IHS Library - Classroom Connections

Pre-IB I World History: Industrial Revolution

http://go.nsd.org/ihsLibraryIR

Mrs. Fritz Pre-IB I

Research Question: Why and how did [your topic] contribute to and/or respond
to the transformations of the Industrial Revolution (1750-1914)?

Citation/Noodletools support is at the bottom of this page.

Recommended Resources:

Databases and eBooks:

**Means start with these overview sources

Using the Databases and eBooks from Home or from your personal computer? View the Digital Resources Logins and Passwords page. You'll need to sign in with your @apps to view. Remember, databases will create correct citations for you that you can IMPORT into Noodletools and will translate articles in many languages. Woo-hoo!!!

**World History the Modern Era - A history database featuring shorter, hyperlinked encyclopedia articles, written by ABC-Clio staff. In addition to these articles, you'll find media and primary sources. Three example articles are The Second Industrial Revolution, The Industrialization of Japan and the Unification of Germany

World History in Context Database - A comprehensive database that gathers published information from reference books, magazines and news publications, academic journals and includes primary sources like videos, images, and audio. One example is The Industrial Revolution in Europe. Another is Brazil's participation in the coffee industry. A couple of relevant reference books contained in this database are the Ency. of the Age of Industry and Empire, Ency. of European Social History and the Ency. of Modern China. You can "search within" these books for your terms, like Suez Canal, farmer, peasant or artisan.

**Britannica via KCLS - Click "Middle and High School Students > Scroll to "Need Sources Such as Databases..." > Britannica Online. Login with your 417+student number and the last four digits of your student number. Choose the best level for you. (Actually, I don't see many differences between the articles in this version and the free web one at Britannica.com, at least as far as the IR articles go).

Daily Life Through History: 1776-1914 via KCLS - A database of shorter articles centered around daily life during this time period. Click "Middle and High School Students > "Need Sources Such as Databases..." > Click on A-Z Resources > Scroll to "Daily Life Through History." Login with your 417+student number and the last four digits of your student number. Once in the database, click the right arrow until you arrive at "Spheres of Influence 1776-1914" or do a search. Example articles are "Class and Caste Systems in China: 19th Century" and "Economic Life and Work in 19th Century Latin America."

eBooks - Search our collection of history titles. You'll need to login to use the MackinVia app. We have a lot of China books here. Not as many for the other countries.

Digital Reference Books - Search our GVRL collection of Reference (Encyclopedia-ish) books. The best book here is the Encyclopedia of Modern China, which includes articles such as "Peasantry 1800-1900." Search using the "search within this publication" box. Get some help to search this one, as it can be a bit advanced.

Public libraries have access to their eBooks (via OverDrive app). Here are directions for downloading and using the OverDrive App, which also accesses Northshore SD's collection of eBooks. :) and a slide deck with more detailed directions and images.

Print Books:

Search the catalog and the cart/table for relevant books for your country.

Scanned chapters (new 2025)

Free Web Recommendations:

Below are just a few ideas of the types of sources you can find online. Steer clear of blogs and prezis. Go Scholarly! For example, adding site:edu to your search terms will provide only university sites in your results list. Use the keywords you've gathered from the sources above to get better results.

The End of Egyptian Cotton by the New Yorker Magazine - Found by Votava's Egypt groups in 2025, this long article explains the history of this industry in Egypt. This site posts the whole article, rather than the New Yorker homepage wants us to pay for access.

Industrial History of European Countries - Provided by the European Route of Industrial Heritage. Choose your country and be sure to follow the links for more information at the bottom of each article.

The ‘Urabi Revolt: Egypt vs. British & French Intervention - The ‘Urabi Revolt in Egypt in the late 19th century was a bloody attempt to rid the country of foreign intervention by a site called The Collector.

Big Era Seven: Industrialization and its Consequences - A pdf from UCLA highlighting the industrial imperialism by Europe, the United States, and Japan from 1850-1914. Includes primary sources and mentions of all the countries in this research project.

Brazil: Five Centuries of Change - The companion website to the 2021 third edition of James N. Green and Thomas E. Skidmore’s textbook Brazil: Five Centuries of Change, published by Oxford University Press. This site is hosted by Brown Univ. Also includes some primary source material.

The 2nd Industrial Revolution by Fordham University. An often-used source for this project!

The International Natural Rubber Market (in Brazil), 1870 1930: from Economic
History Association.

Britannica.com - (The free version!) "Germany: The Revolutions of 1848-49," "Early Modern Japan," and "Germany: The Economy , 1890-1914" are example articles provided by the free version of Britannica.

Primary Sources!

Real historians and authors use primary sources to gather evidence about the details of history. We learn from images, newspaper articles, court documents, letters, etc. the interesting details beyond the headlines. Primary sources can be found anywhere! They are within books, databases articles, historical newspaper repositories and on the free web, especially in government and museum sites. Think about what type of primary source would have answers to the questions you have and enjoy the search!! In addition to the some of the sites above, the following are great sources of primary material.

Asia for Educators hosted by Columbia University, it has primary source documents for Japan and China. The link takes you to the time period for your research, but not necessarily focused only on industrialization. An often-used source for this project!

19th Century Historical Newspapers and Newspaper Archives from KCLS. Look for articles from the late 1800's describing the building of the Suez Canal, industry or events in your country. The New York Times for example would have articles of major events in your countries, written in English. Search key words, not dates. KCLS has two News archives. Take a look!

Go to the IHS Library's page on Using Primary Sources!

Citations

Two main understandings for citing your sources: WHAT is it and HOW did YOU access it?

**Databases will export the correct MLA9 citation RIGHT INTO YOUR NOODLETOOLS! "Wait, what? That's awesome!" Remember to write in your source at the top of your 4-Box notes page to keep your notes and sources together. Refer to your assignment directions for pre-search focus areas.

Here is a one-minute quick video overview from NT, including how to submit your project to a drop box.

** Screencast: How to Share your NT with the Library

Prior Years' Research Question:

Though Britain was first, how did industrialization shape the future of other countries?