Lesson 1 The Industrial Revolution

The Time of Citizens and Steam Engines
The Industrial Revolution

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The Time of Citizens and Steam Engines
The Industrial Revolution

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Succescriteria
You can explain:
  •  What changed in the lives of people in the 19th century
  •  how  and why production increased
  •  what changed in the industry from 1870 onwards
  • what changed in society




Slide 2 - Tekstslide

cause
effect
Were the statements below causes
 or effects of the Industrial Revolution?
Factories were built to house the big, new machines.
Entrepreneurs were willing to invest in new inventions.
Homeworkers could now work much faster than before.
The first machines led to unemployment of homeworkers.

growth of cities

population growth

Slide 3 - Sleepvraag

The industrial revolution was boosted by the introduction of a new energy source, namely:
A
water power
B
steam power
C
sun power
D
wind power

Slide 4 - Quizvraag

Which statement is correct?
A
The Netherlands was one of the first countries to industrialise.
B
Industrialisation led to a growth in the agricultural work sector.
C
Industrialisation led to urbanisation.
D
In the industrial cities, the wages were high.

Slide 5 - Quizvraag


England
around 1700



  • Powerful country with a huge empire that stretched all over the world.
  • The population of England was growing, so more clothing was needed.
  • Much clothing was made from cotton, which was picked by slaves on plantations, and wool.

Het Britse Rijk omstreeks 1700

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

In England...
  • rich families own the farmland

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

In England
rich families own the farmland
farmers pay rents to rich families

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

In Engeland...
rich families own the farmland
 farmers pay rent to rich families
rich families invest in new inventions 

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

In England...
rich families own the farmland
 farmers pay rent to rich families
rich families invest in new inventions 
Expanding the scale

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

In England...
rich families own the farmland
 farmers pay rent to rich families
rich families invest in new inventions 
Expanding the scale

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Effect
agricultural yields go up
There will be no more food shortages
There will be huge population growth

Slide 12 - Tekstslide


Steam engine
around 1764 

The Englishman James Watt made a number of important changes to Newcomen's steam engine that made it easier to use and operate.

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

from small-scale manual production in the home industry ...
... to large-scale machine production in factories

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Discuss in pairs:
- What is depicted in the picture?
- What does this have to do with the industrial revolution?

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Changes in industry:
-> use of petrolium and steel
-> new industies like chemical industry, food industry (Zaandam!!), special laboratories for inventions (light bulb)
Industrial revolution:
economical changes

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Industrial revolution: social changes
Start of an industrial society:
- urbanisation (more people lived in cities than in the country)
- growth of population

Upper and lower class (instead of estates!):
- Employer->rich due to industrial capitalism
- Employees ->workers with low wages

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Slide 19 - Video