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\nRhode Island Challenge\n

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\nIn this recognizing facts about the state of Rhode Island activity, students read factual information and choose the who, what, or where answer. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers.\n
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\n\"Rhode\n\n
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\nRhode Island Vocabulary\n

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\nIn this Rhode Island vocabulary worksheet, students use a word/phrase bank at the bottom of the page and match words to statements about Rhode Island. Worksheet has a web site reference for additional activities.\n
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\nCotton Production and Milling\n

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\nStudents examine cotton production and milling. They compete in a hand-ginning contest to realize how difficult it was to separate the seeds from the fibers of cotton. They discuss why Eli Whitney's cotton gin was an important invention.\n
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\nPbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Samuel Slater\n

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\nOne-page profile of influential innovator, Samuel Slater, whose ideas made him the \"father of the American factory system\" in the early 1800s.\n
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\nSiteseen: American Historama: Samuel Slater\n

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\nLearn about Samuel Slater, the \"Father of American Industry\", through this comprehensive overview with detailed facts.\n
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\nUniversity of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 384: Samuel Slater\n

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\nToday, a story about a young man in a new land. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.\n
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\nWoonsocket Connection: Samuel Slater: Father of American Industrial Revolution\n

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\nA biography of Samuel Slater, father of the American Industrial Revolution, is on this site. Pictures and links are also available.\n
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\nSamuel Slater: Father of the American Industrial Revolution: Child Labor\n

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\nFacts about the percentage of children in the mills and their pay. Discussion of why child labor was accepted. Links to other sites and to information on Samuel Slater.\n
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\nPbs: Who Made America? Samuel Slater\n

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\nSlater divided factory work into such simple steps that children aged four to ten could do it -- and did. While such child labor is anathema today, American children were traditionally put to work around the farm as soon as they could...\n
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\nSamuel Slater\n

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\nA biography of Samuel Slater, father of the American Industrial Revolution is on this site. Pictures and links are also available.\n
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\nSamuel Slater\n

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\nAn image of Samuel Slater.\n
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\nU.s. History: The Rise of American Industry\n

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\nThe Industrial Revolution came to America, smuggled in by Samuel Slater, who brought plans for a cotton-spinning mill. See how the growth of industry led to the growth of corporations, the growth of the nation geographically, and the...\n
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\nLoc: Today in History: December 20: First American Cotton Mill\n

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\nLibrary of Congress site gives a brief history and photo of the water-powered cotton mill that was built by Samuel Slater with links to related material for more in-depth study. Also, links to information about other historical events.\n
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\nLoc: America's Story: Rhode Island\n

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\n\"Did you know that Rhode Island has more artists per person than any state in the country?\" \"Who was Samuel Slater and what is he famous for?\" These questions and more are addressed at America's Story site for Rhode Island.\n
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\nWoonsocket Connection: Samuel Slater: Rhode Island's Mill Villages\n

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\nPictures and text describing the conditions and what it was like working in the Rhode Island mill villages.\n
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\nOpen Stax: Transformation in North 1800 50: Early Industrialization Northeast\n

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\nExamines the transformation of work from artisan-centered to a mechanized workforce. Looks at the emergence of industrialization and the impact it had on production and on the worker experience, the development of the consumer society,...\n
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\nWnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Wake Up, America!\n

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\nThis resource covers the changing of America due to the Industrial Revolution which brought in not only new technology but also opened the door to reform movements. From the series by Joy Hakim, \"A History of Us.\" Includes a teacher's...\n
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\nU.s. History: Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution\n

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\nA very thorough look at the industrial growth in the North because of the advent of the Industrial Revolution in America. See what industries grew, how factories became more productive, and find out how the states cultivated economic...\n
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\nDigital History: The Introduction of the Factory System\n

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\nThe factory system revolutionized manufacturing and the employment of unskilled workers to man the factories. Read about the young children, women, and, later, immigrants who provided the labor to the textile mills and other...\n
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\nLecture Notes: Textile Factories Come to the u.s.\n

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\nClemson University provides a historical overview of the wave of textile factories, including Slater and Lowell, that cropped up in the northeast. Hyperlinks to additional information.\n
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\nWnet: Thirteen: Wake Up, America: Industrial Revolution in America [Pdf]\n

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\nA lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series \"Freedom: A History of US\" that looks at the technological advances of early nineteenth-century America and the birth of the Industrial Revolution in America.\n
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\nU.s. History: The First American Factories\n

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\nThe growth of cities and the American economy in the first half of the 19th century was driven by the growth of factories. Read about the textile industry in New England and how manufacturing spread throughout the north.\n
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\nLoc: America's Story: First American Cotton Mill\n

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\nThis 4-page article provides an overview of the first American cotton mill put into operation in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the history of textile industry.\n
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\nOld Slater Mill\n

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\nA biography of Samuel Slater, father of the American Industrial Revolution is on this site. Pictures and links are also available.\n
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