Materials Needed two empty boxes for packing finished paper airplanes paper (a lot!) copies of Student Handout #4 assembly line job slips

What is industrialization? Industrialization was a major change in the way goods were manufactured. This had a profound effect on the United States. socially politically economically culturally

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution Paper Airplane Objectives Goals/Objectives Students will gain a firsthand appreciation of the impact that “scientific management” had on the lives of working people. Students will acquire a theoretical understanding of the stages of Frederick Taylor’s scientific management

How were goods produced before the Industrial Revolution? PART 1 You are a skilled worker in my factory. We produce paper airplanes. I own this building, the materials, and the finished product. You own your labor and expertise. I am buying that from you by paying you to work in my factory. In five minutes, you must make paper airplanes start to finish. Afterward, we’ll count them and test some to see if they fly far.

Discussion Q’s Who felt that they were skilled at making airplanes that flew far? How did you learn how to make good airplanes? How many planes could be produced in the five-minute period? What does the factory owner own? What do the workers own?

How was production changed by the Industrial Revolution? PART 2 Now, I own everything. Even the knowledge on how paper airplanes are produced. You are to perform only your role on the assembly line without stopping while under the constant scrutiny of the supervisor. At no time are you to stop working or question the authority of the supervisor. You will be paid based on the amount of work completed by the group. You can be fired at any time and for any reason if I chooses to do so.

How was production changed by the Industrial Revolution? PART 2 1.) You will receive a strip of paper with a number. These strips identify each person's role on the assembly line. You will be addressed by this number. Forget your name. 2.) Follow the instructions regarding the eleven steps on the assembly line! It is your responsibility to pay attention because I will not tolerate any mistakes or questions.

How was production changed by the Industrial Revolution? PART 2 3) The goal of the assembly line is to make 100 paper airplanes in 5 minutes time.

ASSEMBLY LINE POSITIONS 1. HAND OUT PAPER 2. FOLD PAPER IN HALF. 3. FOLD RIGHT BOTTOM CORNER OVER. 4. FOLD LEFT BOTTOM CORNER OVER AND THEN IN HALF. 5. MAKE SECOND FOLD ON RIGHT SIDE. 6. MAKE SECOND FOLD ON LEFT SIDE AND THEN IN HALF. 7. MAKE ANOTHER FOLD; LEFT SIDE IN HALF. 8. FLIP OVER; FOLD RIGHT IN HALF. 9. WRITE NORTH BOONE AIRPLANE FACTORY ON THE RIGHT WING. 10. PACK IN BOX. 11. INSPECT FOR QUALITY - QUALITY CONTROL.

Discussion Q’s How were the working conditions in this factory experience? What knowledge does the factory owner now have that they did not have before? What can the factory owner do now that they have acquired the knowledge of the process? How can the factory owner change the process of making paper airplanes? Now that the owner has the knowledge, whom could they get to be unskilled workers? If there had been a union at the paper airplane factory, what might happen to it?

BEFORE AFTER work was skilled; workers were the experts production was limited, prices of goods were higher pride in work skilled workers had power working conditions were more reasonable, manageable, and safer work became unskilled, repetitive, monotonous production increases, goods become more affordable work requires little to no skill workers formed unions to equal the power of corporations working conditions became more dangerous and unhealthy