4.2 The industrial society

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Chapter 4

4.2 The industrial society

Welcome!

At the end of this lesson...

• You can explain what working and living conditions were like for the workers.
• You can explain what a class society is and how it differs from a society of estates.

Today

• What do you know already? (+- 10 min)
• Explanation (+- 20 min)
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Sentence Stem

Today's topic will be the working conditions of workers during the Industrial Revolution.

Write down as many sentences you can about this topic that starts with the following word: Workers...

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Explanation

I'm going to show you pictures that are about the working conditions of workers during the Industrial Revolution. Explain what is depicted. 

Water well that extracts water from the groundwater for an entire neighborhood.

Groundwater was often used as drinking water.

A broken sewer system can allow feces to enter the drinking water.

Feces that are contaminated (for example with cholera) end up in the groundwater.

Working class district

Living conditions

the clergy and the nobility were no longer so important in a capitalist society. Now the main groups were business owners and workers. Both groups belonged to the third estate but the differences between them were huge. That is why we divide industrialized, capitalist societies into classes rather than estates.

 The entrepreneurial class.

 the middle class.

 the working class. 

Capitalism!

Economic system in which businessmen make profits mainly from producing goods and are not restricted by laws and rules.

Name some examples of the living conditions of the workers.

Name some examples of the working conditions of the workers.

What is the difference between a class society and the society of estates?

Homework!

4.2 question 1 to 5

Chapter 4

4.2 The industrial society

Welcome!

At the end of this lesson...

• You can name certain important inventions that appeared in the nineteenth century.

Today

• What do you know already? (+- 10 min)
• Short explanation (+- 10 min)
• Exercise! (+- 25 min)

What were the working conditions like for 19th century factory workers

Thanks to the internal combustion engine!

Lighting in homes and in streets improved with the introduction of the gaslight and later the electric light

Telephone

Exercise

Read new inventions from paragraph 4.2

Design your own invention! What could be a good invention for workers during the industrial revolution? Work in pairs and draw!