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Worker vs. Machinery

Worker vs. Machinery. Oct. 22-23, 2013 Objective: Students will analyze two primary source documents to identify workers’ concerns and the response by merchants during the Industrial Revolution through questions, group discussion and written response. . Warm-Up.

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Worker vs. Machinery

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  1. Worker vs. Machinery • Oct. 22-23, 2013 • Objective: Students will analyze two primary source documents to identify workers’ concerns and the response by merchants during the Industrial Revolution through questions, group discussion and written response.

  2. Warm-Up • Before a nation can begin to industrialize, that nation must first develop • A democratic government • A rigid class structure • A strong religious foundation • An adequate food supply

  3. What is a petition? • What is an example of a petition that might be circulated today?

  4. Leeds Woolen Mill

  5. Inside the Leeds Woolen factory.

  6. Leeds Woollen Workers Petition, 1786 With your group, answer in your notebook. Use RACE. • What is the speakers’ attitude toward technology? Provide support for your answer. 2. Who were the workers concerned about besides themselves? Explain their concerns.

  7. Letter from Leeds Cloth Merchants, 1791 With your group, answer in your notebook. Use RACE. • How did the Leeds merchants justify the use of machinery? • What was the proposal offered by the merchants? Does this solution address the needs of the workers? Why or why not?

  8. assessment • In your notebook, answer yes or no and explain: “Was the invention of the Scribbling-Mill advantageous for the town of Leeds?” • Join your classmates on one side of the room who answered yes or the other side who answered no. • Be able to defend your answer if called upon.

  9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KZWe0sYglc&feature=related “How Jeans are Made”

  10. works cited • http://www.barrington220.org/cms/lib2/IL01001296/Centricity/ModuleInstance/12083/Industrial%20Revolution%20DBQ%20Documents.pdf

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