The Steam Factory: Industrial Revolution for Kids Unit Study, Steam Power and 19th-Century Factories 1850-1900, Homeschool Worksheets (Ages 8-12) | From Forge to Factory Pack 3

What happened when a river wasn't enough? This history unit study for ages 8-12 follows the next stop after the water mill: big American factories, about 1850 to 1900, when steam engines began to drive the machines. It includes a timeline, an original reading ("When the River Wasn't Enough"), a labeled "how a steam factory works" diagram of a boiler, engine, flywheel, line shaft, and belts, a 14-word vocabulary list, true/false and mill-vs-factory activities, a picture study of a real 1876 photograph of the Corliss engine at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, and a hands-on project with no fire, heat, or sharp tools (a cardboard line shaft that turns more than one machine), plus an answer key. You get a 10-page printable PDF with a sources page for homeschool or classroom use. This is Pack 3 of From Forge to Factory, a kids' history of how things are made, from the bog to the 3D printer.

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