Students will use primary source materials: maps, literature, political cartoons, and drawings from newspapers in order to analyze the impact of industrialization in Europe and its change on society.

I have created a Google sites website that provides students with the opportunity to explore the American Industrial Revolution on their own. I am currently employed at an alternative education high school and am going to be using this site to let the students complete the tasks independently. I am still working on the concrete structure of the unit to help with the flow of the unit. I have included a study guide, assessments, projects and other various assignments.

After studying elements of the Industrial Revolution, students will conduct a collaborative research assignment related to the Industrial Revolution.

In this resource, students will learn to critique the effect of events in the target culture's history on perspectives, practices, and products of global interest by reading and discussing a Spanish short story about the Industrial Revolution in Spain, written by Leopoldo Alas (also known as Clarin).

In 1870, the United States was primarily an agricultural nation. Most Americans made a living from farming. Flash forward fifty years and the United States underwent a major transformation as more Americans left farming in search of industrial jobs in cities.With the discovery and usage of raw materials, creation of new inventions, and expansion of big business; the Industrial Revolution transformed the American economy and the lives of millions of Americans.

The Industrial Revolution (ca. 1750-1900) may have involved fewer beheadings per capita than preceding political revolutions, but it was certainly transformative for people in all walks of life. In Europe, feudalism was a thing of the past, but without modern forms of transportation, the average person still had to rely on their local community for the production of food and durable goods. Prior to industrialization, most people lived as farmers; life revolved around subsistence agriculture. People worked the land with simple, homemade tools to grow their own food. Production of goods (clothing, for example) happened on a small scale, often within workers’ homes. Trade happened on a small scale within communities. Life expectancy was short, although it had increased at a slow rate since the Middle Ages. All of this, however, would change dramatically as the Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain and caused sweeping changes around the world. This global event transformed how people worked, played, traded and traveled. It changed politics, economics, and family structures and continues to shape our world today.