Second Industrial Revolution Inventions

How did inventions like the typewriter, the telephone, and the automobile transform daily life and work during the Second Industrial Revolution? This lesson and activity examines the background and impact of Second Industrial Revolution era inventions. Students will analyze documents and answer corresponding scaffolding questions. They will answer the final summary question to apply their knowledge.

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Second Industrial Revolution Inventions Document analysis: Students can use the documents as a pass from group to group, or you can post the documents around your classroom and use as a “station activity,” where students go to station to station with their group to analyze.
Document #1: Bessemer Process
Document #2: Singer sewing machine
Document #3: Transatlantic telegraph
Document #4: Dynamite
Document #5: Typewriter
Document #6: Bell telephone
Document #7: Phonograph
Document #8: Incandescent electric lamp
Document #9: Electric streetcar
Document #10: Kodak camera
Document #11: Latimer filament for light bulbs
Document #12: Adding machine
Document #13: Oiling machinery
Document #14: Shoe-lasting machine
Document #15: Wright Brothers Airplane
Document #16: Ford Model-T
Application/Closing/Higher-Order Thinking Assessment: How did second industrial revolution inventions have a profound effect on the growth of cities and the economy?
Answer key for teachers (suggested)
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