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

2. TEXTILE INDUSTRY John Kay - Flying Shuttle (1733)
James Hargreaves – Spinning Jenny (1764)
Eli Whitney – Cotton Gin (1794)
IM Singer – Sewing Machine (1851)
Impact – Quicker, cheaper, improved textile industry

3. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
James Watt
Henry Bessemer
Improved Steam Engine (1784)
Steel production (1855)
Impact - Faster, more reliable engine
Impact – easier, faster to make steel

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

5. COMMUNICATION
Alexander Graham Bell
Guglielmo Marconi
Telephone (1876)
Radio (1902)
Impact - transmit sound over long distances, improves communication
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 - Reduced infection, preserved food
Impact - Higher survival rate in surgery

8. EDUCATIONAL IDEAS
Pavlov & Freud
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution (1859)
Studies in Psychology (1800s)
Impact – controversy, conflicts with religious teachings
Impact – better understanding of how mind works

9. Other Inventions/Ideas
Alessandro Volta (Battery)
Samuel Morse (Telegraph Communication)
Cyrus Field (Transatlantic Cable)
Robert Fulton (Steamboat)
Joseph Cugnot/Karl Benz (Automobile)
Gregor Mendel (Genetic Laws)
John Dalton (Atom Theory)
Pierre & Marie Currie (Radioactivity)