Industrial revolution
Where to start
Think about questions and the terms you might use to search to answer the question about the impact of the Industrial revolution on Australia.
General search
Industrial revolution AND Australia
Get specific. Try each type of feature of the industrial revolution
Industrial revolution AND Transport
Industrial revolution and railways
Impact railways Australia
STEP 2 ACQUIRE
Think about where you might locate your information
Population Change – It’s good to get specific with statistics.
How much did Australian Population grow? You can find statistical information on the Australian Bureau of statistics website.
Way of life (experiences of men, women, children)
- Fordham University Internet Sourcebook: Industrial Revolution http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/modsbook14.asp#Social and Political Effects
- The Life of the Industrial Worker in Nineteenth-Century England http://www.victorianweb.org/history/workers2.html
Impacts on Australia – VERY HANDY FOR YOUR EXTENDED RESPONSE
AC History unit from the History Teachers Association Industrial revolution
http://www.achistoryunits.edu.au/learning-sequence-1-4/tabs/y8-industrial-ls2-1.html
Transport
Impact of Industrial revolution in Australia – Powerhouse museum – Railways
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/insidethecollection/2014/06/australia-and-the-industrial-revolution-impact-of-the-first-railways/
Trade union movement
Trade unions in Australia 8 hour day
http://worksite.actu.org.au/eight-hour-day-work-rest-play/
Workbook sample chapter
STEP 3 ANALYSE
With all this information select what is useful for the lesson activity.
Perhaps use COMBAT to judge.
Context of the item? American?
Origin Where did this information come from? Authority of author?
Motive of the writer?
Bias?
Accurate?
Timely? In the right timeframe?
STEP 4 APPLY
Summarise your work
Tables are helpful for summarising.
Consider backing up your points with primary source evidence – Quotes, statistics
Consider the language demands of this activity. Our Library Academic writing page and particularly pages on the Wordpower for an extended response, language of cause and effect and modality will help you with this assessment.
TEEL is handy when writing an extended response
Topic Sentence
Evidence (AJP Taylor writes…, Gannon suggests…, Alternatively Smith claims…, Statistics show us…, )
Explanation of your point
Link to the question
STEP 5 ASSESS
Before you submit your assignment follow these steps
Read the task
Review the marking criteria
Proof Read for grammar and spelling
Try and finish your task at least the day before it is due.
When the task is returned
Read the comments – What do you learn from this for next time?
Videos
Origins and Technological Innovations
Handy websites
- World History Links has an extensive range of primary source material
- BBC History: British History Look in the section “Victorian Britain (1837-1901)”. Here you will find many articles on technology and innovation, daily life and health during the time of the Industrial Revolution. Particularly interesting are the animations of innovations like the spinning mill and steam engine.
Origins and Technological Innovations
Sydney’s Powerhouse museum has resources such as this http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=7177&search=boulton+watt&images=&c=&s=
Top quality information tools
Search for Industrial revolution
Remember some general Australian history books at 994 will have a chapter on this.
