Choate+CS+I

= Seminar on Industrial Revolution = Following the agricultural revolution we discussed early in the fall term, the industrial revolution was the second major economic upheaval in world history. Sparked by a variety of causes, industrialization exploded in Great Britain, spread to the rest of Europe, and then to the United States. It defined those nations that would set the pace for the world economy as well as creating potentially prosperous living environments for the citizens of those nations.

Objective
The goal of this seminar is for you, in partnership with classmates and other thematic world history students, to become actively involved in the creation of historical narrative and analysis. In order to accomplish this task, we will look at the [|Wikipedia article on the Industrial Revolution], and try to improve it by adding a few specific and insightful sub-topics. Your background reading will be in the Landes book, and all of your writing should be done in class.

Topics for sub-articles
You may narrow your topic to subjects that are not currently mentioned in Wikipedia.
 * Causes of the Industrial Revolution
 * Characteristics of labor markets
 * Regulation and Protest
 * Impacts of the Industrial Revolution

Methodology
In order to effectively complete the process of adding and editing to an existing article, you will use a tool called a Wiki. A Wiki is a web page that can be easily edited and updated by multiple people simultaneously. It keeps track of who makes the contributions or edits and when they were made. You should copy those portions of the Wikipedia article into your Wiki so that you may add or edit. When you are finished, your completed work will be added to the Wikipedia site. If it is good, it will remain; otherwise, the Wikipedia community will delete it or revise it. Each student will be graded on their work, including portions that do not end up in the final product.