World History

AIM: How did England give rise to the Industrial Revolution during the 1700’s?

1: We provide information on the conditions for development existing in Britain and ask students to answer the question - Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?

2: We provide information on the Agricultural Revolution - visual, and in the form of charts and readings - which would help students to answer the question, What is the relationship between the Agricultural and the Industrial Revolutions?

3: We provide information on some of the major new inventions and inventors of the Industrial Revolution in the textile, transportation, and communication industries, covering the period 1725 -1900.

Directions :: Select three inventors that you think had the most significant effect on their industry and society. For each inventor, write a recommendation for the Inventor’s Hall of Fame, in which you include the following:

1. Describe each nominee’s invention.

2. Describe the effect that the invention had on the industry at the time.

3. Describe how the invention had a long term effect that may possibly even have affected your life.

4. Use the information you have found on the computer to answer the following questions:

1. How did the first Industrial Revolution profoundly alter Britain’s society and economy? (Offer at least four examples)

2. Explain how the most important changes occurred in the organization of work.

Homework: Write a journal entry discussing your excitement over the new profession that you are going to choose now that the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions are here. Discuss how you hope your life will change as a result of these revolutions.