industrial revolution

Explores what life was like for a child laborer during the Industrial revolution, why children were used for factory labor, and how policies on child labor changed over time.

Examines the life, legacy, and achievements of nineteenth century inventor and entrepreneur Eli Whitney, whose cotton gin revolutionized American textile manufacturing.

Looks at the history of the industrial revolution in graphic novel form.

Readers explore the impact of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. migration and immigration patterns.

This is a fresh and fun guide to the world's most influential inventions.

Eli Whitney is remembered as a great inventor. His cotton gin was one of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and it did much to shape the course of the American economy. This biographical title explores Whitney's entrepreneurial mind, bringing to life his inventions, innovations, and hardworking spirit. Through accessible language and detailed images, this curriculum-focused title provides an in-depth look at the Industrial Revolution, Whitney's role in it, and how together they helped shape a growing nation. A timeline and primary sources complete a comprehensive learning experience.

Explores the principal economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Describes the succession of technological developments that brought about economic changes in the United States from the time of the American Revolution up to the end of the twentieth century.

An adaptation of the adult book that studies the economic and ecological connection started by Christopher Columbus and continued by Legazpi that transported thousands of species around the globe including people, foods, insects, bacteria, plants, viruses, and animals. Discusses how this global connection impacted human history causing the rise of Europe, the devastation of imperial China, the disruption of Africa, and the prominence of Mexico City.