Industrial Revolution

Learners start by thinking about child labour in the present and then move on to consider child labour before and during the Industrial Revolution, in the UK, Germany and the USA (Historiana 2023).

Die National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators veröffentlicht e4-5 jährlich das Journal of Industrial Teacher Education. Seit 2010 Journal of STEMM Teacher Education .

By the early 19th century a return-to-nature movement was sweeping England. The Romantic poets wanted to tap into nature's wild forces (NPR USA 2005-2014).

Students explore the development of the textile industry in Great Britain. They link the rapid growth in both the textile industry and in coal mining in Great Britain to the development of social ills and the political push to alleviate some of the atrocious conditions under which people worked (History Teaching Institute, Columbus, Ohio 2014).

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change explains in this report the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels (USA 2018).

The AFL-CIO (the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) is made up of 56 separate unions (USA 2021).

This lesson follows the idea: Teaching about current-day sweatshops to make the topic of work conditions during the Industrial Revolution more relevant for students (New York Times 2011-21).

Carl Sandburg’s 1916 ”Chicago” is one of the best known works of 20th century American literature. Included in countless anthologies, this poem made famous the description of Chicago as ”City of the Big Shoulders,” celebrating its role at the time as the industrial capital of the United States

Using poverty rate as a measure of development, students select countries five at a time to compare how resources are allocated to three economic sectors (agriculture, industrial, service). After making comparisons, students will identify patterns in which sector is emphasized by the wealthiest countries, and will look for patterns in the geographic distribution of countries ...