Today we will begin to learn about how the Industrial Revolution spread from England to Europe and North America. We will also begin to look at ways that the IR impacted the people involved in production.
Question of the Day
What were the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution?
Focus Questions
Why did the IR spread to Europe and North America?
What were the effects of the IR on workers?
How did workers react to the effects of the IR?
Industrial Revolution
Enclosure
Crop rotation
Industrialization
Factors of production
Factory
Entrepreneur
Urbanization
Middle class
Stock
Corporation
Laissez-faire
Adam Smith
Capitalism
Utilitarianism
Socialism
Karl Marx
Communism
Union
Strike
Read Chapter 25 (Sections 3 and 4) in the blue textbook.
Take notes on the reading. You should organize your notes so that they identify key ideas 1-4 and 6-7 (below). Under each key idea in your notes should be statements that support or relate to the question. The statements should use SHE from the lecture and reading. If you cannot find support for a key idea in the text or lecture, do not include the key idea in your notes.
Industrialization fundamentally changed what people produced and how they produced it.
Industrialists sought new markets in which to obtain raw materials and sell finished goods.
Capitalism is explained and inspired by the theories of Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill.
The development and spread of global capitalism led to a variety of responses.
Some states promoted reforms to mitigate the negative effects of capitalism.
Societies altered their patterns of social and economic organization in response to the IR.
Quiz on vocabulary terms 10-20 (matching)
Scored discussion (Chapter 25)
DBQ activity.
Read this first. Then...
Read Chapter 3 in The Worldly Philosophers by Robert Heilbroner. You'll find a copy of the chapter in Blackboard.
Take notes on the reading. Organize your notes using the Question of the Day for next class ("Adam Smith believed that governments should not interfere in the decisions of economic stakeholders. How did he think that such a system would maintain order ("hang together")?" ). Note at least one passage and any other information from the text that helps to answer the question.
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