The Industrial Revolution and social issue - 2023

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today

The Industrial Revolution and social issue 

I know that beginning...

Summary of last lesson

• Agricultural Revolution
• More food
• More people
• Need for more products (especially clothes in the 19th century) 

I know that beginning of

Prehistory

Antiquity

Middle Ages

Early Modern Period

A thread through progress

In order to produce more clothes, more thread was needed

• Spinning Jenny
• Waterframe
• Steampower

Again, we know this...

• Higher food production --> less people needed in the production of food
• Machines = less people needed to spin and weave
• More 'spare' people went to the city
• and worked in the factories

What social group did the wealthy
factory owners belong to?

1. aristocracy
2. clergy
3. bourgeoisie
4. scientists

Capitalism

Read together 'Making profit' (TB 143)

• To make a profit, the easiest way to increase this is...
• pay the workers less (because building, machines, materials will always be needed) 
• Employees can be replaced

Lots of people means...

People in need of homes, food, clothes, clean water etc. etc.

Beginning of the 19th century

The beginning of  20th century 

• "Social" comes from the Latin word "socius", which means  "fellow man"
• "social" is therefore always about people.
• An "issue" is a problem that needs to be solved.

• Thus: 
• The Social Issue in the 19th century refers to the growing problem of the terrible working- and living conditions of factory workers in the cities.

Lesson 8.2  The Social Issue

Socialism

Read together 'The start of socialism' (TB 144) 

• What is key in socialism? 
• Copy the following schedule in your notebook (and make sure you still have it by the end of the year) and fill out the column for socialism (except for the last row)

	Socialism	Liberalism	Confessionalism	Feminism
Description in one word			Religion
Influence of the government	Big
Goal they wanted to reach		Freedom of opinion and press
Class in society				Women
Political posters	Source

Top down and bottom up

• Robert Owen is an example of top down reform
• The trade unions are an example of bottom up reform
• 
  

nos.nl

Government awakes 

Read together 'The first trade unions and social laws' (TB 144-5)

 and  'The social issue' (TB 145)