This week we continued looking at the Industrial Revolution. We started the week reviewing our homework questions that most of you completed in class on Thursday from p. 129-139 in text:
1. What was the Industrial Revolution?
2. Why Britain, why did Britain industrialize first?
3. What were the pros & cons of Industrialization?
4. List some of the inventions of this time period?
Define the following: capital, commons, test act, entrepreneur, franchise, exploitation, mother country.
In our conversations we discussed how some counties like China and India had all the things needed to Industrialize but Britain did first and why. We compared and contrasted the cottage industry to the factory industry, looked at workers rights and child labour. We also talked about the agricultural revolution and enclosure and how this forced rural to urban migration and the spin offs of this. We watched a review video on the Industrial Revolution and a documentary on Child Labour in the chocolate industry (see links below). We also spent time examining historical perspectives (one of the thinking concepts that make up the competencies in SS9). We ensured we attain these goals and answer the following questions:
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