General Information on the Industrial Revolution

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-IndustrialRevolution.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Textiles.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TU.htm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html

Child Labor

Listed below are some helpful links to begin your research.

• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.htm
• http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vindust.html
• http://www.victorianweb.org/history/hist8.html

Advocates/Antagonists

Listed below are some helpful links to begin your research.

• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1835ure.html
• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1844engels.html
• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.htm

Living/Working Conditions

Listed below are some helpful links to begin your research. 

• http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/IndustrialRevolution/lifeduringindustrialrevolution.htm
• http://campus.udayton.edu/~hst-102/DON_TH~1.HTM
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Great_Britain_during_the_Industrial_Revolution
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_life_during_the_industrial_revolution
• http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vindust.html

Textile Advertisements

• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Textiles.htm
• http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/ladies_victorian_clothing.php

Photography

Even though the photos in this link are from the early 20^th century, they might be great to feature in your newspaper alongside one of the stories. 

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?num=0&word=Child%20labor&s=3¬word=&d=&c=175&f=2&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=Collection%20Guide&sLevel=&sLabel=Lewis%20Wickes%20Hine%3A%20Documentary%20Photographs%2C%201905%2E%2E%2E&imgs=20&pNum

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• The Origins of the Industrial Revolution in England
• International World History Project: Industrial Revolution

Domestic System vs. Factory System

• Factory System
• Factory System

 Urbanization

• The Industrial Revolution: Technology and Effects
• Cotton Times: Understanding the Revolution
• Modern History Sourcebook:Friederich Engels:Industrial Manchester, 1844
• Chadwick's Report on Sanitary Conditions

 Labor and Labor Unions (Strikes)

• Labor Law
• Industrial Revolution: Strikes
• Trades Union Congress
• Mines Act of 1842
• The 1842 Mines Act

 Emigration

• Immigration 1800-1900
• History of International Migration: Industrial Revolution
• The Ship List

 Children (Child Labor)

• Child Labor
• Child Labor Activity
• Child Labor in Factories
• Children in Victorian Britain
• The Sadler Committee Report on Textile Factories

 Adam Smith and Karl Marx

• Adam Smith 
• Adam Smith
• Karl Marx, 1818-1883
• Karl Marx

 Technology (Inventions)

• The European Enlightenment: The Industrial Revolution
• Great Inventors of the Industrial Revolution