Name _________________________ Date _________________ Class ___________
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Expectations:
Canada, 1890-1914: A Changing Society
 Overall: Understanding Historical Context: Describe various significant events,
developments, and people in Canada between 1890 and 1914, and explain their impact.
Application: Canada – Past and Present
 Analyze some of the challenges facing different individual, groups, and /or communities in
Canada between 1890 and 1914. We will focus on industrialization.
Choose ten of the following people or topics and tell one historically significant (relating to the
Industrial Revolution) point about each one. Point form answers are fine.
 Hart Massey
 Canadian Pacific Railway
 The steam engine
 The bicycle Sam
 McLaughlin
 Markham wheat
 The party line
 The seed drill
 Detroit Automobile Co.
 Wireless radio
 Increased production
 Hydro-Electric Power
 Guglielmo Marconi
 Henry Ford
 Charles Saunders
 The telephone
 The automobile
 Threshing machines
 Centralization of factories
 The Internal Combustion Engine
Person or Topic
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One historically significant point (relating to the Industrial
Revolution)
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From Canada: A Changing Society - Curriculum Unit: Grade 8 History, Resource ID : ELO1004230
Critical Stance:
1. Select one to compare the challenges with those facing present-day Canadians.
2. Generate questions to guide your investigation. Note: these must be included in
the final product.