Wayne Gladman
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
This site was very significant because it gave simple facts with many links to take you to pages that had nearly full pages of writing on that particular subject. If you look at it closely it sort of works like a timeline as you go down the list. It is very helpful when it comes to finding many facts on this crucial time in history for the human race to build and learn. It also has links to many big sites about one individual topic such as romanticism or Darwinism. The site gives a clear example of who made each invention and when it was created. In addition it shows many other links to famous times in history such as imperialism or even the civil war. The set up of this site makes it very simple to move and navigate through. There is a vast amount of information on just each bullet. Every fact has at least one link in it to go to another site and discuss that topic a lot more and in detail. It lays out all the classes and events that happened during this industrial revolution. This is one of the best sites to learn about the industrial revolution.
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http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/industrialrev.html
This site is mainly plain however it goes very much in-depth into the industrial revolution. It first talk about how agriculture was very much part of this revolution because many new farming techniques began to appear. Then it told how machines began to slowly come into play and speed up production. Next it has sections on each of the major inventions that were created during this time. The most interesting section I think is the one that told how people could actually go on a vacation and that the railroads gave them a chance to basically change scenery and see some place other than where they have lived their whole lives. It also explained how people communicated over long distances by the postal service. Near the end it tells how the industrial revolution created increased population and increased responsibility for the work force. It also told how before industrialization everyone lived in rural communities but after the industrial revolution many people moved into the cities because the city promised better and therefore better pay. All this movement to the city created crowded work forces and for the many people who lost their jobs everyday it created poverty on all the streets.
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http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Industrial.html
This site basically has more information than most people can even stand. Everything is basically a link and it links to pages of information. The site is pretty easy to navigate. You just pick the topic you want and it sends you straight to the links you�d most likely use the most. Every link is different and it covers a different part of the industrial revolution. It first begins with all the main sources and then next it moves onto overviews which jus gives the rundown of everything in this time. Then there is the comparisons that it does and even more importantly the timeline that is there. Those two things can be used quite a lot when learning about this topic. Then it gives links on how agriculture and architecture played in this time of industry. Then it shows some of the books that were written and goes into depth about Charles Darwin in the next section. Following that there is the list of all the inventions and inventors of the time that created a huge ripple in the way society lived and produced it�s goods. The last amount of sections give lots of information on child labor then and how it secretly operates in today�s world. This site definitely gives a good understanding of the Industrial Revolution.