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The Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution changed the lives of Europeans and the world forever. Perhaps more than any other period in the study of history, this movement shaped the world we live in today. Developments such as mechanized industry, the factory system, and lives driven by technology and clocks were all products of industrialization. The fact that you are able to read this description, and the fact that I was able to write and publish it, came from the Industrial Revolution.

In this unit, we will look at the following concepts:
  • How and why industrialization began in Britain in the mid-18th century
  • How industrialization spread to the continent (and the United States, but we'll downplay the USA in this course for now)
  • The differences between British and continental industrialization
  • The growth of population, especially in the cities, as a result of industrialization
  • How industrialization changed the lives of the middle and working classes, both positively and negatively
  • How workers and governments tried to reform society to meet the challenges and problems brought on by industrialization

Through it all, I think you will see the development of a society that looks very much like that of today. You'll understand why our concept of work and life revolves around the clock and why the American education system is set up the way it is. Perhaps most of all, you'll understand that widespread change never comes without its costs. The role of the historian is to determine whether the benefits outweigh the costs or vice versa.


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Industrial Revolution Study Guide
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Industrial Revolution Key Concepts
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Industrial Revolution Skeleton Outline
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Homework Assignments

Assignment 1: Origins of industrialization

  • MindTap: Punching the clock
  • Take notes on Spielvogel pages 596-599
  • What Caused the Industrial Revolution?
  • Crash Course: Industrial Revolution
  • MindTap: Industrialization's antecedents

Assignment 2: British industrialization

  • Take notes on Spielvogel pages 599-603
  • Crash Course: The Railroad Journey
  • 8 ways railway travel changed everything for Britain
  • Video: The Crystal Palace Is Destroyed

Assignment 3: Spread of industrialization

  • Take notes on Spielvogel pages 604-606, 609​
  • Horrible Histories: Pioneers of Industrialization
  • MindTap: Spread of industrialization

Assignment 4: Growth of population and cities

  • Take notes on Spielvogel pages 609-613
  • Crash Course: Population, Sustainability, and Malthus
  • The Irish Potato Famine Explained
  • Try to add one item to the Sutori timeline linked on Google Classroom
  • Comment on Google Classroom with your thoughts on the usefulness of Sutori in the future

​Assignment 5: New social classes

  • Take notes on Spielvogel pages 613-619
  • Childhood and Child Labor in the British Industrial Revolution​
  • MindTap: Working class life

​Assignment 6: Efforts at change

  • Take notes on Spielvogel pages 619-620​
  • The Chartists
  • Horrible Histories: Luddite!!
  • MindTap: Factory worker discipline
  • MindTap: Chapter 20 Quiz

Primary Sources

  • Edward Baines, The History of the Cotton Manufacture in Britain
  • Factory Rules, Foundry and Engineering Works of the Royal Overseas Trading company, Berlin
  • Nicholas Cummins, The Famine in Skiberdeen
  • Images of Everyday Life: Living Conditions of London's Poor
  • Samuel Smiles, Self-Help
  • Shibuzawa Eiichi, Autobiography
  • Shibuzawa Eiichi on Progress
  • Report of the Sadler Commission on Child Factory Workers
  • The Black Holes of Worsley


Interesting Articles

  • 8 ways railway travel changed everything for Britain
  • Video: The Crystal Palace Is Destroyed
  • Locating the Titanic's Watery Grave

Paul Sargent Makes History

  • Home
  • My YouTube Channel
  • AP European History
    • Historical Reasoning Skills
    • Thematic Learning Objectives >
      • Interaction of Europe and the World
      • Poverty and Prosperity
      • Objective Knowledge and Subjective Visions
      • States and Other Institutions of Power
      • Individual and Society
      • National and European Identity
    • Concept Outline
    • Period 1: 1450-1648
    • Period 2: 1648-1815
    • Period 3: 1815-1914
    • Period 4: 1914-Present
    • Exam Review Resources
  • AP Government
    • Concept Outline
    • Constitutional Underpinnings
    • Political Beliefs and Behaviors
    • Linkage Institutions
    • Institutions of Government
    • Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
    • Exam Review
  • Government and Economics
    • Foundations of Government
    • The Constitution
    • Executive Branch
    • The Judicial Branch
    • Voting and Elections
  • My Blog