Industrial Revolution
(zusammengetragen von Annegret Dröge, Johannes Schalück, Wolfgang Weber u. H.-J. Silligmann)
1. Einführung in die Unterrichtseinheit: The Industrial Revolution - A Time Of Change
e.g. - birth of factories
- urbanization
- growth of population
(cf. Spotlight on History, pp. 28 - 29 [pictures], p. 48 [statistics])
2. Birth Of A Factory
e.g. - from domestic work to factory
work
- technical changes and advances
(e.g. from spinning wheel to power-loom)
3. The Siting Of A Factory (fac.)
(cf. Past into Present Vol.3, p.10)
4. Work In The Factories
e.g. - who worked in the factories
(percentage of men, women, children)
- working conditions (esp. child
labour)
- fines
- comparison: wages / fines
5. Living Conditions Of The Urban Poor
e.g. - housing
- public health
6. Workers' Protests
e.g. - Luddism - Chartists
- Reform Acts
- Trade Unions
7. Changes In Transport
8. Changes In Agriculture
9. Revision: Causes Of The Industrial Revolution
10. TEST
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