Originally Posted by
43Inches
Sounds like a poorly worded assignment. The Printing press does have some part to play in kicking off the industrial revolution, by being a means of mass information sharing, a step forward much the same as the internet was. The spread of knowledge led to increasing rate of invention and spread of technologies throughout the world and allowed creations like the power loom and steam engine to be quickly learned and adopted, which in turn led to the industrial revolution. Obviously anything that was involved in the industrial revolution then had significant impact on the increased use of coal and other fossil fuels to feed the factories and consumer demand.
Maybe that's what they were getting at, but its a really tenuous connection. I mean you could ask the same question of how the invention of writing or math led to industry today and its effect on the environment.
I probably didn’t explain the rubric properly. It’s the same for all assessments. Regardless of the topic. Ie one must write about the impact of “topic x” on climate change.