Wednesday, March 7, 2012

This blog entry is focused on developing your understanding of technology and how it applies to the industrial era.

Read about Samuel Slater:  In a nut shell, he brought over the technology from Europe to start the first factory in the United States.
  • Read article: Samuel Slater 
    • As you read, identify the following:
      • Who is Samuel Slater?
      • Why did he want to start a factory in the United States?
      • How did he bring the technology to the United States?
    • Think about the type of person he was and his impact on the United States.
  • Learn about the Water Wheel
  • What impact did the cotton gin have on plantations?
  • Every plantation needs a steel plow!
    • The Plow
    • Who invented this? 
    • How did it work?
    • What life-long implications would this have?



     

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