicking on the text box icon ( ). You also will need to add images to various pages. You can do this by copying and pasting or by right-clicking the image placeholder icons ( ) and selecting “Replace Image…”. You can then search the web for an image or select one from your computer.
Industrial Revolutions Illustrated Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Enclosure Movement | Steam Engine | Bessemer Process | Factory | Cottage Industry | Cotton Gin | Mass Production |
Definition | Wealthy farmers bought up land, forcing smaller farmers off their land | Could power machines automatically and led to the development of moving vehicles | Could produce steel that was strong and cheap, able to make skyscrapers and bridges | A large building where goods could be mass produced by a large number of workers | Prior to industrial revolution, good were produced in small batches in homes & cottages | Allowed cotton to be cleaned and seeds removed quickly | By using specialized skills and assembly lines, lots of goods could be produced quickly |
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The Industrial Revolution
Directions: The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 1700’s before spreading to Europe and the United States. Complete the graphic organizer below by describing why that reason contributed to the Industrial Revolution beginning in England.
Why the Industrial Revolution Began in England | |||
Natural Resources | The Agricultural Revolution | Government & Economy | Inventions |
List three things about Natural Resource 1. 2. 3. | List three things about the Agricultural Revolution 1. 2. 3. | List three things about Government or Economy 1. 2. 3. | List three major inventions 1. 2. 3. |
The Factory System
Directions: During the Industrial Revolution, family-based cottage-industries were displaced by the factory system. Find a picture of a typical factory and paste it in the box below. Then describe the nature of work in the factory system, what working conditions were like, and child labor. In the smoke cloud at the top, describe the effect the factory system had on society.
Factories caused _____________________________.
Cities became _____________________________.
Factories produced ______________________________.
Some of the major good produced in factories were ____________, _____________, and _______________.
Factory owners ______________________________________________.
Children needed to work because ___________________________________________.
Children were needed in the factories because ________________________________.
Work conditions in factories were _____________________________________________.
Factories workers were ____________________________________________________.
Effects on Society
The Factory System
Working Conditions
Child Labor
Impact of the Industrial Revolution
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Directions: As Industrial Revolution progressed, it had a massive impact on almost every aspect of society. In many ways, it improved society, however, it also had negative impacts in many areas as well. Drag and drop the effects listed to be either positive or negative below.
Positive
Negative
Increased education
Environmental pollution
Urbanization
Poor working conditions
Increased standard of living
Better medical care
Growth of the middle class
Growth of labor unions
Place these in the correct location of the graphic organizer
Improved transportation
Timeline of the Industrial Revolution
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1769
1794
1844
1855
1870
1876
1883
1889
1903
1908
Directions: The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 1700’s and eventually spread across the globe, creating massive changes. Drag and drop to sort the major events below into the correct order along the timeline .
Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone.
The Brooklyn Bridge opens in New York after 13 years of construction.
The Eiffel Tower opens in France and is the world’s tallest man-made structure.
Louis Pasteur develops the first laboratory vaccine after studying germ theory.
James Watt’s improved steam engine is invented.
Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel that can be made more quickly and cheaper than before.
James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny.
The Wright Brothers make the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Henry Ford begins production of the Model T: the first mass produced, affordable automobile.
Find the dates for the events and place them in the correct order
Samuel Morse invents the telegraph which can send messages instantly over a wire.
Eli Whitney files a patent for his cotton gin that can more easily separate cotton seeds from the fiber.
Invention | Spinning Jenny | Improved Steam Engine | Cotton Gin | Bessemer Process | Light Bulb | Telephone |
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Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Directions: The Industrial Revolution was one of the greatest periods of development in science and industry with hundreds of important new inventions. Complete the table below with the missing info for each invention.
Urbanization & Tenements
Directions: As more people moved from farms to cities, the need for housing skyrocketed. To keep up with demand, cheap high-rise apartment buildings called “tenements” were built in many cities. Find a picture of an urban tenement building and paste it below. Then, describe what they were like, where they were found, and what people lived in them.
Urbanization (Development of Cities) happened because __________________________.
Tenement building were ___________________________________________________.
The people who lived in tenements were ______________________________________.
Reform for tenements were needed because ___________________________________.
What caused urbanization during the Industrial Revolution?
What were tenement buildings like?
What kind of people most often lived in tenements?
Why were reforms called for in regards to tenements?
What types of jobs did children have? | Children often worked in ________________________ and _________________________. |
Why were children put to work? | Children were put to work because _____________________________. |
What were working conditions like? | Working conditions for children were _____________________________. |
Children Then
Children Now
Both
Give two bullet points
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Give two bullet points
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Child Labor
Directions: The Enclosure Movement and new inventions in farming sent many people to cities in search of jobs and many children entered the workforce. Find a picture of a child laborer and paste it below. Then complete the graphic organizer and Venn Diagram comparing children who lived during the Industrial Era with the lives of children in America today:
Rubric | Point Possible | Points Earned |
Slide 3: Complete the chart with three things for each category | 3 | |
Slide 4: Complete the four sections on the Factory System | 3 | |
Slide 5 & 6: Complete the graphic organizer and timeline | 3 | |
Slide 7: Put in the name of inventor, a picture, and description of the invention | 4 | |
Slide 8: Complete the four section on Urbanization and Tenements | 3 | |
Slide 9: Complete the chart and venn diagram on Child Labor | 4 | |
Total | 20 | |