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WARM UP 4/15
Drop off your warm-up sheet from last week and pick up a warm-up sheet for this week. Wait for further instructions.
WARM UP 4/15
Which group(s) of people do you think you’re going to find working in
factories? Poor, unskilled immigrants
WomenChildren
REVIEW
Big business owners were often called robber barons because their workers worked __________ hours for ___________ pay
WHO ARE THE WORKERS?
Immigrants Coming over during the Third Wave!! Low education level Low skill level—given a specific job and that was
it!
WHO ARE THE WORKERS?
Women Which economic class do you think women
industrial workers fell under? Paid less than men Some women were paid as little as $6 a week Mostly unskilled or semi-skilled labor
WHO ARE THE WORKERS?
Children Why children?
Even if both parents worked, a typical poor family could barely survive on two incomes
Help support family Cheap labor Both young boys and girls
Child labor laws (if the state has them at all) often ignored
WORKING CONDITIONS
Sweatshops = poorly ventilated, small factories where employees work long hours under poor conditions for low wages
Often worked six days a week 10+ hours a day! Work = repetitive & boring
Often just given one task that they have to repeatedly complete throughout the day
WORKING CONDITIONS
Dangerous environment! Slippery floors, spinning blades, chances of
dysfunctional machinery Worker safety not a major concern Complaining = lose your job!
WORKING CONDITIONS
By early 1900s: ~35,000 workers killed 500,000 injured
LET’S LEARN MORE ABOUT WOMEN LABOR…
Among The Girls Life in the Shop
CHILD LABOR
Let’s look at some primary sources on child labor during the industrial
period…
DEAR DIARY…
WRITE A DIARY ENTRY IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF EITHER A WOMAN OR
CHILD LABOR WORKER DURING THE INDUSTRIAL PERIOD.
NO SHORTER THAN 8 SENTENCES!!
CLOSER
Write two new facts that you learned in today’s lesson about the working conditions during the industrial period in America.
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