INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
January 13-17
Monday, January
th
13
WARM UP:
• List as many places that you
can buy or sell items today.
WOD:
• Free enterprise-economic system where
few restrictions are placed on businesses
• Laissez-faire-the government does not
interfere
• LAST ONE TO FINISH THE WARM
UP IS THE LAISSEZ-FAIRE MAN
FREE ENTERPRISE
• http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=WHAT
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Monday, January
th
13
• Draw a Venn Diagram of Mercantilism and
Free Enterprise
• Pull up diagram on Active Inspire and
complete as a class!
Monday, January
th
13
• SGPT:
• Why would some countries
today not allow people to
get on certain internet sites?
• True or False: Britain did
little to regulate the
economies of the colonies
Monday, January
th
13
• Pick the benefit of free enterprise (can only
be 1)
1. Fewer slaves needed to work in factories
2. Less dependence on foreign products
3. More government involvement with business
4. Less specialized labor and production
Compare answers with your neighbor.
• What is a synonym to free enterprise?
Tuesday, January
th
14
WOD:
• Urbanization- the growth of
cities. **Industrialism caused
the growth of cities!!!!!
• Immigrant-a person who settles
in a new country
WARM UP:
• VIEW THE POLITICAL CARTOON-active
inspire
Tuesday, January
th
14
What caused these 3 things to occur:
Industrialization, Urbanization or Factory Systems?
Urbanization
You are an immigrant in America during the 1800’s
• Write a letter home. ( Germany, Ireland,
Italy)
START YOUR LETTER WITH….DEAR,
1. Where you are working
2. What area of the US you are
working in. (North, South, West)
3. List 3 difficulties you are facing
living in a new country. (Elaborate
on them)
END YOUR LETTER WITH SINCERELY,
Wednesday, January
th
15
WOD
• Interchangeable Parts-parts that exactly alike.
It helps make our lives easier because you can
repair things without getting the parts custom
made.
• Invented by Eli Whitney
Wednesday, January
• Industrial Revolution 2012
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Causes of the
Industrial Revolution
Page 28-Liberty Workbook
Interchangeable Parts
Identical
parts that can be
substituted in the manufacture
or repair of a product
Invented by Eli Whitney to make
muskets for the U.S. government
Assembly Lines
 Each
worker adding one part in order to
create a finished product
 Used first in Lowell’s textile (clothes)
factories
 Resulted in the construction of factories
across the Northern U.S.
Inventions

Eli Whitney – Cotton
gin

Elias Howe –
Sewing Machine

Robert Fulton –
Steam Boat

Francis Cabot
Lowell and Samuel
Slater – Assembly
lines and factories
1846 Singer
Results of the Industrial
Revolution
Speedy Production
 Because
of
 Assembly
lines
 Interchangeable
parts
 New Inventions
1846 Singer
Craftsmen Out
 Products
used to be made by individual
shop owners who were specialists
 Each product was different
 Now products were identical, and made
in factories
Urbanization
 More
and more
people moved to
cities where there
were factory jobs
 This was more
true of the North
than the South
which remained
agricultural
Machines In
 Sewing
Machines
 Cotton Gin
 Steam Power
 Bessemer Steel Process
resulted in large sky
scrapers that could now
be built
Money Invested
 Investment
Capital-Stock
market invented
 “investors” would
receive a
percentage of
profits
 New York became
stock market
center
More Workers Together
 People
worked in large factories instead
of small shops
 Immigrants
 The “working class” emerged
Wednesday, January
th
15
Activity• Word Sort on Active
Inspire!
• Draw diagram on your
own paper and complete.
Thursday, January
th
16
WOD:
• Assembly Line- a manufacturing process
where interchangeable parts move in a
sequence from station to station until a finished
product is made.
*this made production much faster and increased
industrialization
Thursday, January 16th
WARM UP:
• In groups of 3 create a
flag from start to finish in
5 minutes using only:
1 glue stick
1 pair of scissors
3 sheets of paper
Thursday, January
th
16
• Innovation Walk-About
• Only do 9-10 today,
finish tomorrow. Switch
on teacher prompt.
Friday, January
th
17
WOD:
Textile- cloth or fabric that is woven
Textile Mill- a factory where clothes are made
Friday, January
th
17
WARM UP: Which bucket does not fit?
Industrialization
Mechanical
reaper
Decrease in
immigration
Cotton Gin
Faster
Transportation
Friday, January
th
17
Assignment:
• Complete the Regional
Impact Map questions on
the back of your
Regional Map from last
week!
• Grade!