The Innovation of Society Project: 2nd Industrial Revolution Inventions

Welcome Knights!

You have "selected" a research topic. Your objective is to find the date of the invention, interesting facts and information, and to determine the inventor's impact on society. Read the texts and watch the videos in order to be prepared for your presentation in a few days!

Find your topic with the links provided below:

• Steam Engine Factories

• https://searchinginhistory.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-bessemer-process-process-that-made.html

• https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1800s/factory_system_industrial_revolution.php

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntCVmHENyOA

• Steam Boat

• https://classroom.synonym.com/the-effects-of-steamboats-on-the-industrial-revolution-12083941.html

• https://www.reference.com/history/did-steamboat-impact-society-51c27562535dd16d

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsXpaPSVasQ

• Telegraph

• https://www.thoughtco.com/communication-revolution-telegraph-1991939

• https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNhinA8ajoI

• Vulcanized Rubber

• https://connecticuthistory.org/charles-goodyear-and-the-vulcanization-of-rubber/

• https://nvaughn.weebly.com/vulcanized-rubber.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6CJ6ojMT0A

• Dynamite

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-who-invented-nitroglycerin-was-horrified-dynamite-180965192/

• http://www.softschools.com/inventions/history/dynamite_history/370/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQpLtGWcP5g

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz_c4j8NcDI

• Typewriter

• http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-history.html

• https://www.britannica.com/technology/typewriter

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fnAMNY2V-0

• Incandescent Light Bulb

• http://www.edisontechcenter.org/incandescent.html

• http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Oct/Thomas-Edison-Develops-Incandescent-Light-Bulb.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbiCLHneyaA

• Airplane

• https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1903/

• http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/History_of_the_Airplane/History_of_the_Airplane_Intro/History_of_the_Airplane_Intro.htm

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RriKI7u72Xs

• Automobile

• http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/car.html

• https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/automobiles

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FrFlBUVDqU

• Iron Blade Plow

• http://www.iwest.k12.il.us/schools/thawville/projects/1800/index_017.html

• https://agriculturalrev.weebly.com/steel-plow.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuMvT0jgbjU

• Railroads/Trains

• http://www.ushistory.org/us/25b.asp

• http://www.trainhistory.net/railway-history/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLgl3zBsp-s

• Submarine

• http://www.submarine-history.com/NOVAone.htm

• https://www.history.com/news/9-groundbreaking-early-submarines

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdf7obqIP9c

• Gatling Gun

• https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/gatling-gun

• https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a22451/history-gatling-gun/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXk1NGUWZYQ

• Skyscrapers

• https://www.thoughtco.com/how-skyscrapers-became-possible-1991649

• https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/02/worlds-first-skyscraper-chicago-home-insurance-building-history

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vtiNgxKKqc

• Ferris Wheel

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-ferris-wheel-180955300/

• http://www.softschools.com/inventions/history/ferris_wheel_history/357/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01f8PFAyl6c

• Radio

• https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/guglielmo-marconi

• https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-of-radio-1992382

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pAgRgNhd8