Assembly Line Life in American Factories

On your post it/note card Put your name: Number #1 and #2 on the front And #1-4 on the back of your card

Stand up! Please find 2 people that will be your partners and write their names on your notecard. Your partner must not be sitting next to you 

Brainstorm Answer the following questions on the back of your response card… 1. What is an assembly line?

Brainstorm Answer the following questions on the back of your response card… 2. What were the differences between the old Ford Model T assembly line and the modern BMW assembly line?

Visit your 1st partner Standing meeting… Discuss your response with your partner for 30 seconds.

Success of big business Andrew Carnage: Revolutionized the steel industry that lead to massive urbanization in America (Bessemer Process). Henry Ford: Developed the assembly line to mass produce cars at an affordable price. John D. Rockefeller: Founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the US oil industry in the early 1900s. Image Citation: (Edward Baines, History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain [Fisher, Fisher and Jackson, London, 1835], 239); http://www.trentonhistory.org/Documents/EagleFactory.html

Assembly Line Activity!

Brainstorm Answer the following questions on the back of your response card… 3. What are potential positive and negative effects of the assembly line?

Visit your 2nd partner Standing meeting… Discuss your response with your partner for 30 seconds.

Central Historical Question 4. Was the success of big business during the industrial era good for workers? Explain…