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Victorian London Use the interactive map and the pictures to discuss life in Victorian London. | ||
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| Booth's 1889 poverty map ( http://www.umich.edu/~risotto/ ) | ||
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( http://www.photolondon.org.uk/gallery.htm ) | ||
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The Spread of Industrialization Analyze the tables and then discuss when, where and how the industrial revolution spread in the course of the 19th century. | ||
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( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/indrevtabs1.html ) | ||
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The German Chemical Industry Why might the rise of its chemical industry have helped Germany overtake Britain as the leading economy of Europe? | ||
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( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/baron-chem.html ) | ||
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The First World's Fair Describe what it was like to experience the Great Exhibition, held in 1851 at the Crystal Palace. | ||
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( http://www.victorianstation.com/palace.html ) | ||
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( http://www.iath.virginia.edu/london/model/ ) | ||
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( http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/core/pics/0253/img0072.jpg ) | ||
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Being Poor Utilize several types of sources to understand the life of the late 19th century English urban poor. | ||
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( http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/victalb/cottage.jpg ) | ||
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( http://www.coollessons.org/Dickensissues.htm ) | ||
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Migration from Hamburg Check to see if your ancestors are included in the database. | ||
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( http://www.hamburg.de/LinkToYourRoots/english/welcome.htm ) | ||
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The Shape of Things to Come Many of the key tools of modern life were invented in the late 19th century. Analyze these images and then discuss what, materially, it meant to become "modern." | ||
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( http://www.oldstuffnews.com/book_reviews/Book_Reviews_JJ05/BRV_Photos_JJ05/fm05-21-sewing... ) | ||
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( http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelegraph.htm ) | ||
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( http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwashingmachines.htm ) | ||
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( http://www.uh.edu/engines/maximgun.jpg ) | ||
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( http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blescalator.htm ) | ||
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( http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldiesel.htm ) | ||
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( http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvacuum.htm ) | ||
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| (typewriter) ( http://inventors.about.com/library/graphics/typewriter.gif ) | ||
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Being an Orphan Use the photographs and case files to explore the lives of homeless children. | ||
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( http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/ ) | ||
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