1. The “cost” of Urbanizing
URBAN GAME
The “cost” of Urbanizing

3. DIRECTIONS 1. Draw the following on your manila paper:
draw a river across your paper connecting east to west; the river should be about 1 inch wide;
draw a simple wooden bridge crossing the river;
draw 2 roads one running north to south and crossing the river at the bridge and one running from east to west
10 houses;
1 church;
1 cemetery;
1 store;
1 pub;
1 coalmine
50 trees
Do not waste time trying for perfection or coloring your pictures.
Once these drawings are complete we will begin the rounds of the Urban Game. (You have 3 min. to complete) GO

7. ROUND 1 BUILD YOURSELF 1 NICE HOUSE ANYWHERE.
CONSTRUCT THE CANAL. IT MUST RUN PARALLEL TO THE RIVER YOU DREW.

9. ROUND 2
ADD 5 HOUSES

11. ROUND 3 Fence off an area 3x3 inches to be reserved as a commons.
Add 5 houses (total 20) and
1 nice house.

13. ROUND 4
Add 1 factory (no smoke—it is powered by water). Remember, the cotton factory must be placed on the river bank. 
Add 5 houses for workers (total 25) 

15. ROUND 5 15 houses (total 40); 1 church , 1 pub, 1 store.
You may draw additional roads and
1 additional bridge. 

17. ROUND 6
Add 5 new factories (must be on the river bank as they need water power
Add 5 houses (total 45)

19. Round 7
Add 5 Tenements.

21. ROUND 8
1 store,
1 pub,
1 church( walking distance
1 school

23. ROUND 9
Add 5 more pubs. 
Destroy 5 houses (total 40),
add 4 tenements.

25. ROUND 10 Add 2 nice homes Add 1 factory,
add 15 houses for management personages (total 55)
(Note: from this point on trees may be removed if you need space).

27. ROUND 11 Add 10 factories with smoke.
Add smoke to all other pre-existing factories. 
Also, add one nicer house since people continue to get rich. 
Add 5 houses (total 60) and
1 tenement. 

29. ROUND 12
. Add 1 new coal mine
new iron bridge to replace the old wooden one.  
Add 5 houses (total 65).  

31. ROUND 13
Draw 1 cemetery.
1 Coal mine

33. ROUND 14
.  Add 1 major railroad line connecting all your factories to your coal mines.  This is one continuous track which must connect all factories and mines (you may build additional railroad bridges only as needed). 
Add 5 houses (total 70) for railroad builders.

35. ROUND 15 Add 1 jail 2 pubs 2 tenements
Add 20 street lamps(these are streetlamps and must be located along streets)

37. ROUND 16
2 hospitals
1 more cemetery.

39. ROUND 17 1 more railroad line passing east to west through your town.
Add 5 houses (total 75) and
1 tenement for the new railroad workers.

41. ROUND 18 Add 1 theater 1 museum.
Add 2 private schools for upper class students (mark these schools with the letter “P”.  
Add 1 nice house.

43. Round 19
Add 1 cemetery,
1 jail,
1 hospital

45. Round 20 Add 20 houses (total 95), 5 tenements, 2 stores, 1 church,
5 factories, and
1 pub
3 more nice houses

46. ASSIGNMENT
ON THE BACK OF YOUR VILLAGE LIST AS MANY POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY/URBANIZATION

47. ENVIRONMENT
SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
ECONOMIC N E G A T I V P O S I T V E

48. What are the positive and negative effects of urbanization
What are the positive and negative effects of urbanization? Use as many of the following words as possible
Life span
Disease
Pollution
Technology
Child labor
Congestion of towns
Commercial Industry
Infrastructure (roads, bridges, sewers etc..)
Trade
Poverty
Wealth
Transportation
Alcoholism
Working conditions
Capital
farming

49. The next slide is for Industrial Rev. on the U.S. history side

50. Pollution (air, water) 1.Crop rotation 2.Farm machinery
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
ECONOMIC
Pollution
(air, water)
deforestation
Overpopulation
Alcoholism
Lack of communication
Diseases
Infant Mortality
Low paying jobs
Factories
Child labor
1.Crop rotation
2.Farm machinery
Church
Schools
Theatre
More jobs
hospital
Rich get richer N E G A T I V P O S I T V E

51. Transportation of goods Schools provide more training Pollution
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
ECONOMIC
Alcoholism
Increased suicide rate
Disease
Overcrowded living
conditions
Homelessness
Tenements
Crime
Loss of jobs for men
More poor people
Decreased farming
Jail
Pollution
No Child Labor Laws
Job injuries/accidents
Less children
attend school
Unemployed farmers
Lack of City Planning
Religion
Hospitals
Theatres
Stores
Schools
More jobs
Coal Mines
Transportation of goods
Schools provide more training
Street lights
Faster production
rates
New forms of
transportation
Iron products
More jobs/new skills
energy/power
Pollution
Overcrowded
Crime
Disease
Dirty Water
Homelessness
Bad Farming Land N E G A T I V
Canals
More night lights
Water power for
factories P O S I T V E