1. Movers & Shakers: Inventions during Industrial Revolution
How does technology improve people’s lives?

2. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Henry Bessemer
James Watt
Steel production (1855)
Improved Steam Engine (1784)
Impact – easier, faster to make steel, which makes stronger buildings & machines
Impact - Faster, more reliable engine (steam locomotive & steamboats)

3. EVERYDAY LIFE & ENTERTAINMENT
Thomas Edison
George Eastman
Light Bulb (1879)
Phonograph (1878)
Motion Pictures (1888)
Portable Camera/Roll Film (1888)
Impact – Able to easily take pictures (photographs)
Impact – Reliable source of light, mass entertainment

4. COMMUNICATION
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Telegraph (1832)
Telephone (1876)
Impact - transmit sound over wires
Impact - transmit voice over wires, long distance communication

5. Guglielmo Marconi
Radio (1902)
Impact - Provided wireless communication

6. TRANSPORTATION
Henry Ford
The Wright Brothers
Automobile Assembly Line & the Model T (1908)
The Airplane (1903)
Impact - Improved mobility & started aircraft industry
Impact - Assembly line production made cars affordable

7. IMPROVING HEALTH
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister
Pasteurization (1862)
Antiseptics (1867)
Impact – Process reduced infection, preserved food
Impact - Higher survival rate in surgery

8. EDUCATIONAL IDEAS
Pavlov & Freud
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution/Natural Selection (1859)
Studies in Psychology (1800s)
Impact – better understanding of how mind works
Impact – Origin of Species theory conflicts with religious teachings

9. Other Inventions/Ideas
Alessandro Volta (Battery)
Joseph Cugnot/Karl Benz (Automobile)
Robert Fulton (Steamboat)
Gregor Mendel (Genetic Laws)
John Dalton (Atom Theory)