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Look around the room and name items that are machine-made in factories.

Look around the room and name items that are machine-made in factories. Stuff. Almost all items we use in our daily lives are machine-made in factories Only 200 yrs ago most items were hand-made in people’s homes

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Look around the room and name items that are machine-made in factories.

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  1. Look around the room and name items that are machine-made in factories.

  2. Stuff • Almost all items we use in our daily lives are machine-made in factories • Only 200 yrs ago most items were hand-made in people’s homes • Change from hand-made to machine-made products is the result of the Industrial Revolution • How has this change in the way goods are produced changed people’s lives?

  3. The development of industrial society Chapter 19 (1600-1900) The Industrial Revolution Transformed the Modern World

  4. Objectives • List the factors of production and explain the importance to the process of industrialization • Trace the development of the invention and technological innovations that were essential to the Industrial revolution • Describe how the factory system changed working and living conditions during the IR • Discuss the change roles of women in a newly industrialized society • ID the elements that made mass production possible

  5. Objectives Continued • Describe the pattern known as the business model • Explain the economic theories of Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo • Describe the development of the reform movement and the beginning of labor unions • Discuss the theory of scientific socialism formulated by Karl Marx

  6. Agricultural to Industrial Revolution • Began in Great Britain • It was preceded by the Agricultural Revolution • AR increased production and decreased the demand for human labor • Increase in agricultural productivity and vast improvements in farm technology caused the decrease in human labor. The sickle and plow were a few tools to be improved upon

  7. Inventions & Technology • Each invention or innovation introduced seemed to stimulate the development of others • Replacement of waterpower by steam power was the basic to the Industrial Revolution • Improved steel making methods also added to the rise of the IR • Industrial developments lead to improvements in transportation and communication

  8. Factory System • IR made large scale production possible • Factory system brought together large numbers of people • They performed simple repetitive tasks for wages • Men, women, and children worked long hours for little pay

  9. Large Corporations • Mass production and the assembly line fostered the growth of corporations Economic and Political Theories • Adam Smith & David Ricardo said gov. should not interfere with the operation of business • Humanitarian reformers such as John Stuart Mill said gov. should intervene to improve social conditions • Karl Marx predicted the overthrow of capitalism • Marx also advocated for the proletarian revolution

  10. Workers • Begin to protest unemployment • Protest low wages • Protest poor working conditions • Gov. responds by passing laws to reform working conditions

  11. Rate of Change • The rate of change in transportation and communication was very quick during the Industrial revolution • List five areas of modern tech that are undergoing rapid change Computers, robotics, electronic communication, cars, airplanes, space travel • What was the level of tech 10 yrs ago, at present and 10 yrs in the future • For example 10 yrs ago people required more training to use a computer Today “user-friendly” PCs almost work themselves • 10 yrs from now were will tech. be ?

  12. Practice • Read, Notes, Review 19.1 pgs. 489-495 • Constructing a Chart of Inventors and their inventions

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