Photo from http://www.teacherlink.org/content/social/instructional/industrialrevolution/home.html
The Industrial Revolution
Inventors of the Industrial Revolution - overview at Teacherfirst
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/lowell.html
Child Labor - Resources
Child Labor in America 1908-1912 - History Place
Factory Rules - from the Handbook to Lowell, 1848
Child Labour Research Sheet - Spartacus Schoolnet
Child Labour Activity - Spartacus Schoolnet
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Pennies+and+a+crust+of+bread:+child+labor+in+America:+millions+of...-a0141908321
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/children.htm
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
1. http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/
2. http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/TriangleFire/narrative1.html
3. http://www.historybuff.com/library/refshirtwaist.html
4. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTRIALS/triangle/trianglefire.html
5. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpim3.htm
6. http://www.csun.edu/~ghy7463/mw2.html
7. http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/uprising_fire.cfm
Living Conditions
http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html
http://www.newportmansions.org/page7016.cfm
This site shows the mansions of the rich in Newport, Rhode Island
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Davis/photography/images/riisphotos/slideshow1.html
http://www.vintagevictorian.com/costume_1900.html
This site shows ladies' fashions
http://www.enotes.com/1900-lifestyles-social-trends-american-decades/home-life
This site has interesting statistics on life expectancy