- war
- change things
- a circular path
- a planet's orbit about the sun
- social change
- protest
As you can see, they were not too far off! From here, we built on our discussion about the changes in agricultural techniques that moved Britain and other European countries forward. They noticed that in the early 1700's most people still worked at home, however, by the mid 1800's people began "going to work" often in factories. The rural farmers and craftsmen could not compete with factory made products. They often had to sell their products for considerably less. Eventually, these rural workers had to make the shift to factory work themselves if they were to have any hope of providing for their families.
Our 2nd grader created a wordle highlighting the main inventions of the First Industrial Revolution while our 3rd and 5th graders updated our Dipity timeline.
We discussed the four main factors that brought about the Second Industrial Revolution:
- coal mining
- a canal system
- capital
- cheap labor
From here a great activity would be to compare and contrast life in the 1700's to life in the 1800's. You could create a Wallwisher to post stickies or use and online whiteboard, like Dabbleboard, to create a t-chart. To conclude, our fifth grader realized that progress often comes at a price. She wrote a reflection on the exploitation of children during the mid-1800's. We rounded out our chapter by watching the BrainPop movie on the Industrial Revolution.
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to supplement our studies as well as various works of literature. Many of the assigned writing projects will be directly related to these readings. It is my goal to take an integrated approach to history, literature and writing allowing more time for us to delve deeper into many of the course topics.