Industrial Revolution

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Industrial Revolution

Browse over 50 educational resources created by Captivating History in the official Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Industrial Revolution Lesson Plans for 8th Grade

Industrial revolution graveyard project world history

1906. Students can play either an immigrant female worker or a native-born male manager. Both characters must deal with labor strife as well as earn money to support their families. Covering industrialization, immigration, the Progressive era, and organized labor, the game promotes historical reasoning, fosters cooperative learning and intellectual teamwork, and teaches the use and interpretation of primary sources, all while being fun to play.

School House Rock video about the right to vote for women in the USA

The Industrial Revolution: Domestic System versus Factory System of Production Free Printable Chart Worksheet for Students

In the early 1800s textile mills sprang up in the North signaling the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in America. How did life begin to change?

The war with Spain revived U.S. interest in building a canal across the isthmus of Panama, uniting the two great oceans. The usefulness of such a canal for sea trade had long been recognized by the major commercial nations of the world; the French had begun digging one in the late 19th century but had been unable to overcome the engineering difficulties. Having become a power in both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, the United States saw a canal as both economically beneficial and a…

J.P. Morgan and Finance Capitalism - Reading with questions for high school United States History students. Free to print (PDF file).

The Nullification Crisis - Free printable reading with questions for high school United States History students.

Railroads, Regulations, and the Tariff Reading with Questions - Free to print (PDF file) for high school American History classes.

Dennis Daily narrates a series on the major events and themes of history, as prepared by journalist L. David Mark. There is a break in the report, since it w...

We spent a few days recently learning about the Industrial Revolution. My Smarties are going to be taking a final exam in social studies, which is based on a DBQ, so I wanted them to have a little practice with primary and secondary documents. Have you seen this picture of Addie? This famous photograph is by Lewis Hine. I started by putting Addie's picture up on an anchor chart, and giving my students a similar copy for their interactive notebooks. For homework, I asked them to make…

Incredible website that explores the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in-depth! Great place for your students to start when thinking about the workplace issues that prompted Americans to consider joining unions.