A Worker's Life: March 23, 2011

Objective

• Describe changes in production and economics that impact workers.
  
• Predict how workers might react to these changes.
  

Agenda

1. Warm up #18: Describe one benefit provided by mass production to society and one problem it posed for average workers.
   
2. Reading Quiz #10 - Industrial Revolution (Part 2)
   
3. Activity: Effects on Workers
   
1. On your own, describe at least five effects of the Industrial Revolution on workers in your journal under today's warm-up. Use your textbook to help find answers on pages 551-554. For each effect, determine if it is positive, negative, or a mixed benefit for society as a whole.
   
2. When Mr. M explains to do so, find a group of 2-3 people, form a consensus, and complete the Effects of the Industrial Revolution handout.
   
4. PowerPoint: Industrial Revolution
1. Effects
2. Luddites
   
3. Reforms
4. Child Labor
   
5. Odds & Ends (not enough time for primary source today)
   
1. Print out your warm-ups
2. Work on the CRES Review Packet