THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Topics: Edmund Cartwright’s invention, social conditions in manufacturing centers, health conditions in England, the Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Laboring Population, the debate over the construction of railways, The Communist Manifesto, the People’s Charter, and the pace of industrial change during the 19th century. Assessment questions involve asking students to describe how the Industrial Revolution changed England and the world in general, including highlighting its most important aspects.