Bell Ringer
• What were some of the reasons why Great
Britain was able to birth the Industrial
Revolution?
• Please be prepared for your reading quiz
7th Block Bell Ringer
*** Put homework on desk to be
checked
• Grab a worksheet from the front labeled
“Testimony on Child Labor in Britain”
• Answer these questions:
• What is the name of the person being
interviewed?
• When did she start working and where?
• What was a typical day of work like for her?
• What health issues has she run into later?
• Where is she currently living now?
Agenda
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Go over homework questions
Pros and cons of Industrialization
- Case study Manchester
Effects of Industrialization
15 minute video: child labor in England
- Remember to take notes while viewing
the video.
Homework questions
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Pg. 256-257
Research these questions:
What is an entrepreneur?
Who invented the steamboat? Why was
water transportation important?
• Who improved roads in England and how?
• Summarize the importance of the railroad
in England.
Stop! Think about it!
• On a separate sheet of paper, write down
in your opinion which economy do you
think is better and why.
• Capitalism or Socialism
Chapter 9-2
• Industrialization: Case
Study of Manchester
Goals and Objectives
Upon completion students should be able to:
1) Describe the social and economic effects of
industrialization
2) Evaluate the growing tensions between middle and
working classes.
3) Identify positive effects of the Industrial
Revolution.
4) Describe Manchester as an industrial city.
Industrialization
Changes Life
Factory Work
-Factories pay more than farms.
-This led to the demand for more
expensive goods
Industrial Cities Rise
• Urbanization-The rise of population and
movement of people leading to the
growth of cities
• Growing population provided workforce
and market for factory goods.
British Industrial cities:
• The most industrialized cities were
London, Birmingham, Manchester,
Liverpool
Living Conditions
• Sickness widespread; epidemics, like
cholera, sweep urban slums
• Life span in one large city is only 17 years
•Wealthy Merchants, factory owners live in
luxurious suburban homes
Conditions in urban cities
• Rapidly growing cities lacked sanitary
conditions or building codes
• Cities also lacked adequate housing,
education, police and fire protection.
Working Conditions
• Average working day 14 hours for 6 days a
week, year round
• Dirty, poorly lit factories injure workers
• Many coal miners killed by coal dust
• Women and children were often exploited
in work places.
The Middle Class
• Middle Class-skilled workers,
merchants, rich farmers,
professionals
• Emerging middle class is looked
down upon by landowners,
aristocrats
• Middle class has comfortable
standard of living
The Working Class
• Laborers’ lives not improved;
• some laborers replaced by machines
Luddites, other groups destroyed
machinery that puts them out of work
Unemployment a serious problem;
unemployed riot
Positives of the industrial
revolution
• Created jobs, enriches nation,
encourages technological progress
• Education expands, clothing cheaper,
diet and housing improve
•Workers eventually won shorter hours,
better wages and conditions
Long-Term Effects
• Improved living and working conditions
still present today
• Governments use increased tax revenues
for urban improvements
• The rise of labor unions
The Mills of Manchester
• Manchester has labor, water power,
nearby port at Liverpool
• Poor live and work unhealthy, even
dangerous, environment
• Business owners make profits by risking
their own money on factories
• Eventually, working class sees its
standard of living rise some
Children in Manchester
Factories
• Children as young as 6 work in
factories;many are injured
• 1819 Factory Act restricts working age,
hours
Pollution
• Factory pollution fouls air, poisons
river
• Nonetheless, Manchester produces
goods and creates wealth
Child Labor in The Mines
• Reading we will compare the differences
of opinion of the miners and the mine
owner.
Closure
• What were some of the Pros of the
Industrialization movement?
• What were some of the negatives?
Video
• The video will be comprised of 4 parts.
• Take notes of each part as their will be a
essay at the end of the video.
Homework
• Case study: “Testimony on Child Labor in
Britain”
• Answer these questions:
• What is the name of the person being
interviewed?
• When did she start working and where?
• What was a typical day of work like for her?
• What health issues has she run into later?
• Where is she currently living now?