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Industrialization: Government’s Role from 1750 to 1900 CE

Driving Question: How did the economic strategies of different states and empires shape their development and impact the world?

While the Industrial Revolution started in the late eighteenth century, not all societies industrialized at once. All around the world, different factors, such as access to resources and colonialism, helped some societies to industrialize faster and more efficiently than others. In this lesson, you will compare two societies that began the process of industrialization in the late nineteenth century.

Learning Objective

  1. Assess the scale of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on various regions of the world.
  2. Explain the causes and effects of the economic strategies of different states and empires.

Vocab Terms:

  • debt
  • deindustrialization
  • export
  • Industrial Revolution
  • manufacturing
  • reform
  • tariff
STEP 1

Opener: Industrialization: Government’s Role

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 2 of the Lesson 5.6 Teaching Guide Locked .

Historical causation is key to understanding how the past has unfolded. Read more in our Causation One-Pager.

STEP 2

Meiji Restoration: Japan’s Industrial Revolution

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 3 of the Lesson 5.6 Teaching Guide Locked .

How did Japan develop into a major world power over the course of 25 years? The answer partially lies with American warships.

STEP 3

Muhammad Ali: Egypt’s Industrial Revolution

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 4 of the Lesson 5.6 Teaching Guide Locked .

Egypt had cotton and the beginnings of an industrialized economy. So why did their industrialization fail?

STEP 4

Graphic Biography: Iwasaki Yatarō

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 5 of the Lesson 5.6 Teaching Guide Locked .

The Three Step Reading for Graphic Biographies: Tool is a great resource for helping students dig into this genre.

Have you ever heard of a rags to riches story? Someone works their way from a lower economic rung to a higher economic position. In the example of Iwasaki Yatarō, an ordinary samurai went on to become the head of one of the largest corporations on Earth.

STEP 5

Closer: Industrialization: Government’s Role

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 6 of the Lesson 5.6 Teaching Guide Locked .

Need to cover the important skill of historical comparison but feeling a little pressed for time? Read more on Comparison of Egypt & Japan External link in the Community Forum.

Although industrialization affected many countries at approximately the same time, the way it affected those countries varied. You will examine Egypt and Japan to analyze the different ways industrialization affected nations.