The Industrial Revolution
Kirby-CHS
Lesson Six: Effects of Industrialization-Urbanization
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WE WILL BE USING CORNELL NOTE
TAKING FORMAT TODAY!
Don’t be a victim…..
Own the day!
Relax and enjoy the ride
In History Class!
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
North Clackamas School District Social
Studies Priority Standards:
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HK 2. Analyze the complexity and
investigate causes and effects of significant
events in World History.
LESSON SIX: DAILY LEARNING TARGET
I Can…. Evaluate some of the negative effects
brought about by the Industrial Revolution.
WHAT IS URBANIZATION?
City building and the
movement of people to cities
 Some cities (Glasgow and
Berlin) tripled and
quadrupled
 By the late 1800s and
early 1900s cities in the
United States were
expanding skyward!
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HOW DID INDUSTRIAL CITIES GROW?
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London – Britain’s capital and Europe’s largest
city in 1800 (1 million people)
 Population
exploded in the 1800s
CASE STUDY: MANCHESTER
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Formed the center of
Britain’s bustling
cotton industry
POPULATION GROWTH
Manchester's Population Growth
500,000
450,000
400,000
350,000
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
1750
1801
1831
1871
PEER DISCUSSION: WHAT COULD BE THE ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES OF SUCH RAPID GROWTH?
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Using Manchester’s population growth
as an example, what could be the
advantages and disadvantages of such
rapid growth?
 Provide
two examples for the advantages
and two examples for the disadvantages
WHAT WERE LIVING CONDITIONS LIKE?
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No sanitary codes or building controls
Lack of adequate housing, education,
and police protection
Lack of running water and indoor
plumbing
Frequent epidemics sweeping through
slums
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Ex. Cholera
Eventually, better housing, healthier
diets, and cheaper clothing
WORKING CONDITIONS
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Created new jobs for workers
Workers trying to keep pace with
machines
Factories dirty and unsanitary
Workers running dangerous
machines for long hours
Harsh, severe factory discipline
Eventually, higher wages,
shorter hours, and better
working conditions
WERE THERE CLASS TENSIONS?
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Not everyone in the new cities lived
miserably
A new class emerged – the middle class
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A social class of skilled workers,
professionals, businesspeople, and wealthy
farmers
Upper class of landowners and aristocrats
resentful of rich middle class
Lower middle class of factory overseers
and skilled workers
Workers overworked and underpaid
SOCIAL CLASSES
Upper Class
 Upper Middle Class
 Lower Middle Class
 Working Class
 Do these social classes still exist
today? In what ways?
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Cities
WE WILL BE FILLING OUT AN EXIT TICKET
ON TODAYS FILM: “CITIES”
I Will collect them at the door!
Relax and enjoy the show!
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
POLITICAL CARTOONS - ASSIGNMENT
Task: You are a cartoonist for a
London newspaper during the
Industrial Revolution and feel
troubled by the different problems
that are happening as a result of this
“revolution.” Your newspaper editor
has asked you to create two political
cartoons (cartoons that convey a
message in humorous and/or
thought-provoking ways) that
highlights a condition or problem
associated with the Industrial
Revolution in Great Britain.
POLITICAL CARTOONS - ASSIGNMENT
Some problems you may choose
to illustrate are:
 the pollution of the air
 the hierarchy of social classes
 the dangerous conditions in
the factories
 the crowded living conditions
 Remember: Cartoons should
combine both drawings and
text
POLITICAL CARTOONS
RUBRIC FOR “INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION”
POLITICAL CARTOON
EXCEEDING
5
Very Creative,
thought
provoking
political cartoon.
Detailed, quality,
colored &shaded
drawing with
humorous writing
or caption. Shows
“Point of view”
Writing.
Newspaper
worthy!
Fun to read!
PROFICIENT
4
Creative, thought
provoking political
cartoon. Quality
colored shaded
drawing with
humorous writing
or caption. Shows
“Point of View
Writing”
PROGRESSING
3.5
Political cartoon
drawn to complete
the assignment
Colored and shaded
drawing with writing
or caption. Shows
some understanding
of “Point of View”
writing.
.
EMERGING
3
Political cartoon
drawn and colored
hastily. May look
like a rough draft.
Has writing. Lack
of understanding
of “point of view”
writing.