How did mass production change workers lives? PAPER AIRLPANE CONTEST! Do Now: -Get into groups or 5 or 6 -Each students will be responsible for putting together 1 part of the airplane -Pass it on to the next student to finish the plane. -Whichever team makes the MOST CORRECTLY WINS and gets 5 POINTS on the NEXT EXAM! GOOD LUCK!

Questions How many airplanes did you make? How many do you think you could have created if you were by yourself? Is it more efficient to have a multiple amount of workers assembling a product or have individual workers making products one at a time? Which will give us a higher profit in the same amount of time?

Mass Production- manufacturing of large numbers of the same products quickly and cheaply Large factories used machines to produce goods quickly and cheaply Prices fell because goods were made quickly Changed workers’ lives Workers had to do the same thing over and over in an Assembly line (manufacturing method in which a product is put together as it moves along a belt)

Assembly Line

Poor Working Conditions Average worker got $10 per week! Unhealthy and unsafe No masks to protect against chemicals No gloves 12 hour days/6 days a week People injured by machines Many workers were children

Children in Factories- why do you think children had to work in the 1890’s?