Product Details

• Actors: Just the Facts
• Directors: n, a
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: GOLDHIL HOME MEDIA
• DVD Release Date: January 15, 2001
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000507PI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,877 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good information, but dry., March 25, 2003

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Malleus - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just the Facts - Industrial Revolution (DVD)

I purchased this video for use in my Grade 9 Social Studies class. It had everything I needed in terms of the content, but the production value was bare-bone minimal. It sort of looks like a high school av club made it for their final project, though they would have received an A+ for their efforts. However, my 14 year-old students failed to see the value in a video that didn't contain the flash that they had become accustomed to.

I would recommend this video for a Grade 12 class or an introductory university history course, as younger children simply did not appreciate it.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Overview, October 14, 2008

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Gary Booher "Community College Instructor" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just the Facts: The Industrial Revolution (DVD)

Just the Facts: The Industrial Revolution
I show this documentary every semester in my cultural geography class at a local community college and I find it is an excellent overview of the many economic and geographic factors behind the Industrial Revolution occurring in England. It summarizes many points that I cover in my class and brings many concepts together regarding economic geography. I highly recommend this product as an informative teaching tool. Although it is classified in my public library as being for teens, I would suggest that its academic level is higher, and perhaps why another reviewer has rated it as uninteresting for his students who maybe were not yet ready for all that it had to offer.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid in terms of information, but otherwise dry, March 25, 2003

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Malleus - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just the Facts - Industrial Revolution (DVD)

I used this video with my Grade 9 Social Studies class. It covered everything that I would be dealing with, but the production value was... minimal. Dry and bare bones with no flash, a problem when one is trying to keep hormone raging 14 year-olds interested in history. This video is better suited for students in Grade 12 or an introductory university history class.