BEACONSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INVENTOR/INVENTION ASSIGNMENT

Due: Monday April 12th 2021

Instructions:
Research and create slideshow using google slides about an an important inventor and their
invention during the industrial revolution. I have provided a list of inventors for you to choose
from.
The slides should include:

- A cover slide with a Title and Photo

- Who the inventor was? (Should include when they were born and where they were from)

- The invention (What does it do/ how does it work?). Also include when it was invented.

- The reason for this invention (This could include previous inventions that inspired this

invention and/or it could include a problem that the invention was meant to solve)

- Why was this invention important? How did it change society and the way people lived

at this time?

- Do we see traces of this invention in our society today? Is it still being used today?

- An interesting fact about this invention and/or inventor.

- A bibliography (A list of sources)

It is suggested that there should be at least 8 slides (one slide for each of these points). Each
slide should have at least one photo that is related to the content of the slide. The slides should
also include speaker notes to fill in the gaps in the slideshow.

Plagiarism:
Using a sentence, paragraph or whole piece of work of someone else is considered plagiarism.
Any case of plagiarism will result in the student having to redo the assignment with a maximum
grade of 60%. A second case of plagiarism will result in a grade of 0.
 List of Inventors
British Inventors
Richard Arkwright
Thomas Newcomen
Jethro Tull
Lord Townsend
John Kay
James Hargraves
Edmund Cartwright
Samuel Crompton
George Stephenson
Henry Bessemer
American Inventors
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Eli Whitney
Rudolf Diesel
Robert Fulton
Charles Goodyear
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Elias Howe
Isaac Singer
Cyrus Field
Orville and Wilbur Wright
African American Inventors
Benjamin Banneker
Andrew J Beard
Hugh M Brown
George Washington Carver
Lewis Latimer
Sarah Breedlove Walker
Granville T Woods

Women Inventors
Helen Blanchard
Mary P Carpenter
Josephine Cochrane
Anna Connelly
Marie Curie
Ellen Eglin
Sarah Guppy
Sibylla Master

Resources
Inventors General
https://www.thoughtco.com/industrial-revolution-inventors-chart-4059637
African American Inventors
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/african-american-inventors-18th-century/
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/african-american-inventors-19th-century/
Women Inventors
Women of Invention
 Industrial Revolution Inventor/Invention Assignment Rubric

Criteria/Score 8-10 6-7.9 4-5.9 2-3.9

Presentation of The slides The slides The information The information
Ideas present the present the presented in the from the slides
/10 information information slides are has no
clearly. The clearly. The unclear. The organization or
information on information on information on structure.
the slides is the slides is the slides is not
written in written in written in full
complete complete sentences.
sentences. The sentences. A
notes section is notes section
used to fill in could have been
gaps in useful to fill in
information gaps in
when needed. information in
the slides.

Quality of 8-10 6-7.9 4-5.9 2-3.9

Information
/10 The information The information Not all the Information has
clearly relates to clearly relates to information little or nothing
the topic and is the topic. Some clearly relates to to do with the
accurate. All the information the main topic. main topic. The
information may be A lot of the instructions
asked for in the inaccurate. information is were not
instructions is Most of the inaccurate. Most followed.
present. information of the
asked for in the information
instructions is asked for in the
present. instructions in
not present.
Change and 8-10 6-7.9 4-5.9 2-3.9
Lasting Impact
/10 The slides The slides The slides The change and
express clearly express the mention that lasting impacts
how the change that there was were not
invention occurred change that mentioned.
changed society because of the occurred
and the use of invention but because of the
that invention does not invention but it
today. mention the is not clear what
invention in the change was.
society today.
Spelling and 5 3-4 2-2.9 1-1.9
Grammar
/5 Fewer than 4 5-8 obvious 9-12 obvious More than 12
obvious spelling spelling and spelling and obvious spelling
and grammar grammar grammar and grammar
mistakes. mistakes mistakes. mistakes

Visuals 5 4 2-3 1
/5
Every slide has Most of the Most of the There were no
at least one slides have one slides do not visual in the
visual that visual that have any visuals slides
relates to the relates to the
topic topic

Grade: /40
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