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

2. 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

3. 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 and his sister were up by 4:00am to get to the factory by 5am. Breakfast was eaten on the run.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Child Labor DBQ
First, answer the DBQ questions on the back of the worksheet or separate paper.
Second, Your Uncle is a member of the British Parliament. You will write a two-paragraph letter to your uncle:
#1) You will describe to your Uncle the conditions that your friend Elizabeth Bentley has dealt with as well as at least one other child discussed in class.
#2) You give your uncle your solution to the child labor problem in Britain. You must include specific evidence from the document and your solution.