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This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the Industrial Revolution from its technological innovations and economic strategies to its reliance on immigrant labor and its effects on individuals and societies. In addressing the compelling question “For whom was progress worth its costs?” students will work through four supporting questions with accompanying formative performance tasks. These performance tasks will be completed with a variety of largely primary and some secondary sources in order to create arguments about differing perspectives and experiences in the Industrial Revolution.