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Industrial Revolution Webquest

The document is a webquest that provides questions for students to answer about the Industrial Revolution by visiting several websites. The webquest covers major inventions of the Industrial Revolution, child labor practices, the impact on women, and effects of the revolution. Students are asked questions about inventions like the spinning jenny and steam engine. They are also asked to learn about long work days, dangerous conditions, and some improvements from child labor laws. The impacts of the revolution on wages and jobs for women are also addressed. Finally, students are asked to consider ways the revolution changed the world through technology but also had some negative environmental effects.

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Industrial Revolution Webquest

The document is a webquest that provides questions for students to answer about the Industrial Revolution by visiting several websites. The webquest covers major inventions of the Industrial Revolution, child labor practices, the impact on women, and effects of the revolution. Students are asked questions about inventions like the spinning jenny and steam engine. They are also asked to learn about long work days, dangerous conditions, and some improvements from child labor laws. The impacts of the revolution on wages and jobs for women are also addressed. Finally, students are asked to consider ways the revolution changed the world through technology but also had some negative environmental effects.

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Industrial Revolution: Webquest Name:_____________________________

Directions: Complete the 5 sections below. Each section has a website that you need to go
to. Be sure to answer every question!

1. Inventions. Go to: http://industrialrevolution.sea.ca/innovations.html

o What 2 major agricultural inventions did Jethro Tull create?

o What was the “spinning jenny”?

o What did James Watt invent?

o What was one advantage of the Steamboat that Robert Fulton created?

o What was one of the positive effects of Stephenson’s invention of the steam powered

train?

o In your opinion what was the most significant invention during the Industrial

Revolution, and why?

2. Use of Child Labor. Go to:


http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2002_p7/ak_p7/childlabor.h
tml

o What was a typical work day like for children working in the factories? (How long of a

day did they work, did they get breaks, etc)

o Why was factory work dangerous for children?

o Describe the treatment of children who worked in the factories.

o How did the Factory Act in 1833 improve conditions for the children working in

factories?

3. Photos of Child Labor. Go to: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor


Browse through and click on these photos.  Place yourself in the shoes of these children
and write a paragraph explaining how your childhood would’ve been different if you were in
their place.

4. Women in World History Curriculum. Go to:


http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson7.html

o What types of jobs did women usually do?

o What are three negative effects/consequences of the Industrial Revolution on

women?

o Click on “Textile Workers”. Look at the chart comparing “Male” and “Female” Weekly

wages. What do you notice about the wages for men’s jobs compared to the wages for

women’s jobs?

o What is the highest paying job?

o What are the lowest paying jobs?

o Scroll down and read the “Evidence of Textile Workers in Wilson’s Mill”. Describe

Hannah Goode’s story:

o Describe Mrs. Smith’s story:

5. Effects of the Revolution. Go to:


http://webs.bcp.org/sites/vcleary/ModernWorldHistoryTextbook/IndustrialR
evolution/IREffects.html
o What are some ways that the Industrial Revolution changed the world?

o What are some of the changes in technology that happened during the Industrial
Revolution?

o What are some negative effects of the Industrial Revolution on the earth?

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