Global Effects of the Industrial Revolution


Global Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Students first watch a video about the invention of the steam engine and brainstorm a modern technology that has had a major impact on society. Then they are introduced to economic concepts such as Commercial Revolution, money economy, and economic specialization. Next they summarize technological and social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. They evaluate whether the term Industrial Revolution is an appropriate name for the era. Finally they choose a writing task to analyze changes in the city of London during the nineteenth century as a result of industrialization.

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In this experience, students first watch a video about the invention of the steam engine and brainstorm a modern technology that has had a major impact on society. Then they are introduced to economic concepts such as Commercial Revolution, money economy, and economic specialization. Next they summarize technological and social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. They evaluate whether the term Industrial Revolution is an appropriate name for the era. Finally they choose a writing task to analyze changes in the city of London during the nineteenth century as a result of industrialization.

Objectives

  • Explain the political and social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.
  • Analyze the development of money economies and economic specialization.


Throughout human history until the nineteenth century, economies were generally based on agriculture and handcrafted goods. Even large items such as ships and cannons were made by hand. The Industrial Revolution led to major socioeconomic, cultural, and technological changes. This experience provides an overview of global transformations resulting from the Industrial Revolution.

Objectives

  • Explain the political and social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.
  • Analyze the development of money economies and economic specialization.


schematic plan for the steam engine

James Watts’ design for a steam engine (1782)


Watch the video: James Watt: steam engine.


Name a modern technology that has had a major impact in the twentieth or twenty-first century, as the steam engine did in the nineteenth century.

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Sample answers: computers, airplanes, the Internet, alternative energy sources.

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