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 * World History I Industrial Revolutions Project **

**Introduction:**

The Industrial Revolution had a profound effect on all levels of society in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. How people lived and worked changed significantly during this time. You will explore the following questions:

How did // **daily life** // change as a result of the Industrial Revolution? Did the benefits //** outweigh **// the problems generated by these societal shifts? Did living conditions // **improve** //** or //not// ** as technological changes swept through England and the rest of Europe? Did industrial growth contribute // **positively** //** or //negatively// ** to society? How did // **family life** // change as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

**//Task://**

The class will be divided into //**three**// groups. Each group will examine the Industrial Revolution and its impact on social classes - the lower class, the middle class, and the upper class. Each social class experienced problems and benefits as a result of industrialization. **//Group #1//** will represent the interests of the lower class (male, female and child factory workers, agricultural laborers). **//Group #2//** will represent the interests of the middle class (professionals, merchants, craftsmen, overseers, factory managers, lawyers). ** Group #3 ** will represent the interests of the upper class (factory owners, large land owners, capitalists, financiers). Each group will research the question from the perspective of **one** social class and produce newspapers with articles that inform the reader of both the benefits and the problems for that social class.

**//Process////://**  Research the ways in which industrialization changed the life of your social class. You will want to look at how the major inventions and other changes created new kinds of work, how people lived in terms of housing, food, clothing etc., education, the life of children, the role of women, growth of cities and other important topics. **Create a newspaper that includes articles and editorials that describes both the benefits and problems for your social class.**

Your newspaper will have articles that cover //most// of the following topics:

**1. The growth of cities and other populations shifts**

Websites: __ In __[|dustrial Revolution] (go to last section Changing Social Patterns) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Migration During the Industrial Revolution] (population shifts) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|History of Internation Migration: Industrial Revolution]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">909 ROB The Age of Revolution, pp43-46. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 OUT Industrial Revolution Almanac p83 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History:Industrial Revolution (see //Po////pulation// and see //Immigration and Migration)// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">R 909.08 v.5 Modern World: Revolution and Change, p.625 (population shifts to city) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">909.7 EVE Events that Changed the World, p.144, 2nd paragraph (population shifts) 330.9 COR The Industrial Revolution (p.15)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 2. Working conditions in factories **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Websites: [|Life in Britain during the Industrial Revolution] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Primary Sources) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Life of the Industrial Worker in Ninteenth-Century England]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">942.091 HOB Daily Life in Victorian England <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">909.81 EIG The 1800s (p.81-85)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 3. Changing role of women **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Websites: [|Women and Children in the Industrial Revolution][|The Plight of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Revolution in England and Wales] [|Life in Britain during the Industrial Revolution] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Primary Sources) [|The Plight of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Revolution in England and Wales]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">942.091 HOB Daily Life in Victorian England <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">305.409 Women in 19th Century Europe <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History:Industrial Revolution (see //women)//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 4. Child labor **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History:Industrial Revolution <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Websites: [|Women and Children in the Industrial Revolution] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Child Labour] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Child Labor and the Industrial Revolution] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Life in the Factory]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 5. Living conditions in the cities and in the countryside **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">R 940 ROO v. 3 Crafts and Trade, p.105-116 (includes pictures) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History: Industrial Revolution (see //Hours of Work)//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 6. Health and sanitation **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Websites: [|Diseases in the Industrial Cities] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Disease During the Industrial Revolution] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Public Health During theIndustrial Revolution] [|Chadwick's Report on Sanitary Conditions] (Primary Source)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 7. Education **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History: Industrial Revolution (see //Education//)


 * 8. Housing **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History: Industrial Revolution (see //housework)//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 9. Income and wealth accumulation **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History: Industrial Revolution (see //Ruling Class,// and //Middle Class, White-Collar Workers)// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">R 940 ROO v. 3 Crafts and Trade, p.114 (wages and prices) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History: Industrial Revolutio n (see //Standard of Living, Underclass)//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Websites: [|Earning a living]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 10. Role of labor unions **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History: Industrial Revolution (see //Industrial Unions)//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Websites: [|Bricklayers Union] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Association of Cotton Spinners] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Agricultural Laborers Union]

