Bell-Work 3/4/14How would you describe the Industrial

Revolution to a person who didn’t know?

EQ: How did new technology change the lives of Americans?

TSWBAT evaluate factory life

The student will be able to evaluate how industrialization impacted the quality of life for various groups of people with 80% accuracy

Where does this objective fit into our Urbanization and Expansion Unit Learning Goal Scale?

What do you need to be able to do with this objective to SCALE Everest?

TOC PG. 86: Lowell Mills and Child Workers

Objective:

A visual journey of a child worker… Pay special to: Expressions, faces, quality of clothing,

where they were

History through the eyes of those who experienced it

Mass production: the rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects

Interchangeable Parts: identical pieces that can be assembled quickly by unskilled workers

Capitalist: people who invested money into a business to make money

Francis Cabot Lowell: inventor of the power loom, owner and operator of the Lowell mills (spinning and weaving brought together) in Massachusetts

Samuel Slater: “invented” the spinning jenny in 1790, spins cotton into thread 24 times faster than older machines

1. Vocabulary

Francis Cabot Lowell invented the power loom in 1813.

He and other capitalists opened a mill in MA, organized in a new way a, “factory system” where spinning and weaving took place in one building

By1840, there were 32 factories run by 10 different corporations in Lowell, MA

The factories were staffed with young girls called “Lowell girls”

Working the machines was extremely hard work, they weaved using a huge needle and bobbin.

They worked 73 hours a week and had a curfew.

They lived in boarding houses attached to the factories

Work was extremely hazardous

2. Lowell Mills

When the factories turned out tons of cloth is caused overproduction

The factory owners thought the solution to this was to produce more cloth to sell…duh wrong decision guys…why?

This only worsened the problem as prices fell lower

Factories made rules for factory workers, they couldn’t talk, rules on quality ect.

Ladies went on strike in February of 1834, 800 women went on strike or “Turn Out”

They were replaced by immigrant workers, willing to work for less

This caused more discrimination and dislike of immigrants especially Irish and German

3. Overproduction

One of the most important new developments during the IR was mass production which allowed for rapid manufacturing

In 1790, Eli Whitney devised a system of interchangeable parts which came to be used in the manufacturing of other products

These both allowed the manufacturing of goods to become more efficient and prices dropped

US industry expanded as people bought more goods

4. Revolution Takes Hold

Invented by Eli Whitney as well Machine that revolutionized the

production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber

By the mid-19th century, cotton had become America’s leading export

His invention offered Southern planters a justification to maintain and expand slavery even as a growing number of Americans supported its abolition.

North and South take different economic paths…where will this lead?

5. Cotton Gin

Samuel Slater employed children in his textile mill

Working conditions for children and adults became harsher in the mills and factories

Factories, mills, coal mines, and steel foundries employed children as young as 7 or 8

These children had no opportunities for education and worked in very hazardous conditions

The factories were poorly lighted, little fresh air, there were no safety procedures, machines were dangerous (hands and feet were lost)

Mill and factory bosses were harsh and violent and prayed on young women

They worked ridiculously long hours for often little to no pay

5. Factory Life and Child labor

Create a diary entry from the point of view of a child laborer

Your entry should be at least 2 paragraphs and should describe your life working in a mill, factory, farm, or mine

“I hate waking up like this every day. Terrified of sleeping in five minutes too late. I can’t be late again…not again. I can’t face our mill boss. The wretched man. Thankfully, this morning I woke up and it was still dark, I’m safe…for today. I’ll make it on time……..” My feet are so blistered and sore that I cringe just thinking of the walk to the mill.

Progress chart for B

Diary Entry