
Industrial Revolution
Classroom Activities and Project Ideas
These are classroom activities and project ideas for kids and teachers to use in your unit studies of the Industrial Revolution. These projects and activities can be adjusted for any grade. We hope you'll find some ideas you can use.
Project: 10 Industrial Revolution Project Ideas from Murrieta Schools
Photo-Essay Project: Use a powerpoint or a multi-media collage with captions to compare and contrast child labor during the Industrial Revolution to modern child labor. Students can, if they choose with teacher permission, focus on a different comparison, for example - comparing housing then and now, or factory conditions for all workers then and now.
Quarter Project: Industrial Revolution (simple research project with handout of format)
Projects: Character Cards, Who's got the answer to the problem, and more
Classroom Activities: Background information, Invention Match up, Create a new invention
Industrial Revolution Simulation/Game for the Classroom
Simulation: The Assembly Line Classroom Simulation
Factory Simulation: Workers on the Line
Sweatshop Activity (classroom activity and lesson plan)
Library of Congress - Industrial Revolution materials for classroom use and homework help
Choose Your Own Adventure from over 70 different classroom activities and possible assignments
Lesson Plans: The Industrial Revolution Lesson Plans with Classroom Activities
Games: The Industrial Revolution Free Games and Interactives
Powerpoints: The Industrial Revolution Powerpoints

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