Industrialization

Bell Work 1 2.18

• What is one modern invention you could never live without? Why?

• Try to imagine life without this item- would something else replace it?

BW 2 Feb. 19/20, 2014

• What are two inventions of the Industrial Age you read from your key terms?

• (Predict: What do you think the Industrial Revolution has to do with the growth of cities?)

• Think about the story Brave Girl we read yesterday. Why did Clara come to America? Why didn’t she like it here? How was she treated in the factory (give me an example)? What did she do to fix it?

BW 3

• Think about the story Brave Girl we read yesterday. Why did Clara come to America? Why didn’t she like it here? How was she treated in the factory (give me an example)? What did she do to fix it?

• Why do you think Unions are important to workers in factories?

BW 3 (blue) / 4 (Green)

• What is the assembly line?• Who was responsible for this assembly line?• What is economics?

Bell Work 4/ Bell Work 5

• What is the difference between a Skilled Craftsman and an assembly line?

• A skilled craftsman . . . or- The difference between a skilled craftsman and an

assembly line is . . . • Which do you think would be better to produce goods?

WHY• Explain why it was better to make things on an assembly

line than as a skilled craftsman. Use details from our experiment.

BW 5 Blue / BW 6 Green• In the 1800s, inventions using new types of energy sources became part of

life. What are some of the energy sources that were used by these inventions?

(What do you need to make these things work?)

- Engine- oiling Machine = OIL- Electric Streetcar = Electricity- Telephone = Electricity - Phonograph = Electricity- Milking Machine = Electricty- Shoe Making Machine =Electricty- Gasoline- Powered Car = OIL- Motor Driven Vacuum cleaner = OIL- Plastic = OIL

BW 6 Blue/ BW 7 Green

• Describe a monopoly. • Why may a monopoly be a good thing? How

might it be a bad thing?

Bell Work 7/ Bell Work 8 (green)

• What are labor unions? Why are labor unions set up?

• What are the two labor unions that are set up from your reading?

BW 8(Blue) / BW 9 (Green)

• Make a list of some of the reasons an immigrant would want to leave home for America:

BW9 blue/ BW 10 Green

• Where did Shannon and Joseph immigrate from?

• What was life like for immigrants coming to America? Give two examples from the movie.

Bell Work 10/11Explain the quotation – what is the message behind these words? Use evidence (exact phrases from the quote) in your answer.

Bell Work 11 Blue

• What is your idea of the American dream? Explain what the “American Dream” means to you.

Bell Work 12 Green

• What are two things that would pull someone into America? What are two things that would push people out of their homes?

BW 12 Blue

• What is one PUSH factor that led immigrants to leave their homes? Explain.

• What is one PULL factor that led immigrants to come to America? Explain.