Industrial Revolution Unit Study

Some or our unit studies are more hands on than others.   This one fall into the “others” category.   We did a great deal of reading about inventors and their inventions that changed our world.  We also spend a great deal of time reading about a few of the wealthy families who came out of that time period.

We added onto our history notebooks using the Inventors Notebooking Pages and also used the Inventors and Inventions Unit from Homeschool Share.

Here is our extensive reading list, as a launching point for your study.

Library Resources:
Archimedes:  Mathematical Genius of the Ancient World; by Mary Gow
Cyrus McCormick and the Mechanical Reaper; by Lisa J. Aldrich
Alexander Graham Bell; by Victoria Sherrow
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin; by James Cross Giblin
Hoop Genius:  How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball; by John Coy
The Cotton Gin; by Nancy Robinson Masters
Guglielmo Marconi and Radio; by Steve Parker
Henry Ford; by Jane Shuter
Thomas Edison; by Carol Cramer
Louis Braille; by Beverley Birch
Samuel B. Morse; by Judy Atler
Gutenberg; by Leonard Everett Fisher
Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster; by Albert Marrin
The Wright Brothers; by Lola M. Schaefer
James Watt, Master of the Steam Engine; by Anna Sproule
Inventors; by Martin W. Sandler
Inventors Who Changed the World; by Angela Royston
The Industrial Revolution; by Hilarie N. Staton
The Industrial Revolution – From Muscles to Machines; by Carole Marsh
Kids During the Industrial Revolution; by Lisa A. Wroble
The Child Labor Reform Movement; by Steven Otfinoski
The Tycoons – How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Super Economy; by Charles R. Morris
Andrew Carnegie – Captain of Industry; by Dana Meachen Rau
John D. Rockefeller – Oil Baron and Philanthropist; by Rosemary Laughlin
The Life of Nelson D. Rockefeller – World Conquer; by Cary Reich