Unit 3: Industrial Revolution

1. Unit 3: Industrial Revolution Chapter 7 Section 1 Big Idea: The Industrial Revolution had an impact on every aspect of life in Western Europe and the United States

2. Objectives • Identify the reasons for the Industrial Revolution • Identify the ways the agricultural revolution contributed to population growth • Describe new technologies • Research roles of workers in a factory

3. Warm Up • What do you already know about the Industrial Revolution?

4. A Turning Point in History • Long, slow, uneven process • Rural way of life disappearing • Globalizing • Anesthetic • Sewing machine • Antiseptic • skyscrapers

5. A New Agricultural Revolution • Improved Methods of Farming • Dutch- Dikes • Mixed soil • Fertilizer • Crop rotation • Lord Charles Townshend- turnips • Jethro Tull- seed drill • King George III- “Farmer George” • Enclosure Movement

6. Think-Pair-Share • How did the Industrial Revolution change daily life?

7. Population Explosion • Agricultural revolution -> rapid growth of population • England 5 to 9 million • Europe 120 to 190 million • Declining death rates & rising birthrates • Better hygiene & sanitation, improved medical care

8. Stop and Think • Why did the population explode in Europe?

9. New Technology • Energy Revolution • Water mills & windmills • New sources of energy • Coal & steam engine • Thomas Newcomen- steam engine in 1712 • James Watt improved the engine • Improved Iron • Coal used to smelt • Railroads

10. Simulation • Introduce the simulation • Research characters

11. Closure • How do you think increased population contributed to the Industrial Revolution?