The First Industrial Revolution
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Objective
I can describe some of the new inventions and how they changed the way people worked during the early Industrial Revolution.
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Warm-up video
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Practice
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Describe two inventions mentioned in the video that were important during the Industrial Revolution.
Explain how the steam engine contributed to the growth of factories and transportation during the Industrial Revolution.
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“Describe one invention from the early Industrial Revolution and explain how it changed the way people worked. Describe a second invention from the early Industrial Revolution that is different from the one you described in , and explain how it changed the way people worked.”
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