1. The Urban Game

2. It’s 1800 and we are in America…
Listen carefully as we read background to our game.
Think about:
What people do for a living
How people live
The different classes in our village
Over the next 55 years, we are going to experience a major revolution!!!

3. Map Key RIP Cemetery Theatre Coal Mine Factory Apartment
STORE
Coal Mine
PUB
Factory
Apartment
Private School
Church
Nice House
Jail
Restaurants
House

4. Round One - 1800 Draw: Draw a simple wooden bridge across the river
Draw two roads (one north/south which goes across the bridge, one east/west). Make it as wide as your pinky finger.
Draw 10 houses. Spread them out, this is a farm community. Draw in some farm fields.
Draw 1 church, 1 cemetery, 1 store, 1 pub, 1 coal mine, and at least 50 trees!!! Leave some space around the houses for farmland.

5. Round Two - 1810 Add 1 factory Add 5 houses for workers
No smoke – it is powered by water
Must be placed on the river bank
Add 5 houses for workers

6. Round Three- 1820 Build yourself 1 nice home Build the canal
must run parallel to the water)

7. Round Four- 1825
Add 2 more factories along the river. (Canal water is not swift enough.)
Add 10 common houses for workers

8. Round Five - 1830 Add 5 more factories (w/ smoke)
Add smoke to all pre-existing factories
Add 2 nice houses & 10 common houses
Add 2 stores
Expand your cemetery
You may add additional roads & 1 additional bridge
Add 1 jail & 2 pubs
STORE
Jail
PUB

9. Round Six - 1835 Add 3 churches, remove 1 pub
Add 5 factories (w/ smoke) anywhere on the map
Add 2 apartments
Apartment

10. Round Seven - 1840 Add 5 Nice Homes Add 2 theatres Add 2 restaurants
Add 1 private school
Restaurants
Private School

11. Round Eight - 1845 Add five more houses for RR workers
Add 1 major railroad line
Connect all factories to your coal mine
Send train out of town to other towns
Add five more houses for RR workers
Add 3 factories with smoke
Add 1 nice house
Add 3 more apartments

12. Round Nine: Immigration - 1850
Destroy 3 houses
Add 8 apartments
Add 2 pubs, 1 church, 1 store, 1 cemetery

13. Round 10: Pollution and Urban Problems - 1855
Add 1 jail, 1 public school
Jail

14. Using your Map, answer the following questions:
How has the physical layout of the map changed?
How has daily life changed for people?
Do the benefits outweigh the drawbacks?