1. The Industrial Revolution: Urbanization Simulation
You will receive 1 piece of 11” x 17” paper to use for the simulation.
Don’t worry if you mess up… Do your best to follow directions!
2. Label at top: Urbanization- From Village to City
3. You will use the front to draw and the back to write

2. Round #1: Village Established!
Draw the following…
1 River across the paper about an inch wide
and extending across the entire paper
2 Bridges
4 Roads
Draw the following 20 locations along the roads
15 houses
1 church
1 cemetery
2 stores
1 pub
Select one house to be yours and label it!

3. Round #2: Enclosures
The community land for farms in your town have
been bought by a larger and wealthy landowner
who has ENCLOSED the areas to grow crops on
a bigger scale.
Draw the following…
A broken line circle about the size of your fist
and label that area “Enclosed Agricultural Land”
Any houses or buildings located in this circle need to
be relocated and nothing else may be drawn in this area!

4. Round #3: Agricultural Revolution There has been an “agricultural revolution” as a result of innovations such as crop rotation and Selective breeding along with new farm machines such as the seed drill. Because of the resulting increases in food production from these innovations, less farmers are needed and more rural people relocate to your village. 1. Now add the following to your drawing… 1 Road 10 houses 1 church 1 pub 1 bridge 1 store

5. Round #4: Textile Revolution
Factories come to your village and make it a town. A number of machines are invented that greatly speed up the production of cloth (textiles). These technological developments revolutionize the spinning and weaving of cotton and wool and can spin/weave cloth 100 times faster than what had been done by hand. Some wealthy merchants (capitalists) pool their money together to buy land and new textile machines to build a factory in your village that is powered by a water wheel.
Now add the following to your drawing…
1 Factory, next to the river for water power
1 Capitalist’s Estate, where the factory owner lives

6. Round #5: Canal Revolution Workers are needed to work in the new factory. Since individual weavers and spinners cannot compete with the speed of the new machines and have lost their land to the enclosure movement, many of these unemployed come to your village to work at the factory. 1. Now add the following to your drawing… 15 houses 40 1 pub 3 5 Apartment buildings (tenements) 5 1 store 4 1 church 3 1 bridge 4 Any necessary roads to support your additions Also, a new development in transportation comes to your village. This innovation can transport 100 times what one horse could transport on the road. This innovation is the CANAL. Canals made rivers that significantly reduced the prices of transportation. 1. Now add the following to your drawing… 1 Canal, that must run from the river to the edge of your paper. Relocate any buildings that the canal displaces.

7. Prediction…
Total so far…
40 houses, 1 Capitalists Estate, 4 stores, 5 apartments, bridges, 3 pubs, 1 factory, 3 churches, 1 cemetery
Now write a response to the following question on the back of your paper…
Briefly explain what you predict will happen to your village in the future. What might be good and bad about the future of your village?

8. Round #6: Factors of Production Come Together
Since the profits from this textile factory are enormous, other capitalists start investing their money and new factories are built. These factory owners are called capitalists because they combine the Factors of Production (Land, Labor, Capital) by offering their money(Capital) to finance the buying of raw materials, machines, buildings (Land) and wages to pay the workers (Labor).
Now all the following to your drawing…
5 Factories, for a total of 6 so far. Remember to relocate
other buildings to make room if needed. Do not eliminate
anything on your drawing you’ve added so far.

9. Round #7: Village Becomes a Town
Word has reached surrounding villages of the new sources of employment in your factory town. More and more people move to your town. Housing is in great demand and is constructed quickly with little direction.
Now add to your drawing quickly the following…
10 Houses
20 Apartment Buildings (Tenements)

10. Round #8: Social Impacts of Industrialization Women and children are encouraged to work in factories. Families need the extra money and factory owners like women and children because they are paid less. The average workday began at 6AM and ended at 7PM with only a 30 minute break for lunch. Fewer children attend school since families need their wages to pay bills. After work mainly male workers stop at pubs to relax, socialize and drink alcohol, often to excess. #1. Add to your drawing the following… 4 Pubs 1 school

11. Round #9: Transportation Revolution- Steam Engines and Railroads Inventor James Watt introduces the Steam Engine, which is a cheap and convenient source of power to run machines. This makes it possible for more factories that produce more goods and to transport those goods more efficiently on newly developed railroads. The steam engine runs on coal which produces significant amounts of pollution. #1. Now add to your drawing… 3 Railroads 10 Factories 3 Coal Mines- Coal mines need to be connected to factories via canals or railroads; if a building is in the way, relocate it.

12. Round #10: Town Becomes a City As wages are higher in towns than in rural areas, the populations of workers in town keeps growing making them cities. Many of these newcomers work on the construction of the railroad lines, factories and coal mines. Factories provide money to workers and cheaper products for them to buy so new stores also open in the growing city. #1. Now add to your drawing… 5 Houses 10 Apartment buildings (tenements) 5 Stores 2 Cemeteries 5 Pubs 1 Church 3 Schools #2 Due to the pressure of urban growth, eliminate one-half of the enclosed agricultural land for new construction.

13. Round #11: Urban Problems Develop About 50,000 people now reside in your city. Soon there is a surplus of workers. Capitalists, wanting to maximize their profits, hire children and women before men because they perform the same work for ½ to ¼ the wages paid to men. Since the children find themselves doing factory work and coal mining schools lose enrollment. As a result of growing male unemployment, the crime rate begins to soar. Family life is disrupted and alcoholism reaches epidemic proportions. #1. Make the following adjustments to your drawing… ERASE: 1 School Add: 4 Pubs 2 Jails

14. Round #12: More Urban Problems Due to a lack of government regulations and an abundant source of desperate workers, the working conditions in factories become very dangerous. Many workers contract deadly lung diseases or are injured in factories. Factory owners fire those who complain and replace those workers who are too sick or injured to work. Coal smoke and factory wastes not only sicken workers but pollute the cities, air and water. #1. Now add the following to your drawing… 2 Cemeteries 1 Hospital Lightly shade in the entire sheet, including the river

15. Village to City: Urbanization Reflection Life is pretty bad now in your city. On the back of your drawing, label “Urbanization Reflection” and answer this question in complete sentence, paragraph structure… What kind of responses do you think people might try to improve the quality of life in your city?