Additional Resources

How did the Industrial Revolution change the production of goods?

• Industrial Revolution
  This webpage from the History Channel provides some important historical context about the Industrial Revolution. 
• Profiling Portraits: Occupational Portraits of the 19th Century
  This resource from the Library of Congress provides more information about occupational portraits from the 19th Century and what they tell people about the past.
• The Rise of the Industrial Revolution Video
  This video focuses on the development of the spinning machine by Sir Richard Arkwright in England, which led directly to the rise of the Industrial Revolution, and a new world of manufactured products.
• The Industrial Revolution Video
  This video shows an assembly line at work during the Industrial Revolution. Beginning in the 19th Century, advances in manufacturing revolutionize the American way of life.
• Inside Ford's Moving Assembly Line Video
  In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the moving assembly line, introduced by Ford Motor Company and led by Henry Ford on October 7th, 1913, the automaker went inside its manufacturing facilities to document the fast-paced and efficient assembly lines.
• History of Iowa Farmers - Living History Farms
  This webpage from Living History Farms looks at the history of farming in Iowa and the people who are important to its growth. 
• "Inside the LEGO Factory: How robots & machines make LEGO" Video
  This video focuses on the creation of a LEGO by robots and machines. 
• Invention of the Telegraph
  This collection from the Library of Congress includes primary sources from Samuel Morse that follow his journey to creating the telegraph. 
• Industrial Revolution and Technology from National Geographic
  This article from National Geographic highlights inventions created during the Industrial Revolution. 
• Full of Beams: Henry Ford Grows A Car by Peggy Thomas
  This biographical story walks through Henry Ford's life and the challenges that came from it, from the failed tractor that Henry Ford made as a teenager, to the Great Depression, as well as the switch in production that came with the beginning of World War II.

How did the changes in communication and transportation affect people's lives?

• Morse Code & the Telegraph
  This webpage focuses on the creation of Morse Code and the telegraph during the Industrial Revolution. 
• Railroad Hotel Owney Tag - National Postal Museum
  This webpage includes a photograph of Railroad Hotel Owney Tag that is on display at the National Postal Museum. Owney was a dog that eventually became the mascot for the U.S. Rail Mail Service. 
• Public Transit: Iowa Transit History
  This webpage from the Iowa Department of Transportation looks at the history of public transit in Iowa. 
• A Lucky Dog: Owney, U.S. Rail Mail Mascot by Dirk Wales
  This book chronicles the travels of Owney, who arrived as a stray puppy at the Albany Post Office, and eventually became the official mascot of the U.S. Rail Mail Service and a solo national and world traveler.
• 100 Inventions That Made History: Brilliant Breakthroughs That Shaped Our World (100 in History) by DK
  This book presents an in-depth exploration of each invention in unprecedented detail with eye-catching visuals and informative text.
• The Revolution in Industry by John Perritano
  The book takes a look at how machines changed history. 
• The Industrial Revolution for Kids: The People and Technology That Changed the World by Cheryl Mullenbach
  Learn about the new technologies and new forms of communication and transportation that impacted American life — through the people who invented them and the people who built, operated and used them.

What were the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization?

• The Goldfinch: Automobile Age (November 1982)
  Explore this edition of The Goldfinch magazine to learn more about the industrialization of Iowa. 
• "How Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse Battled to Electrify America"
  This article looks at the rivalry in the United States as to the development and implementation of electricity. 
• Child Labor Across Primary Source Sets and the Library’s Collections
  This primary source collection from the Library of Congress looks at the history of child labor in the United States. 
• National Child Labor Committee Collection
  This Library of Congress collection features primary sources from the National Child Labor Committee.
• Bandit's Roost, 59½ Mulberry Street
  This is a photo collection of Jacob Riis' work capturing New York tenement life in the late 1800s.
• Photographs of the Empire State Building Under Construction
  This collection from the New York Public Library includes general and detailed views of the Empire State Building under construction showing workers performing various tasks including positioning, welding and riveting steel, hoisting materials and supplies and operating and repairing machinery. 
• Child Labor Laws
  This webpage and video provides historical context about the use of child labor and the development of child labor laws. 
• Northwest Iowa's Top Industries
  This webpage includes pertinent information about Iowa's top industries in the northwest. 
• Innovation, The Calling Card to the Future
  This webpage from Iowa Economic Development looks the industrial future of the state. 
• Lewis Hine: Exposing Child Labor
  This is a photo collection of the work of Lewis Hine to document child labor in the Unites States for the National Child Labor Committee.
• Kid Citizen: Congress and Child Labor
  This webpage offers educator resources about the history of child labor and child labor laws in the United States. 
• Kid Citizen: Snap a Photo: Agent of Change
  This webpage looks at the work of photographer Lewis Hine and his work documenting child labor in the United States and its impact. 
• The War Between Bosses and Workers by Diana Star Helmer
  This book focuses on the changes in America's big cities due to the Industrial Revolution that created labor problems. By the end of the 1800s, these problems between bosses and workers were forcing much-needed reforms.
• The Child Labor Reform Movement: An Interactive History Adventure by Steven Otfinoski
  This book is a kind of "choose your own adventure" scenario and it deals with the issues faced by children in the workforce. 
• Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill by Jonah Winter
  A picture book about Mary "Mother" Jones and the 100 children who marched from Philadelphia to New York in a fiery protest against child labor.

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards (4th Grade)

Listed below are the Iowa Core Social Studies content anchor standards that are best reflected in this source set. The content standards applied to this set are middle school-age level and encompass the key disciplines that make up social studies for fourth-grade students.