Industrialists, Inventors, Reformers, Thinkers, Painters and Writers Internet Search (Ch. 24 1&2)

 

To understand the impact that the Industrial Revolution had on the world we must identify the major contributions of the time.  Your assignment is to cite major benefits of the scientific and commercial revolutions for different segments of European society. 

ü      Choose two of the following men listed below.

ü      You must choose from different categories.  

ü      Use the Internet to answer the questions below. 

ü      With each answer, write down the site that you got the information from.

 

Industrialists: Thomas Brassey – John D. Rockefeller

Inventors: Robert Fulton – Ferdinand de Lesseps – Samuel F.B. Morse

Reformers and Thinkers: Robert Owen – Charles Fourier – Karl Marx – Friedrich Engels

Painters and Writers: Gustave Courbet – Henry James – Leo Tolstoy – Charles Dickens

 

Name		SITE
Date and Place of Birth
Family background or an interesting story from boyhood
Profession/Career
Major contribution to society
What led to the creation of their contribution
How they proved their contribution to the world
Impact that their contribution made to society
Date and place of death

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name		SITE
Date and Place of Birth
Family background or an interesting story from boyhood
Profession/Career
Major contribution to society
What led to the creation of their contribution
How they proved their contribution to the world
Impact that their contribution made to society
Date and place of death