Industrialization:  A Good, Bad, & Ugly Revolution

Larson/Johanson Modern World History

2003-04

This unit is focused on the importance of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and its impact on individuals, the environment and on social, political, and economic systems.  As a culminating project for the unit, you will be using this historical knowledge of the Industrial Revolution to make connections with contemporary social issues in our nation and around the world today caused by industrialization.  The project will require the following:

  • 10-slide PowerPoint presentation demonstrating in-depth research connecting one contemporary social issue with the Industrial Revolution in Europe (see attached rubric)
  • Practiced and refined oral presentation to be given during finals week (see attached rubric)
For most of these next two weeks, you will have class time to work with your partner.  Use it wisely (i.e., for researching, creating, or practicing your presentation, not for chatting and doing other homework).  Click here for a general timeline.


You may go directly to these sections on this page:
Selected Searches   Agriculture    General Resources  
 Globalization  Children's Rights  Labor Unions  Involvement

Selected Searches: 

  1. Google Search: "coal miners" +china
  2. The Case Against New Fossil Fuel Exploration
  3. Opposing Viewpoints "Pollution" Search Results
  4. Opposing Viewpoints "Child Labor" Search Results

General Resources

  1. Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) Executive Order 13126

    2.   See also:  International Child Labor Program (ICLP)
  2. Child Labor Coalition
  3. International Labor Rights Fund
  4. Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. Department of Labor
  5. Laogai Research Foundation
  6. U.S. Retailers Responsible for the Global Sweatshop Crisis
  7. UNITE! (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees).
  8. The National Labor Committee in Support of Human & Worker Rights
  9. Behind the Label - You Can Make a Difference
  10. Children’s World Congress on Child Labor!
  11. Global March Against Child Labour
  12. United Students Against Sweatshops

Globalization - Human Rights

  1. Amnesty International - Campaigns - Economic globalization and human rights
  2. CorpWatch.org
  3. The Costs of Doing Business : Trade in the Americas: AFSC
  4. The MEATRIX

Children's Rights Sites

  1. Child Labor + Education
  2. Anti-Slavery Society - Fighting Slavery Today
  3. Bonded child labor - bonded child labour
  4. Child hierodulic servitude (temple slavery) in India and Nepal
  5. Elimination of Child Labour: Child Trafficking
  6. Elimination of Child Labor: Combat the Trafficking of Children
  7. Elimination of Child Labour: Child Soldiers
  8. Amnesty International - War: A child's game?
  9. Amnesty International - Library - Documents On Children Juveniles


 

Agricultural Globalization Issues  

  1. Global food production will exceed population growth 
  2. Strong Roots, Fragile Farms: Fact Sheet 
  3. Globalization and Agriculture 
  4. The Threat of the Globalization of Agriculture 
  5. The Impact of Globalization on Family Farm Agriculture 
  6. Agribusiness Concentration 
  7. U.S. Food & Farm Campaign 
  8. Environmental Impacts of Industrial Farming 
  9. Small Farms: The Optimum Sustainable Agriculture Model 
  10. Factory Farms: Corporate Agriculture and Environmental Degradation 

Labor Unions

  1. Labor Strikes -- Basic Search Results
  2. Labor Disputes -- Journal Results
  3. Labor Unions -- Basic Search Results
  4. Collective Bargaining -- Basic Search Results

Involvement Opportunities

  1. Get involved!
  2. Fight against child labour and exploitation - I*EARN
  3. Amnesty International - Act Now! - Children's Day
  4. FAIR's Media Activism Kit: How to Detect Media Bias, How to Meet with Journalists, Media Contacts List

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