Overview History, Introduction to Industrial Revolution (Digital & Printable)

Teach the Industrial Revolution middle and high school history with this engaging, no-prep worksheet activity and slide deck combo!

This resource gives students a strong overview of the global changes brought by industrialisation, with a focus on Australia’s role in supplying raw materials, urbanisation, and social change. It’s perfect for launching a unit in middle school history or HASS.

Whether you’re teaching in-person or remotely, this digital + printable pack makes historical content easy to deliver and meaningful to explore.

Product Purpose and Benefits:

✔️ Introduces major inventions, events, and figures from 1750–1914

✔️ Focuses on Australia’s place in the broader Industrial Revolution

✔️ Includes engaging visual slides and student-friendly activities

✔️ Editable Google Slides format for flexible use

✔️ Includes full answer key

Key Features of the Resource:

Editable Slide Deck – “The Industrial Revolution (1750–1914)”

• Covers inventions like the steam engine, spinning jenny & power loom
• Tracks migration, urbanisation, and changing working conditions
• Explains Australia’s economic connection through raw materials
• Includes social impact: child labour, unions, new ideas
• PDF and Digital student version
  

Student Worksheet Pack (Digital + Printable)

• Timeline matching activity
• True/False comprehension questions
• Map task to label countries of the British Empire
• Short response on key inventions and societal change
• ✅ Full answer key included
  

How to Use This Resource:

Start with the slide deck to introduce key Industrial Revolution concepts

Assign the digital or printable worksheet pack for active learning

Use the answer key for review or self-assessment

Connect to broader studies of colonisation, modernisation, and social reform

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