Task 1. Industrial revolution poster   

Industrial Revolution Innovations Folio/Poster

The industrial revolution was a time of innovations that changed our agricultural existence into an urban one.

Task brief: Create a poster or folio that examines the invention and use of your innovation.

Suggested industrial revolution innovations.

  • Spinning Jenny (1764) – James Hargreaves: Increased yarn production.

  • Watt Steam Engine (1765 improvement) – James Watt: More efficient energy use.

  • Steam Locomotive (early 1800s) – George Stephenson: Led to railway expansion.

  • Bessemer Process (1856) – Henry Bessemer: Mass production of steel.

  • Canals – Man made waterways to transport goods cheaply.

  • Railroads – Enabled rapid inland transport and commerce.

  • Mechanical Reaper (1831) – Cyrus McCormick: Automated grain harvesting.

  • Seed Drill (1701) – Jethro Tull: Planted seeds in neat rows efficiently.

  • Telegraph (1837) – Samuel Morse: Long distance communication.

  • Factory System – Centralised production under one roof.

How to do the industrial innovations project.

  1. Who was the inventor and what was the invention? Include examples.

  2. What was the problem solved?

    Describe the original problem that the invention solved using examples

  3. How did the innovation change the way people worked and or lived?

    IE The light bulb allowed factories to operate 24hrs a day

  4. Which raw materials were required for production?

  5. What sort of infrastructure was required for the mass deployment of your innovation?

    IE The steam engine needed coal, and coal had to be mined and transported

    IE The factory system required electricity, workers and transport

  6. Make it interesting using fun facts and quote(s) from the sources

  7. Explain how your innovation has evolved to be used in the modern world.

IE The Morse telegraph (Long distance communication) evolved in to the mobile phone (Mass communication)