(transportation, agricultural, manufacturing)
 * 11. Impact of inventions on life **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 COR The Industrial Revolution (p.19-29) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History: Industrial Revolution (see //Mass Marketing, Textiles, Time)//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Websites: [|Textile Industry] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Signs of the Times: The "Mechanical Age"] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Seamstresses: Industrial Revolution (Primary Source)]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//Resources//:** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other helpful resources:

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For charts and graphs

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">R 940 Roo v.3 Crafts and Trade, p.108, 141-142,

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lifestyle topics

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Department stores **see** 330.9 STE ABC-CLIO World History: Industrial Revolution <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Life during the Industrial Revolution]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources: Books**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">R 909.08 HIS Cooke, T. (Ed.). (2000). //History of the Modern World: Revolution and Change.// NY: Marshall Cavendish.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 STE Stearns, P. & Hinshaw, J. (1996). //ABC-CLIO World History Companion to the Industrial Revolution.// Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.973 IND Dudley, W. (Ed.). (1998). //The Industrial Revolution//. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Although this book focuses on the Industrial Revolution in America, the basic premises apply to England. This book gives opposing viewpoints on different aspects of the industrial revolution.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.9 COR Corrick, J. (1998). //The Industrial Revolution//. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">942 BRI Briggs, A. (1994). A Social History of England. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">See Chapter 7 for a description of the events and economic shifts leading up to the Industrial Revolution. Chapter 8 covers the experience of industrialization. Chapter 9 describes how new communication methods, including the railroad, affected the rate of societal change.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">942.081 HIB Hibbert, C. (1975). The Horizon Book of Daily Life in Victorian England. NY: American Heritage. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use this book to gain a clear view of what life was like for the various social classes as a result of the Industrial Revolution.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">942 HIL Hill, C. (1967). Reformation to Industrial Revolution. NY: Pantheon Books. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Part IV is the section of the book which discusses the events leading up to the Industrial Revolution and the effects.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">330.94 CLO Clough, S. (1952). Economic History of Europe (3rd ed.). Boston: D.C. Heath and Company.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">901.9 MOR Moraze, C. (1957). The Triumph of the Middle Classes. NY: The World Publishing. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The section on "Capitalist and Industrial Europe" begins on page 191.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">942.07 WOO Woodward, L. (1962). The Age of Reform 1815-1870 (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">942.07 BRI Briggs, A. (1959). The Making of Modern England 1783-1867. NY: Harper and Row. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chaper 1 offers a picture of English economy and society in the late 1700's. Other sections of the book may also be helpful. Use the index for specific topics.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OV 914 COB Cobban, A. (Ed.). The Eighteenth Century: Europe in the Age of Enlightenment. NY: McGraw Hill. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">See chapters 3 and 4 for information on the scientific and technological revolution and its impact on the people.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">609 PLA Platt, R. (1994). Smithsoniam Visual Timeline of Inventions. NY: DK Publishing. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This book will help you locate visuals for your newspaper. In this same call number area, you will find other books on inventions which will provide pictures and information about these important inventions.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">R 314 MIT Mitchell, B. (1978). European Historical Statistics, 1750-1970. NY: Columbia University Press. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This book provides statistics about all aspects of life during this time.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Evaluation:**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Each group** (lower, middle, upper class) will publish a newspaper which advocates the views of the social class, answering the question: "Was life better or worse for people of this time?"

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Each student** will contribute **one article** on a different topic related to the class.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Each ** newspaper will also have the following:

<span style="color: #660033; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. 1 primary source selection and a brief written explanation of why it was included <span style="color: #660033; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. 2 political cartoons (original creations) <span style="color: #660033; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. a relevant map with keys <span style="color: #660033; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. letters to the editor written from the perspective of someone in your class on 3 different issues <span style="color: #660033; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. photos with captions

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Created by Cathy Bond, Maria Bartolotti, and Todd Parker. Copyright © 2003 Conestoga High School. All rights reserved.