The Industrial Revolution for Kids: The People and Technology That Changed the World, with 21 Activities (51) (For Kids series)

The Industrial Revolution For Kids looks and reads very much like a textbook from the 1980s. It features a lot of great information, some photographs from the period, call outs of particular individuals and their lives, and then the hands on crafts. Although there was a bit of a disconnect between the presentation and text (the presentation was geared more for Junior High level students but the text read very much like elementary school), the book is informative enough to be a good teaching aid, especially for homeschooled children.The book breaks down as follows: A Time of Sweeping Change, New Ways of Working, New Ways of Living, Kids at Work, Catastrophes, Unions, and Strikes, Helps and Hope For Better Lives, A New Culture Emerges, Epilogue, Resources, Notes, and Bibliography. I read this with my 11 year old on a Kindle cloud reader on my computer and a Kindle Fire. Some of the formatting did get to be a bit wonky, especially captions under images or callouts.The hands on projects for each section (there are 3-4 per section above) include: crack a code, make an assembly line sandwich, prepare a miner's lunch, model an elevator, inflate a dollar, create an early 1900s diary, do detective work, tell a story with photographs, investigate the science of bicycling, and design a product for the World's Fair.The callouts with personal experiences are colored blue and stand out from the regular text nicely. Individuals from Ida Tarbell to a cotton mill worker in Massachusetts are some of the individuals profiled. Some of the crafts have illustrations but nearly every other graphic is a black and white photograph from the period (which I prefer over modern day illustrations 'recreating' a scene). The book is a bit text heavy, I would have liked even more photographs, but I do appreciate the depth of the information presented.In all, I'm glad I bought it and can use it to discuss/educate my 11 year old about the industrial revolution period.

My 7 year old is history buff and this was perfect for him. We have the one about the Civil War too and he loves it. It gives accurate telling of history that is great for level of reading. I highly recommend any from this series.

Great book! My kids have picked it up numerous times interested in learning more...we studied it after their interest in inventors and how so many things began to change in their great grandma's lifetime. It has photographs and interesting true stories about kids who worked long hours for very little pay. I think it gave them some gratitude for their luxuries and perspective on just how truly blessed we really are to have the technology and common comforts we enjoy!

Good information to help with studying the industrial Revolution. Learn about the people and technology that changed the world.

This book was a quick read. It gave me some ideas to use as activities with my students. I will also use the photos to teach historical analysis.

Great book to teach kids about the Industrial Age. Our 6 yr old was able to get a lot of information in a fun, easy to understand way...we will continue to use this book for years to come

Kept my students interested!

An excellent book for children to learn about Industrial Revolution in the United States.

Bought for KS2 learning not realising this is an American based book. Very misleading as there is no indication on the listing that this is the case. Returning the book.

Grandson used it for school project

Book damaged