1. The Industrial Revolution
Term 2: Unit 1: Industrial Revolution
LO: How did the Industrial Revolution impact society?

3. Questions on Industrial Revolution
What was the Industrial Revolution? (Give John Green’s definition)
2.1. What did Thomas Newcomen invent?
2.2 Why was it important?
3.1. What did James Watt invent?
3.2. Why was it important?
4. Why was the Industrial Revolution so revolutionary?

4. 5. Extension question: Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in Britain rather than somewhere else?
To help you answer the question, break down John Green’s argument
What are the four Euro-centric reasons for arguing that the industrial revolution happened in Britain?
Why are these arguments not very convincing?
Why could the Industrial Revolution have happened in China?
What role did coal and high wages have with the Industrial Revolution beginning in England?
Why did India not need to industrialise?
How did cheap Indian cotton encourage British industrialisation?

6. Working in Factories
There was a large supply of unskilled workers because of the end of the cottage system and the Enclosure Acts
Often whole families worked to survive
Women and children (some as young as 5) were in great demand because they worked for even lower wages than men

7. Workdays lasted from 12-16 hours Worked six days a week
Working in Factories
Workdays lasted from hours
Worked six days a week
No paid holidays, vacations or sick days

9. Imagine standing here for 16 hours?

10. Working in Factories Factories were often unhealthy places to work
Fumes from machines
Loud, monotonous noise
Poor lighting
Machines with little or no safety devices
If injured, a worker would not be compensated

11. Factory Acts Ex. 1802: children could not work more than 12 hours
Social reformers tried to improve conditions
Ex. 1802: children could not work more than 12 hours
20 minute IR overview: (a little boring)
Crash Course World History:

13. Who is the source By? What bias might he have?

14. Who is the source BY? What bias might he have?

16. http://www. channel4. com/learning/microsites/Q/qca/victorians/people

17. How would you have felt if you had had to work in a dirty factory?
Plenary
How would you have felt if you had had to work in a dirty factory?
Do you think that children should be allowed to work now?