The Industrial Revolution is one of the most significant events in all of human history.  It began in Britain in the 18th century and transformed life for millions of people across Europe and North America in the centuries that followed.  For example, it led to the creation of the factory system and the mass production of goods which continue to be important to this day.   Click below to learn more about specific topics related to the Industrial Revolution.

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READINGS & SOURCES

|'A Christmas Carol'
|Adam Smith
​|Agricultural Revolution
​|Causes of the Industrial Revolution
​|Charles Dickens
​|Charles Fourier
​|Charles Townshend
|Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution
​|Classical Liberalism
|Consumerism
|Cottage Industry vs. Factory System
|Democratic Socialism
​​|Economics in the Industrial Revolution
|Edmund Cartwright
|Eli Whitney
​|Enclosure Movement
​​​|Factory Acts

​|First vs. Second Industrial Revolution
​|Gilded Age in the United States
​|Henry Ford
​|Impacts of the Industrial Revolution​​
​|Industrial Revolution Overview
​|Industrialization in the United States
|Inventions and Inventors
​|James Hargreaves
​|James Watt
​|Jethro Tull
​|John Kay
|Karl Marx
​|Labor Movement
|Laissez-Faire Capitalism
​|Liberalism
​​|Living Conditions in Industrial Towns
​|Luddites

​|Marxism
​​|Negatives of the Industrial Revolution
​​|Positives of the Industrial Revolution
​|Richard Arkwright
​|Robert Owen
​​|Socialism
|Steam Engine
​|Textile Manufacturing
|Thomas Edison​
​|Thomas Malthus
|Thomas Newcomen
​|Transcontinental Railroad in the USA
|Utopian Socialsim
​|Women in the Industrial Revolution
​|Working Conditions
|Why Was Britain the First?

TEACHING RESOURCES & LESSONS

Adam Smith - PowerPoint with Cloze Notes

Adam Smith - Reading, Questions and Key

Karl Marx - PowerPoint with Cloze Notes (25 Slides/Pages on his life and ideas!)

Industrial Revolution Child Labor - Questions and Key (8 Pages)

Industrial Revolution Child Labor - PowerPoint with Cloze Notes (64 Total Slides)

Industrial Revolution in the USA - PowerPoint with Notes Copy (74 Total Slides)

Industrial Revolution Impacts - PowerPoint with Notes Copy (62 Total Slides)

Industrial Revolution Causes - PowerPoint with Notes Copy (44 Total Slides)

Industrial Revolution Working Conditions - PowerPoint with Notes Copy (36 Total Slides)

Industrial Revolution Why Britain Was First - PowerPoint with Notes Copy (54 Total Slides)

Industrial Revolution Living Conditions - PowerPoint with Notes Copy (30 Total Slides)

Industrial Revolution Inventions and Inventors - PowerPoint with Notes Copy