This lesson contains 10 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.
Items in this lesson
Today's planning
- 3.1 What do you know?
- 3.2 The social issue
Slide 1 - Slide
1. What was the industrial Revolution?
Slide 2 - Open question
The Industrial Revolution
During the Industrial revolution manual labour was replaced by machines and caused a radical change.
Explain this by using an example.
Slide 3 - Slide
2. How did factory workers live?
Slide 4 - Open question
3.2 The social issue
Main questions:
1. How did labourers fight for a better life? 2. What is the meaning of capitalism and socialism?
3. What are social laws?
Slide 5 - Slide
3.2 The social issue
The industrial revolutions speeded up the production. But it also had a downside.
The living conditions for the working people were very bad.
Remember? Small houses, low wages, no sewer, child labour.....
Slide 6 - Slide
3.2 The social issue
The gap between rich and poor in the UK grows bigger because of the industrial revolution. Workers lived in poverty, and the factory owners got very rich.
1 paycheck was not enough to support a whole family. So every familymember had to work, the children as well.
Children did not go to school!
Slide 7 - Slide
Slide 8 - Video
3.2 The social issue
The factory owners were focussed on investing and profit.
This economic system is called capitalism: focus on private ownership and making profit.
Facory owners had a very comfortable life. Big houses, good food and the children did not have to work.
Slide 9 - Slide
What now?
- Work on the assignments in your workbook
- Don't forget to hand in your summary before monday!
- Next lesson: more about 3.2: socialism and social laws.
