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1. The Industrial Revolution KO

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Key Vocabulary
Agriculture
The science or practice of farming
Domestic
Relating to the running of a home or to family
relations.
Production
The action of making or manufacturing from
components or raw materials, or the process
of being so manufactured.
Cramped
Uncomfortably small or restricted.
Trapper
To open and close the wooden doors (trap
doors)
Manufacturing
The making of articles on a large scale using
machinery; industrial production.
Privy
A toilet located in a small shed outside a
house or other building.
Ventilation
The provision of fresh air to a room, building,
Laisse Faire
The policy of leaving things to take their own
course, without interfering.
Slum Houses
Informal (and often illegal) housing.
Key Question – Describe the key features of the Industrial Revolution.
Significant Knowledge
• The Industrial Revolution period is 1750 – 1900
• People moved from the countryside to the towns.
• Factories were the main method of production.
• Child labour was common in this time.
• Living conditions were poor, people were cramped into the same
rooms.
• Government had an attitude of leaving people to carry on.
• Diseases began to spread such as Cholera and TB.
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