Choose a presentation format. Examples include: poster, Power Point, brochure, radio broadcast, etc.

All projects must include:

• a labeled picture or illustration of the invention
• a description of WHAT the invention is
• WHO invented the item
• WHERE the inventor is from (may substitute WHERE the invention occurred)
• WHEN (what year) the invention occurred
• HOW/WHY the invention is important? Was it an accidental invention or was it planned?

Some Inventions of the Industrial Revolution:

• steam engine
• cotton gin
• telegraph
• sewing machine
• transatlantic cable
• telephone
• phonograph
• incandescant light bulb
• induction electric motor
• diesel engine
• airplane
• Model T Ford
• assembly line
• interchangeable parts for muskets
• fluorescent lighting
• AC (alternating current) power system

**You may choose an invention not listed above.**

Web sites to help you with your research:

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blindustrialrevolutiontextiles.htm

http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor2/index.cfm

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/IndustrialRevolution/inventions.htm

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Industrial_Revolution.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/4132/info.htm

http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blchartindrev.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/Industrial_Revolution.htm

http://resources.chuh.org/chhs/library/TeacherWeb/SocialStudies/WorldHistory/IndustrialRevolutInventors.htm