FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR
What a Difference Fifteen Years Makes
Michael Regoli

FROM THE EDITOR
The Industrial Revolution: A Teaching Challenge
Peter N. Stearns

HISTORIOGRAPHY
Current Debates in the Study of the Industrial Revolution
Steven M. Beaudoin

ARTICLES
"Things" That Work: The Artifacts of Industrialization
Briann Greenfield and Patrick Malone

African Americans and the Industrial Revolution
Joe William Trotter Jr.

The Industrial Revolution in the Twentieth Century, with a Focus on Japan and the East Asian Followers
Steven J. Ericson

LESSON PLANS
Analyzing Change and Continuity in Women's Experience as Wage Earners, 1840-1940
Vagel Keller

The Gin Builder: Examining the Skills Needed for the New Industrial Age
Carlita Kosty, Steven Lubar, Bill Rhar

Children and the Industrial Revolution: Changes in Policy
Robert B. Bain

SPECIAL FEATURE
National History Day 2001
Bea Hardy

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
The Industrial Revolution: AN ERIC/ChESS Sample
Laura A. Pinhey

The Fifth Wave: Using the Internet to Teach the Industrial Revolution
Sarah Franzen

CLASSROOM MEDIA
Electronic New Jersey: A Model High School-University Web Site Collaboration
Thomas J. Frusciano and William R. Fernekes

Using Computer Technology to Record and Present Family History and to Enhance Historical Thinking Skills
Gina Hogue

DIALOGUE
No Respect, No Respect at All: Some Thoughts on Teaching History
Gregory Kent Stanley, with Lawrence A. Baines

REVIEWS

HISTORY HEADLINES