The Modern World
Industrialisation, empire and the forces that shaped today.
01The Industrial RevolutionHow steam, coal and factories remade the world.Read lesson →02Railways and SteamHow steam power and railways shrank distances and sped up Victorian Britain.Read lesson →03Life in Victorian BritainWork, school and home for ordinary people during Queen Victoria's reign, 1837-1901.Read lesson →04The British EmpireHow Britain built a worldwide empire and what it meant for the peoples ruled.Read lesson →