Industrial Revolution Group Project and Questions to Answer

815-842 Working in groups of five, you will be responsible for researching the age of the Industrial Revolution. In

doing so you will be answering the 11 questions below, as well as presenting on a topic of your choice from the list below (first-come, first-serve). The method of presentation will be up to the group!

Presentation Topics: Technological innovations of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions Child Labor during the Industrial Revolution Urbanization and the changing city during the Industrial Revolution Changing Society during the Industrial Revolution Reformers during the Industrial Revolution Reading Questions to Cover: 1 - Where did the Industrial Revolution start, and why did it start there? 2 - What were working conditions like? Why? 3 - How did the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars help the spread of the Industrial Revolution? 4 - How did big business and corporations emerge out of industrialization? 5 - How was the population boom of the 1700 and 1800s linked to industrialization? 6 - What was the early urban environment like? 7 - How did society and family change during/because of the Industrial Revolution? 8 - Who were socialists, and why were they a response to the Industrial Revolution? 9 - What were some social reforms enacted to better conditions? 10 - How did industrialization happen in Russia and Japan? 11 - What was the new geographic global division of labor to emerge?

Industrial Revolution Group Project and Questions to Answer

815-842 Working in groups of five, you will be responsible for researching the age of the Industrial Revolution. In

doing so you will be answering the 11 questions below, as well as presenting on a topic of your choice from the list below (first-come, first-serve). The method of presentation will be up to the group!

Presentation Topics: Technological innovations of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions Child Labor during the Industrial Revolution Urbanization and the changing city during the Industrial Revolution Changing Society during the Industrial Revolution Reformers during the Industrial Revolution Reading Questions to Cover: 1 - Where did the Industrial Revolution start, and why did it start there? 2 - What were working conditions like? Why? 3 - How did the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars help the spread of the Industrial Revolution? 4 - How did big business and corporations emerge out of industrialization? 5 - How was the population boom of the 1700 and 1800s linked to industrialization? 6 - What was the early urban environment like? 7 - How did society and family change during/because of the Industrial Revolution? 8 - Who were socialists, and why were they a response to the Industrial Revolution? 9 - What were some social reforms enacted to better conditions? 10 - How did industrialization happen in Russia and Japan? 11 - What was the new geographic global division of labor to emerge?