The industrial revolution - Les 3

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Today's planning

3.2 The social issue

Time for HW + check

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Goal of this lesson

At the end of this lesson you can answer the following questions:

• How did labourers fight for a better life?
• What is the meaning of capitalism and socialism?
• What are social laws?

What do you remember?

3.2 The social issue

Capitalism

Governments job

Social laws

 

The start of socialism

Inequality between rich and poor was God's plan. 

Robert Owen did not agree with this:

- He pays his workers a higher wage

- Limit of 8 hours work a day

- Builds good houses

- Children could go to school                  

The start of socialism

Labourers could unite to protest against factory owners. 

They started trade unions (vakbonden). 

They could strike and demand more rights. 

The start of socialism

Attention from politicians 

There was a need for social laws that protected workers. 

The first was 'Van Houtens's Children's Law'

Goal of this lesson

At the end of this lesson you can answer the following questions:

• How did labourers fight for a better life?
• What is the meaning of capitalism and socialism?
• What are social laws?

What to do now?

Work on your assignment for paragraph 3.2

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