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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Rise of Industrial Unions

For Students 9th - 10th
Article outlines the rise of industrial unions during the 1920s and 30s and the impact unions had on politics.
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Victorian Web

Brown University: Victorian Web: Child Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at child labor in industrialized England during Victorian times. Links are provided throughout the article for additional information on related subjects.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Revolutions in Human Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes causes of increased population growth.
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History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: The Commercial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a brief description to the events leading up to and a description of Europe's Commercial Revolution. This is the period of time where there was an emergence of trade, capitalism and working class parties and unions.
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Oswego City School District

Oswego City School District: The Commercial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Read here about the time in European history leading into the Renaissance. It is known as the Commercial Revolution, or the emergence of trade, capitalism and working class parties, and unions.
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Computer History Museum

Computer History Museum: Selling the Computer Revolution: Marketing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a collection of marketing brochures from the computer industry. The collection can be viewed by company, decade, computer application or software category.
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: American Economic Growth 1820 1860

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Article on the structural changes in the American economy between 1820 and 1860 as technological innovations and advancement flourished leading to considerable growth in industry.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Smith, Marx, and Keynes

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanning three centuries of history, from the dawn of the industrial age to modern times, three diverse thinkers developed their own landmark theories on commerce, labor, and the global economy. The three economists profiled in this...
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BBC

Bbc: Overview: Victorian Britain, 1837 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
Website on Victorian Britain, 1837-1901, chronicles events, political history, and culture, explaining how Britain was able to claim to be a world superpower despite social inequality and rival overseas industry.
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Victorian Age Topics in Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses four controversies that concerned the Victorians: evolution, industrialism, what the Victorians called "The Woman Question," and Great Britain's identity as an imperial power. Includes multiple-choice quiz and...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: 19th Century Railways: Export of Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from the Fordham University provides information about the expansion of the rail system in European countries between 1840 and 1900. Presents graphs to present the information.
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Victorian Web

Brown University: Victorian Web: Chadwick's Report on Sanitary Conditions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Victorian Web provides a summary of Edwin Chadwick's report on the sanitary conditions of the working class in 19th century England. Links are also provided for additional information on this subject.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Women Miners in English Coal Pits

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed essay, written in 1842, on women and girl miners' working conditions in Great Britain. Includes the personal accounts of two women miners.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Richard Guest: The Steam Loom, 1823

For Students 9th - 10th
The Fordham University provides information about the application of steam power, which accelerated the centralization of textile production in factories.
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Other

London and Its Hinterlands: Life in London, 1674 1913

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the history of London from 1674-1913. Included in this history is a description of the city in 1775.
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Other

American Antiquarian Society: Exhibitions: A Woman's Work Is Never Done

For Students 9th - 10th
Images with accompanying narration on women's work from before the American Revolution through the Industrial Revolution. Exhibit describes the domestic work that women did and continue to perform and also provides information on women...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Rise of Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
The Industrial Revolution led to a demand for laborers to keep up with the demands for the creation of products. The slideshow illustrates how the labor force grew and adjusted during the early twentieth century and the impact of labor...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Workers' Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
As America grew, so did its production of agriculture and manufacturing, leading to a rise in workers and their demands. Study the history of worker's rights in America from the Industrial Revolution to today. This collection includes 13...
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A&E Television

History.com: These Appalling Images Exposed Child Labor in America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Industrial Revolution brought not only new job opportunities but new laborers to the workforce: children. By 1900, 18 percent of all American workers were under the age of 16. 1904, the National Child Labor Committee formed in the...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Urbanization in America

For Students 9th - 10th
This article contains interesting facts and information about Urbanization in America in the late 1800s which was fueled by the Industrial Revolution and Industrialization.
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University of Minnesota

The Fourteenth Amendment and the Rights Revolution: Muller v. Oregon

For Students 9th - 10th
In the Progressive Era many states passed laws to protect workers and establish decent working conditions. Read the text of Muller v. Oregon, heard before the Supreme Court in 1908, that upheld Oregon's laws as constitutional.
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San Jose State University

History of French Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives a short summary of the French economy including a discussion of the development of industrialization. Covers French economic history from the period of the French Revolution until present.
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BBC

Bbc History: History Trails: Victorian Britain: Britain as Workshop of the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Articles about the era of industrialization, new products and new transportation are coupled with cartoons and an explanation on how to use this primary source. An activity and quiz are also available from the sidebar.
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PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Francis Cabot Lowell

For Students 9th - 10th
This American industrial pioneer left as his legacy a manufacturing system, booming mill towns, and a humanitarian attitude toward workers.

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