Looking back: What benefits did Empire bring to Britain? Looking Forward: Can you use this to imagine how this might change Britain and why? Tip: Think about…. • Trade • People and communities • Fashion • Food • Shopping • Medicine • Buildings • transport Enquiry Question: Did the Industrial Revolution lead to Progress or Misery? Lesson Title: What was the Industrial Revolution? This painting can tell us a lot about the period we are studying... Think about how the artist uses certain images to get a message across. Try to find the parts of the picture that suggest the following things: 1. The age of sail is over. It is a fading memory. 2. The age of steam power has begun. It is the future. 3. It is the end of an era. A new era is about to begin. 1. The age of sail is over. It is a fading memory. 2. The age of steam power has begun. It is the future. 3. It is the end of an era. A new era is about to begin. Can you use your art critic skills to interpret this other Turner painting? What do both of Turner’s paintings have in common? What was the Industrial Revolution? Britain began building its Empire under Elizabeth I at the end of the sixteenth century. By the 1800s the Empire was at its largest with ¼ of the world’s population under its control. It is no coincidence that this is the period also known as the Industrial Revolution. Historians often suggest that this happened in the years 1750-1850. In the next two lessons, we will investigate what this was and what contribution the Empire make to its development. Examine the pictures of the before and after……what has changed between the 1750s and the 1890s? Keywords Industrial Transport Revolution Urban Population Emigrant Famine Social Rural Economic Agricultural a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) Relating to a town or a city Relating to the manufacture of products as opposed to working from the land. A radical and sudden change that overthrows the established way things have been. The total number of people living in an area Relating to the growing of crops and raising of animals. Relating to the wealth and resources of a country - money A person who leaves one area to settle in another. Relating to community and how people lived Relating to the countryside Lack of food and starvation Movement of people or materials from one place to another. Task: To be able to discuss the Industrial Revolution, we need to be able to use key vocabulary. Match up the terms with the correct definition (and try to use them through this unit!) Keywords Industrial Transport Revolution Urban Population Emigrant Famine Social Rural Economic Agricultural Keywords Industrial Transport Revolution Urban Population Emigrant Famine Social Rural Economic Agricultural a) b) Relating to a town or a city Relating to the manufacture of products as opposed to working from the land. A radical and sudden change that overthrows the established way things have been. The total number of people living in an area Relating to the growing of crops and raising of animals. Relating to the wealth and resources of a country - money A person who leaves one area to settle in another. Relating to community and how people lived Relating to the countryside Lack of food and starvation Movement of people or materials from one place to another. c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) Relating to a town or a city Relating to the manufacture of products as opposed to working from the land. A radical and sudden change that overthrows the established way things have been. The total number of people living in an area Relating to the growing of crops and raising of animals. Relating to the wealth and resources of a country - money A person who leaves one area to settle in another. Relating to community and society and how people lived Relating to the countryside Lack of food and starvation Movement of people or materials from one place to another. Industrial Revolution = transformation that took place in Britain after 1750. It led to changes in production, as well as in society. Progress = things getting better. Regress = things getting worse. TASK: Look at the images on the cards (R.S1). The images belong in pairs. Can you match up the images? In each pair, the first image should show the situation in 1750 (before the Industrial Revolution). The second image should show the situation in 1900 (after the Industrial Revolution). R.S1a Cards to match up Journey time Journey time R.S1b Cards to match up Answers… Stick them in. Answers… Stick them in. TASK: Now, use the second column of W.S1 to write a couple of sentences for each set of images, to explain the nature of the change that has taken place, e.g. “In 1750, the journey times were... However, by 1900 this had changed, and journey times...’ What is the big story shown by these pairs? Does the later image in each pair suggest PROGRESS or REGRESS? Write a few sentences explaining your thoughts (final column of W.S1). “This was a time of progress/regress because…” W.S1 Describing the changes Theme/idea: The appearance of the towns and cities: Methods of working: Number and type of factories: Voting rights: The British Empire: Methods of transport: Journey times: Explain the nature of this change: Does the second image suggest progress or regress? Explain your ideas: END TASK: We now have a good idea how Britain changed in the years 1750-1900. Decide which statements are true and which are false. If a statement is false, correct it to make it true. 1: Transport became faster and more efficient after steam engines were invented. 2: Towns got smaller as people moved to the countryside. 3: The way things were made changed. People began to work in factories instead of at home. 4: More and more men got the vote as time went on. This gave ordinary people more power. 5: The number of coal mines decreased over time. 6: The British increased the size of their empire (countries ruled over). 7: Cotton and silk production increased over time. 8: Britain became a more agricultural (farming) country. END TASK: We now have a good idea how Britain changed in the years 1750-1900. Decide which statements are true and which are false. If a statement is false, correct it to make it true. 1: Transport became faster and more efficient after steam engines were invented. 2: Towns got smaller as people moved to the countryside. 3: The way things were made changed. People began to work in factories instead of at home. 4: More and more men got the vote as time went on. This gave ordinary people more power. 5: The number of coal mines decreased over time. 6: The British increased the size of their empire (countries ruled over). 7: Cotton and silk production increased over time. 8: Britain became a more agricultural (farming) country. Homework Title: What was the Industrial Revolution? So…..what was the Industrial Revolution? The Industrial Revolution was the period when…… This happened in the years……. You have been asked to explain the Industrial Revolution to pupils at your local primary school. Can you explain what changes British society experienced? Who was this good and bad for? This led to….. It changes society in lots of ways. For example… In some ways this was positive, such as… Finally, let’s go back to the painting we discussed earlier. Was Turner an OPTIMIST or a PESSIMIST? • The painting shows the last of the great sail ships being towed into port to be broken up. • The sail ship did not have any masts or rigging as shown in the painting. Turner added these. • There was no sun set when the ship was being towed into port. Why do you think he added these things?
