(Drawing 1)The year is 1700 and the nation is England. The scene is a rural village.
1. draw a river across your paper connecting east to west; the river should be no larger than 1 inch wide
2.draw a simple wooden bridge crossing the river
3.draw 2 roads (1 running north to south & crossing the river with a bridge and 1 running from east to west) Neither road need be a straight line.
4.Draw 10 houses; 1 church; 1 cemetery; 1 store; 1 pub; 1 coalmine; & at least 50 trees
(Drawing 2)
1 nice home anywhere on the map
Add the canal (parallel to the river)
2. 1750
Add 5 houses
3. 1760
Fence off an 2x2 inch area – label as “commons”
Add 5 houses 1 more nice house
4 1773
Add 1 factory (no smoke—it is powered by water). Remember, this cotton factory must be placed on the river bank, not the canal
5. 1774
Add 5 houses for workers
Add 15 houses (total 40)
1 church
1 pub
1 store
6. 1774
You may draw more roads & 1 more bridge
7. 1780
Add 5 new factories (must be on the river bank as they need water power).
Add 5 houses
8. 1781
Add 5 Tenements
Add 1 store, 1 pub, 1 church, & 1 school
Add 1 church(workers.
9. 1782
Add 5 more pubs. add 4 tenements
10. 1783
Add 2 special homes.
Add 1 factory, add 15 houses for management personages
(Drawing 3)
Round 11 - 1785
Add 10 factories with smoke. (Anywhere)
Add smoke to all other factories.
Also, add 1 nice house some people are getting rich

Add 5 houses (total 60) & 1 tenement.
Round 12 - 1800
Add 1 new coal mine
Add 1 nice new iron bridge to replace one old wooden one.
Add 5 houses (total 65).
Round 13 - 1815
Add another coal mine
Draw 1 cemetery
Round 14 - 1820
Add 1 major railroad line connecting all your factories & coal mines. This must be one track that connects all factories and mines (you may build railroad only bridges if you need them).
Add 5 houses for railroad builders.
Round 15 - 1827
Add 1 jail
2 pubs
2 tenements
Round 16 - 1838
Add 2 hospitals
1 more cemetery
Round 17 - 1840
Add 1 more railroad line going east (R) to west (L) through your town.
Add 5 houses (total 75)
1 tenement for the new railroad workers.
Round 18 - 1842
Add 1 theater
1 museum
Add 2 private schools for upper class students (mark these schools with the letter “P”
Add 1 nice house
Round 19 - 1845
Add 1 cemetery
1 more jail
1 hospital to accommodate the victims of urban life.
Round 20 - 1850
Add 20 houses & 2 nice houses & 1 big special house (yours)
5 tenements
2 stores
1 church
5 factories
1 pub
Debrief: p30
1.
What was life like in your town in 1700?
– In 1700, life in my town was…
2.
What is life like in 1850?
– In 1850, life in my town was…
3.
What problems do you think there are in your town in 1850?
• Debrief: p30
1.
What was life like in your town in 1700?

– In 1700, life in my town was…
2.
What is life like in 1850?
– In 1850, life in my town was…
3.
What problems do you think there are in your town in 1850?
– Alcoholism, pollution, over crowded, health problems, no clean water, children?-> gangs or working, no nature