Digital History
Digital History: The Introduction of the Factory System
The 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...
PBS
Pbs: Int. With Nina Mihailovna Motova, Factory Worker
You've learned about the fall of the USSR in history books, but what did it mean to a common citizen? Read the interview with Motova, a ballbearing factory worker in Russia, for insight on her thoughts.
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American Antiquarian Society: Exhibitions: A Woman's Work Is Never Done
Images with accompanying narration on women's work from before the American Revolution through the Industrial Revolution. Exhibit describes the domestic work that women did and continue to perform and also provides information on women...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1840: Women's Labor
From the Lowell factory workers to the feminized role of the American schoolteacher, women began to make professional strides during the first half of the 19th century.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Worker Safety the Triangle Fire Legacy
Find out more about the 1911 New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and how it affects workplace safety today. Included are case histories of contemporary examples of unsafe work conditions, a worksheet to use for analysis, and...
Stanford University
Beyond the Bubble: Unions in Paterson, New Jersey
[Free Registration/Login Required] An excerpt from an interview with a textile factory worker named Marianna Costa. In the interview, Costa talks about working conditions at the Arrow Piece Dye Works in Paterson, New Jersey, prior to the...
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Needham h.s.: Child Labor in Factories
With the explosion of factories and increase in demand for their products, the factory owners needed more workers with small hands to handle small machines and parts. This resource offers details of the new workforce, children, during...
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Pbs: Working for Freedom: Labor Reform and the Triangle Factory Fire [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the conditions American workers faced in the late 1800s. Students will understand the factors that precipitated the birth and growth...
University of Washington
Seattle General Strike: Where Women Worked During World War I
With so many men joining the armed forces in World War I, there was a void in factories and many other occupations that was filled by women. Read about the jobs these women did and how their entrance into the work force gave impetus to...
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Bringing History Home: The Progressive Era
In this 4th grade unit, students study how citizens and government of the early 20th century sought solutions to problems that accompanied immigration and industrialization. By focusing on child labor, factory working conditions and...
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: 1911 New York Factory Fire Was Fuel for Labor Laws
Article discusses the impact that the Triangle Company fire had on labor laws and unions.
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Pbs: American Experience: The Time of the Lincolns: Wage Slavery
A comparison of factory labor in the North to slave labor in the South. Southerners used the situation of factory workers making low wages in order to justify their own use of slave labor.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Irl School: The Triangle Factory Fire
Site is devoted to every facet of the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Primary source documents, oral histories, photographs, newspaper articles, and a list of victims is included in this comprehensive site.
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Making the Modern World: Textiles: Domestic v Factory Production
Twelve-part learning module uses text-based overviews and rich media cut-away scenes to explain the role of the textile industry in driving the Industrial Revolution forward in Britain.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Looks at the garment factory industry in the 1800s and the early part of the 20th century, where workers toiled in sweatshop conditions. After a terrible fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911, labor unions gained support in...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Philosophy of the Manufacturers 1835
A representation of the views of the factory owners who had become wealthy in mid 19th century England.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America? Samuel Slater
Slater 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...
The History Place
The History Place: Child Labor in America: 1908 1912: Investigative Photos of Lewis Hine
Powerfully visual website with haunting images of working conditions faced by child workers in a variety of occupational sites, including mines, textile mills, newspaper stands, and factories. Will make many of today's children empathize...
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Modern World History: Responses to the Industrial Revolution
This section of the text looks at how workers, owners, and the government responded differently to the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. The Luddites rebelled against industrialization. Robert Owen, a wealthy socialist,...
The Henry Ford
Early 20th Century Migration: Transportation: Past, Present and Future [Pdf]
A teacher's guide and unit plan that explores the migration of people from within and to the United States in the early 20th century up to the present day, many of them to work in the automobile factories in the northern US. Additional...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Transformation in North 1800 50: Early Industrialization Northeast
Examines 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,...
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Wpt: The Sit Down Strike of 1937
A lengthy look at the sit-down strike called against General Motors factories first in Flint, Michigan, and then across the country. Find out about how the UAW organized the strike, how long it lasted, and what the consequences were for...
British Library
British Library: Dickens's Hard Times: Industrialisation
In this activity, students will examine the working lives of those who produced goods in factories, towns, and cities and investigate the social and economic backdrop to Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times".
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Industrial Revolution & Immigration
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson has notes covering the American Industrial Revolution and famous leaders of the industrial age. Also includes the need for immigrants to supply the factories with workers.
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