Industrialism Threads of Change in 19th Century America
Industrialism
Your first job is to develop a personal definition of Industrialism. The following sites will be helpful:
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General essay on Industrialism www.msu.edu/user/brownlow/indrev.htm |
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The rise of industrialism http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Industrial.html
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Write down your definition. This definition will become a part of your company's museum presentation. (rubric)
Now investigate the sites below for examples which best illustrate the Industrial movement in America. You must choose four examples which may include: literary works, artwork, music or an artifact. Be sure to cite your work. You should have a minimum of four sources.
Inventors and Entrepreneurs
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Thomas Alva Edison http://www.thomasedison.com/
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Andrew Carnegie http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc/ |
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John D. Rockefeller http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/jdrsrbio.html |
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Samuel Morse http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/samuel.htm |
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Charles Goodyear http://www.b-link.co.uk/ckn/inventors/charles_goodyear.htm |
Prominent writers and labor leaders
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Rebecca Harding Davis http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/davis.htm |
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Ida M. Tarbell, muckracker http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_ida_tarbell.htm |
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Upton Sinclair, muckracker http://www.ssa.gov/history/sinclair.html |
Historical Perspective
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The Standard Oil Company http://www.history.rochester.edu/fuels/tarbell/UPTO20.HTM |
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Pullman Strike (1893) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USApullman.htm |
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Haymarket Affair (1886) http://mempru.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ichihtm/hayhome.htm
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