World Civilization
Industrial Revolution WebQuest
Name: _________________
Date: __________________
The driving factors of the Industrial Revolution were the innovative thinkers that
introduced new inventions and innovations. These inventions changed the way goods
could be produced and as a result, changed the lives of everyone in industrialized
Europe. To develop a better understanding of the impact of these inventions you
will explore one inventor and their contributions to the Industrial Revolution.
Use
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the following websites and search engines to answer the questions.
www.google.com
- www.yahoo.com
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history
www.historychannel.com
http://history.evansville.net/i
/society_culture/industrialisa
ndustry.html
tion/
- www.inventors.about.com
- www.dogpile.com
- Write the name of your inventor/invention here: __________________ 1. Describe this person’s background. What country were they from?
What was their family life like? What was their profession before
they designed this important addition to the industrial revolution?
2. How did this invention/innovation change society? Was it a positive or
a negative change? Which area of society did it affect
(transportation/production/ communication)? Is this device (or
something similar) still used today or has it been replaced?
3. What is the importance of this invention/innovation?
4. What other inventions, innovations or ideas did this person come up
with that enhanced the Industrial Revolution, if any?
5. How does the information you found online regarding this person
compare to the information provided in your book? (YOU WILL NEED
TO LOOK IN YOUR BOOK TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS.)
6. What inventions were designed to improve upon the one that you have
researched? What did you find most interesting about this person or
his ideas that you did not know before?
7. Draw a sketch of the invention and explain what it does. If your topic
is simply an idea then explain the philosophy behind it.