Late-1700s to mid-1800s A Century of Transitions,
1815-1914
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http://vimeo.com/54338368 http://vimeo.com/54338368 Industrial
revolution scene in London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony: How does
Britain view its Industrial Revolution? What might be missing from
this view? Industrialization is a process. Britain, then Belgium,
France, Germany, and rest of Europe.
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Based on video and previous knowledge.. Where was society
located before and after? What was the economy based on? What kind
of power was used for production? What type of work was done? What
kind of fuel was used?
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Pre-industrialIndustrial RuralUrban AgriculturalIndustrial
Human, animal, water and wind power Machine power task specific
(steam) Cottage work (at home, handicrafts) couldnt meet growing
demands. Carding, combing, spinning yarn, weaving cloth Factory
work. All under one roof, growth of a working class (proletariat),
impersonal dangerous conditions and responses to them Wood fuelCoal
fuel
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Images: http://inventors.ab out.com/od/indrev
olution/ss/Industri al_Revo.htm Newcomen Steam Engine (1712) Pumped
water out of a mine. About.com. Industrial Revolution Pictures from
the Industrial Revolution. 2013.
http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industri al_Revo.htm
(November 2, 2013).
http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industri
al_Revo.htm
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James Watts Improved Steam Engine (1769) Now with a crank and
flywheel. Four times more power than Newcomen steam engines.
About.com. Industrial Revolution Pictures from the Industrial
Revolution. 2013.
http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industri
al_Revo_4.htm(November 2, 2013).
http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industri
al_Revo_4.htm
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Flying Shuttle (1733) For weaving yarn. About.com. Industrial
Revolution Pictures from the Industrial Revolution. 2013.
http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industri
al_Revo_2.htm (November 2, 2013).
http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industri
al_Revo_2.htm
Crystal Palace, 1851 Victoria Station, The Great Exhibition at
the Crystal Palace, 2001,
http://www.victorianstation.com/palace.html (August 15, 2005);
Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate, 2001,
http://www.quarrybankmill.org.uk/ (August 15, 2005); www.bbc.co.uk/
images/ind_boysloom.jpg Quarry Bank Mill
Slide 10
Elisabeth Gaynor Ellis and Anthony Esler, World History:
Connections to Today Teachers Edition (Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001), 520.
Slide 11
Elisabeth Gaynor Ellis and Anthony Esler, World History:
Connections to Today Teachers Edition (Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001), 503.
Slide 12
Stephensons Locomotive, The Rocket BBC History Trail, Victorian
Britain, Industry and Invention, 2001,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/lj/victorian_britainlj/industry_invention_6.shtml?site=history_victorianlj_
industry (August 15, 2005)
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Up until the end of the 19th Century there was no law that
meant you had to be educated at all. In early Victorian Britain
many children never went to school. Parents had to pay for their
children to go to school, but many families were too poor to afford
this. They sent their children to work in the factories instead.
National Archives, Learning Curve, Snapshots, How We Were Taught,
2000,
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot15/snapshot15.htm
(October 15, 2005)
George Cruikshank, London Going Out of Town, 1829 Spartacus
Educational, British History 1700-1900, n.d.,
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITlondon.htm (October 15,
2005); National Archives, Learning Curve, Snapshots, Victorian
Homes, n.d.,
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot14/snapshot14.htm
(October 15, 2005) At the start of the 19th century about 20% of
Britains population lived there, but by 1851 half the population of
the country had set up home in London.
National Archives Learning Curve, Victorian Britain, Divided
Nation, Source 3,
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/victorianbritain/divided/source3.htm
(October 15, 2005) Mr. Sadlers witness statement in Lord Ashleys
Report, 1842
Slide 18
Elisabeth Gaynor Ellis and Anthony Esler, World History:
Connections to Today Teachers Edition (Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001), 502.