263 Module Overview

Module 6 contains the following content – all original by author or contained in the Lumen textbook.

Textbook Reading – Chapter 25

Discussion Forum:

This discussion will be based on the textbook reading for the chapter.  For your initial post in this discussion please answer the following questions: “After reading this chapter, do you think the Industrial Revolution as a whole had a positive or negative effect over the lives of the people in Britain overall?  You can consider any facet of the change from agricultural to industrial labor you think is most important.”

Initial posts must be at least 200 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook.

After posting your initial post you are required to reply to at least one other student.  Replies must be at least 100 words in length and have at least one new quote from the textbook (not a quote you used in your initial post and not a quote that is in the post you are replying to).

All posts must be made by the deadline for the discussion forum to receive full credit.

SS112 Discussion prompts by John McLean are licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Short Essay:

Submit your short essay for Module #6 here.  The question for this essay is: “How did Enclosure and the Agricultural Revolution lead to the Industrial Revolution?  How did these changes in agriculture push people into industry?”

This essay must be at least 500 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook to receive full credit.

SS112 Short Essays by John McLean are licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Quiz: All quiz questions are original and the quiz is linked on the course map.