Websites
http://wn.com/triangle_shirtwaist_factory_fire
Resources on the Triangle Fire, such as: videos and articles with different perspectives such as those from girls that survived, family members that lost a love one, to the owners of the building.
http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/videos/the-industrial-revolition
An overview of the industrial revolution in England and shows how it transferred over to the America. Factories began making more than just textiles and more and more moved to cities. Key words: urban
Will be used before lecture to give background information. Overview of the strike system and how it led to the progressive era and unions.
Will be used before lecture to give background information. Overview of the strike system and how it led to the progressive era and unions.
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?N=18343+4294867457&browseFilter=d_Service:DE%20Streaming,
A research resource for students, parents, and teachers. A log in is required.
http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist111/industrial.html
An in-class resource that allows students and teachers to answer the big questions of the industrial revolution.
http://www.slideshare.net/ecastro/industrial-revolution-slides
An overview of the industrial revolution via slideshow format
Youtube Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1aZbqjBF7A
Discusses Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle. Gives and overview of Capitalism and more Industrial Revolution and the formation of the Progressives (reasons for such a drastic shift)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyH7D9DF0Mc
An excerpt from The Jungle (look at Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle on SchoolTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzflcglaZf8
An Overview of the US Steel 1912 silent film!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcLP3IlfDwY
America Before and After the Industrial Revolution. How America goes from Farmland to Factories. Gives stats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spgdy3HkcSs
Crash Course (John Green) gives a humorous account of the Industrial Revolution. Is very engaging for students at the high school level not to many out there vocab words that make students lose interest yet still educational. Focuses on Political Science perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRhjqqe750A
Another Crash Course episode but on immigrants during urbanization