Bell Ringer What does the spider symbolize? What does the web symbolize? What is the author’s main idea? Profit, Greed, Luxury, Poverty, Ignorance, Indifference.

Industrial Revolution Quiz Take out a sheet of paper and a writing utensil.

Industrial Revolution Quiz enclosure, capital, urbanization, tenement, entrepreneur, proletariat, industrial capitalism, socialism, means of production, communism

Life in the Industrial Age EQ: What were the social and economic effects of the Industrial Revolution?

City Life Industrialization transformed cities Rich lived in pleasant neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city Why? Poor crowded into slums near the city center.

City Life Paved streets, gas lamps, organized police forces, and expanded fire protection made cities safer and more livable. Architects began building soaring skyscrapers made of steel. Sewage systems improved public health.

Working Class Struggle Workers protested to improve the harsh conditions of industrial life. At first, business owners tried to silence protesters, strikes and unions were illegal, and demonstrations were crushed.

Working Class Struggle By mid-century, workers slowly began to make progress: Workers won the right to organize unions, an organization of workers designed to protect rights Governments passed laws to regulate working conditions (old age pensions, disability insurance, 8 hour workday, etc.) The standard of living improved.

Rights for Women Across the western world many women campaigned for fairness in marriage, divorce, and property laws. Women’s groups supported the temperance movement, a campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages. Before 1850, some women had become leaders in the union movement. Some women campaigned to abolish slavery. Many women broke the barriers that kept them out of universities and professions. In the mid- to late 1800s, groups dedicated to women’s suffrage, or the right to vote emerged.

Growth in Public Education By the late 1800s, reformers persuaded many governments to set up public schools and require basic education for all children. Governments began to expand secondary schools, or high schools. Colleges and universities expanded during this period. Universities added courses in the sciences to their curriculums. Some women sought greater educational opportunities. By the 1840s, a few small colleges for women opened.

New Directions in Science In the late 1800s, researchers advanced startling theories about the natural world that challenged long-held beliefs. Louis Pasteur – Germ Theroy Dmitri Mendeleyev – grouped atoms by their atomic weight Charles Lyell offered evidence that the Earth had formed over billions of years and that life had not appeared until long after the Earth was formed. Conflicted with biblical accounts of creation.

New Directions in Science Charles Darwin put forward the theory of natural selection, the principle that some organisms are more adaptable to the environment than others. –aka “Survival of the Fittest” Argued that man also evolved from animal – was rejected by religious community

Essential Question What were the social and economic effects of the Industrial Revolution?

Illustrated Timeline Create an illustrated timeline depicting the 8 most significant events of the Industrial Revolution. Each entry must include: A Date A Title An illustration