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Humanities : Industrial Revolution

What is the Industrial Revolution?

National Geographic:  Industrialisation, Labor and Life

History channel : Summary of information about the Industrial revolution

National Museum of Australia: Industrial revolution - Australia's defining moments 

Britannica : The rise of the machines the pros and cons of the Industrial Revolution

World History Encyclopedia - The Industrial revolution timeline

John Green discusses the Impact of the Industrial Revolution in his series "Crash Course in World History". A fast paced discussion of what happened.

Horrible Histories : The Victorian Work song about conditions in the Industrial Revolution

World History in Context

World History in Context is for those seeking background information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History.
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Note there are links to articles on Agricultural revolution, technological innovations and manufacturing industries

Clickview - Industrial Revolution - 15 min

Clickview - Timeline of Everything : Industrial Revolution - 3 min

Technological changes

Subject headings: Industrial revolution, Industrial revolution technology, Textiles Industrial Revolution, Steam engines industrial revolution, mining industrial revolution, Railways industrial revolution.

 

How Stuff Works : Top 10 Industrial Revolution Inventions

Technological developments in the Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution - Research : Textiles, Steam engine

BBC - Bitesize - The origins of the Industrial Revolution

Excellent site BBC Bitesize - including key points, a video and diagrams

Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.

The ADB is produced by the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University.