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The Industrial Revolution
Every Historical Conquest article on The Industrial Revolution — 35 pieces of narrative history written for students and teachers.
Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Years Before the Industrial Revolution
Radio Broadcast: A Look Back at Farming Life Before the Industrial Revolution[Energetic music, with a slight inventive and motivating tone] Host: "And welcome back, folks
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: Cause of the Industrial Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution: The Foundation of IndustrializationThe Agricultural Revolution was a transformative period in European history that laid the foundation for t
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Lesson Plans on the Industrial Revolution: Early Industrial Centers: Britain as the Birthplace
The Life of Adam Smith and the Creation of The Wealth of NationsIt was a cold winter’s day in 1723 when Adam Smith was born in the small town of Kirkcaldy, Scotland. His
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: Expansion & Globalization (1750-1790)
Expansion & Globalization (1750-1790)The Industrial Revolution Spreads to Europe (1770-1790)The Industrial Revolution, which had its roots in Britain during the mid-18th
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: Capitalism & the Greatest Inventors in the Early Revolution
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Greatest Inventors Before the RevolutionInnovation has always been the foundation of human progress. Every great inventor builds
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: From Steam Engines to Locomotives
Hero’s Whirling Wonder: The Story of Alexandria’s AeolipileIn the grand city of Alexandria, where the great Library of Alexandria housed the knowledge of the world, a bri
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Early Factory System and How Women Saved the People
The Man Who Stole the Mill: Samuel Slater’s Industrial Espionage (1789-1790)The damp air inside the Derbyshire textile mill smelled of oil and raw cotton, and the rhythmi
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Communication Revolution
The Sparks of a New Language: Samuel Morse and the Birth of Morse CodeThe sea stretched endlessly before him, its dark waves rolling beneath the ship as it carried Samuel
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Transportation Revolution
The Transportation RevolutionA Merchant’s Journey Westward: The Road to Opportunity )(True Story)The morning fog hung low over the town of Cumberland, Maryland, as James
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Growth of the Textile Industry
Introduction to the Cotton KingdomThe rise of the Cotton Kingdom in the United States was a defining factor in the economic, social, and political landscape of the early
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Oil Revolution
The Accidental Fire: The Mesopotamian Who Discovered Petroleum Could BurnA Young Man’s MistakeThe scorching sun hung high over the city of Ur, its golden rays shimmering
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Food and Medical Revolutions
Pre-Industrial Food Systems Before the Industrial RevolutionBefore the Industrial Revolution, food systems were built on traditional farming methods, local markets, and s
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Energy Wars
The Energy WarsRadio Broadcast: "The Forgotten Genius: Lewis Howard Latimer"HOST: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the show! Today, we're diving into the history the
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: Capitalism vs Socialism in the Industrial Revolution and Today
Radio Broadcast: The Great Economic Showdown – Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx(Upbeat, patriotic theme music plays as the show begins)HOST: “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tod
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: Public Schools and Public Health
Horace Mann: The Man Who Built America's Public SchoolsA Boy Who Hungered for KnowledgeThe sun was barely rising over Franklin, Massachusetts, when Horace Mann slipped ou
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Presidents of the Industrial Revolution (1885-1901) – Part 1
The Unlikely President: The Life of Grover ClevelandOn a crisp March morning in 1837, in a small house in Caldwell, New Jersey, a baby boy was born into the large and har
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Lesson Plans for the Industrial Revolution: The Presidents of the Industrial Revolution (1885-1901) – Part 2
The Election of 1892: Harrison’s Defeat and Cleveland’s ReturnThe presidential election of 1892 was a historic rematch between incumbent President Benjamin Harrison and f
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Lesson Plans on the Industrial Revolution - Labor Force and the Impact of Immigration in the U.S. and Europe
The Story of the Voices of the Lowell Mill Girls (True Story)The air in the Lowell, Massachusetts textile mill was thick with lint, and the rhythmic clatter of looms fill
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1. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Pre-Industrial Society: Agrarian Economy & Cottage Indus
Maria Theresa: The Empress Who Would Not YieldThe winter of 1717 in Vienna was bitterly cold, yet inside the grand halls of the Hofburg Palace, warmth and celebration fil
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2. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Causes of the Industrial Revolution
My Name is Jethro Tull (1674–1741): Life in the Fields of ChangeI was born in 1674 in Basildon, Berkshire, England. My family was of good standing, and like many of my ge
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3. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Early Industrial Centers and Factories & Urbanization
My Name is Matthew Boulton: Entrepreneur and ManufacturerI was born in Birmingham in 1728, the son of a successful manufacturer of metal goods—buttons, buckles, and small
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4. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Expansion & Globalization (1750-1790) in the Industrial
My Name is Adam Smith (1723–1790): A Life Shaped by InquiryI was born in the small Scottish town of Kirkcaldy in 1723. My father, a customs officer, had died before I was
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5. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Capitalism and the Greatest Inventors
My Name is John Wilkinson: The Iron Master of the Industrial RevolutionI was born in 1728 in a village called Clifton in Cumberland, England. My father, Isaac Wilkinson,
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6. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Stream Engine, Trains, and Steam Boats
Mary Anning (1799–1847) – "Pioneering Fossil Hunter and Self-Taught Scientist”My name is Mary Anning, and I was born in the seaside town of Lyme Regis, Dorset, in 1799. T
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7. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - The First Factories in America
My Name is Samuel Slater – Father of the American Industrial RevolutionI was born in 1768, in the small farming village of Belper, Derbyshire, England. My father was a pr
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8. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - The Communication Revolution
My Name is Samuel Morse: The Man Who Started to RevolutionI was born in 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the son of a clergyman and geographer. From an early age, I fo
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9. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - The Transportation Revolution
My Name is George Stephenson (1781–1848): The Father of RailroadI was born in Wylam, a small coal-mining village in Northumberland, England, in 1781. My family was poor—m
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10. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Textile Industry Growth: The Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
My Name is Eli Whitney: An Invention and Its Unintended EmpireI was born on December 8, 1765, in the quiet town of Westborough, Massachusetts. My father was a respected f
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11. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - The Oil Wars
My Name is Mary Starbuck: The “Great Woman” of Nantucket Whaling and OilMy name is Mary Starbuck, and I was born Mary Coffin in 1645, on the island of Nantucket—though it
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12. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - The Food and Medicine Wars
My Name is Sir Humphry Davy: Chemist & Agricultural PioneerI was born in 1778 in the coastal town of Penzance, Cornwall—a place of stormy seas and salt air. From a young
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13. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - The Energy Wars
My Name is Hertha Ayrton – “The Woman in the Lab”I was born in 1854 in Portsea, England, to a Jewish immigrant family. My father died when I was just seven years old, lea
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14. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Labor Unions & Workers’ Rights
My Name is Andrew Carnegie – The Steel Tycoon and PhilanthropistI was born in 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, in a small one-room weaver’s cottage. My father was a handloo
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15. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution - Socialism & Capitalism (Marxism, Utopian Socialism)
My Name is Cornelius Vanderbilt: American Industrialist and Self-Made MagnateI was born on May 27, 1794, in Port Richmond, Staten Island. My family was poor—we weren’t no
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16. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution: Education, Health, Immigration and the Middle-Class Boom
Education:My Name Is Horace Mann: A Life in the Service of EducationI was born on May 4, 1796, in the small, rugged town of Franklin, Massachusetts. My family was poor, a
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17. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution: The Political, the Industrial Presidents, and Prosperity
My Name is William McKinley: A Life of Duty, War, and IndustryI was born on January 29, 1843, in a small town called Niles, Ohio. My parents, William and Nancy McKinley,
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