Watch the following video clips:

Watch the following video clips:

Transportation (7 min) – Roads, canals, steam-power

Economic Expansion (5 mins) Cottage Industries to Factory Work

Revolution “Industrialization” (4 min) – Steam engine applications

Howard Zinn, The People’s Historian Documentary American Independence Myth

Directions: Please answer the following questions, write 1 paragraph for each (approx. one page total)

1. What did you find most interesting/thought-provoking/upsetting? What would you like to learn more about/talk more about?

2. How does what we learned about in Modules 5 and 6 connect to you or your community or to current events/issues?

3. What did you know about the industrial revolution? What did you know about the early history of the United States government?

4. What are two new things that you learned about the industrial revolution or the early history of the United States government? Please provide one example from each film

5. Has your perception/view of the industrial revolution or the early history of the United States government changed after watching these videos? Why or why not?