Industrialization Changes Life How were people’s lives impacted by the Industrial Revolution?

Life During Industrialization IR causes urbanization (movement to cities) to occur Britain had no plan to deal with the rapidly growing cities People lived in dark, dirty, crowded homes with little sanitation VQ: Describe conditions in a typical city (give 3 examples) Because factories burned coal, pollution is also a major problem

Conditions in factories were also dangerous: unsafe machinery, lack of training & long hours (14 hours a day, 6 days a week) Workers paid by hour and have low wages Author Charles Dickens described life for the common man. Dickens based his works on his childhood and life during the IR Life was very hard on children as well Typical day for William Cooper, a 10 year old worker at a British textile factory: 5:00am: The workday begins for William. He an his sister were up by 4:00am to get to the factory by 5am. Breakfast was eaten on the run.

12noon: Children are given a 40-minute break for lunch 12noon: Children are given a 40-minute break for lunch. This is their only break of the day. 3:00pm: Children often became drowsy in the late afternoon. Adult overseers would walk around and whip children who were not awake. 6:00pm: There was no break for an evening meal. Children would have to eat while working.

9:00pm: William Cooper’s day ended after an exhausting 16-hour shift 11:00pm: William’s older sister had to work an extra two hours sewing materials. She still had to return at 5am the next day.

Child Labor Film Clips What type of work does Frankie have to do? Does he make much money doing this job? Explain. Is this type of work dangerous? Explain

Discussion Who had the most difficult job? You, your partner, Charles Dickens, William Cooper or Frankie McCourt? Be sure to discuss why that was the most difficult job.