Videos on The Industrial Revolution

Study the Industrial Revolution using Online Video

Learn about how industrialization began in Britain, spread throughout the world, and dramatically affected human existence. Use these 2 online educational video titles to discover how steam engines, steam power, and iron stimulated the spread of industry throughout England and, ultimately, the world. Study the many ways in which the Industrial Revolution changed human life through rapid advances in technology. Examine the birth of the Industrial Revolution in Britain during the 18th Century, and its impact on the British working class. Learn about the spinning jenny, the power loom, and other inventions.

Learning Objectives:

• Discover how steam engines and the production of iron stimulated the spread of industry throughout Britain and the world, and learn the many ways in which the rapid advances in technology ushered in by the Industrial Revolution changed economies and societies.
• Examine the reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the eighteenth century, and explore the initial impact of industrialization on the British working class.
• Discuss the main stages of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, and explain the far-reaching significance of the invention of the spinning frame and the important role played by the British textile industry in the construction of railways throughout Britain.
• Uncover the reason for the introduction of the mass-production process by American industry, and name the first mass-produced product manufactured in the United States.

• History > World History > The Industrial Revolution
• History of Industrialisation Part 1 (Runtime: 18:05)
• History of Industrialisation Part 2 (Runtime: 18:38)