Students explore how steam power and factories transformed the world — mass-producing goods, filling cities with workers, and changing daily life forever — along with the hard conditions that sparked reform.
Students will be able to…
In a few generations, the world went from handmade goods and farms to factories, cities, and machines. What powered this enormous change — and at what cost?
Project this and tap each part of the Industrial Revolution. Have students record the change and weigh its benefits and costs.
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How did the world go from farms to factories so fast?
Students investigate.
Students analyze.
Students conclude.
Students take action.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in history/social studies.
Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals and society.
Classify developments as examples of change and continuity.
Analyze interactions within and between human and physical systems.
Integrate visual information with other information in texts.
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Have students research how workers and reformers pushed back against harsh factory conditions (labor unions, child-labor laws) and won changes over time. A printable research sheet is in the Social Studies library.
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