Assignment: Reading: The Industrial Revolution

WORLD HISTORY-B
2022-12-04T22:51:48Z

Due: Jan 30, 2023 by 11:59pm

Mild | Medium | Spicy | Spanish

Only do this reading with my permission

Mild Reading

Grade level

Medium Reading

Challenge- more detail / above grade level

Spicy Reading

Grade level reading in Spanish

Spanish Reading

Background: Today in class we learned about the Industrial Revolution. This reading is meant to give you more information + detail about the Industrial Revolution. The focuses for this reading is 1) What were some innovations during the Industrial Revolution? and 2) How did fossil fuels accelerate change?

Task: Complete the reading and answer the questions below using 2 sentences and giving one example/piece of evidence (a sentence in the response cannot be a quote)

If you had lived before the Industrial Revolution, what would have been your main sources of power?

What were the first steam engines built to do?

How did James Watt make the steam engine better—how did he innovate and improve on this invention?

After steam engines were improved, for what other purposes were they used? In other words, how did other inventors innovate on this innovation?

What information does this article add to what you learned in the video about why the Industrial Revolution started England?

How did the innovations of the Industrial Revolution spread to other countries from Great Britain?

What am I turning in?

Your answers to the questions

When is the assignment due?

Tonight, 1/30, by 11:59pm

Mild | Medium | Spicy | Spanish

Only do this reading with my permission

Mild Reading

Grade level

Medium Reading

Challenge- more detail / above grade level

Spicy Reading

Grade level reading in Spanish

Spanish Reading

Background: Today in class we learned about the Industrial Revolution. This reading is meant to give you more information + detail about the Industrial Revolution. The focuses for this reading is 1) What were some innovations during the Industrial Revolution? and 2) How did fossil fuels accelerate change?

Task: Complete the reading and answer the questions below using 2 sentences and giving one example/piece of evidence (a sentence in the response cannot be a quote)

If you had lived before the Industrial Revolution, what would have been your main sources of power?

What were the first steam engines built to do?

How did James Watt make the steam engine better—how did he innovate and improve on this invention?

After steam engines were improved, for what other purposes were they used? In other words, how did other inventors innovate on this innovation?

What information does this article add to what you learned in the video about why the Industrial Revolution started England?

How did the innovations of the Industrial Revolution spread to other countries from Great Britain?

What am I turning in?

Your answers to the questions

When is the assignment due?

Tonight, 1/30, by 11:59pm