Fire Up the Tardis - Let's Fix the Industrial Revolution

Your job is to correct some of the problems that urbanization created during the Industrial Revolution. In class we identified several overall problems that occurred during the Industrial Revolution - from over-population, pollution, work conditions, to poor city planning.

With a partner you need to

Part I

1. Identify a specific problem (so within work conditions, you may want to solve for safety of women in the work place - remember the long hair problem)

2. Identify a modern technology to solve your problem (I'm taking the hair bands/ponytail holders back)

3. Then create a 2 to 3 min organized presentation, with visuals (use Keynote), to tell me 

A. Why that problem is the most pressing problem of the Industrial Revolution to solve

B. Why/How your technology will solve for the problem

C. How it would change/improve life during the Industrial Revolution

4. You will give your presentation on Friday (if you won't be here Friday - either a) film your presentation b) give your presentation early c) your partner will have to carry the whole load of the presentation and you are still responsible for the presentation)

Part II

You will re-create a more organized Industrial Revolution city. Using the provided pieces (see the front table), create a city including the following items ...

45 houses

4 churches

5 stores

8 pubs

2 coal mines

6 nice houses

2 schools

26 factories

3 cemeteries

2 private schools

2 theaters

2 jails

3 hospitals

10 tenements

railroad connecting your coal mines to your factory district and a railroad line to out of town

add roads (half inch wide) and iron bridges as needed (all buildings will need road access)

Also on the front table are the land needed to organize your city upon with the river already included.

So I realize you are going to need some resources to gather background information for your project. Here are a few places to start ...
1. Your textbook is a very fine place to start
2. Google - remember good search rules use site:edu when searching
3. Here is a John Green video, you'll have to watch this on your own phone off the network or via VPN

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution changed society and business, not always in the most glorious of ways. Yes, there were lots of new developments, new jobs, new wealth. But as we talk about with all things dealing with economics - nothing comes free. From now to Spring Break, we will look at the Industrial Revolution - the good (new inventions!) and the bad (new pollution) and the ugly (child labor and death).

Wednesday and Thursday - it's the Urban Game!
We'll take a very quick journey from a small rural village to a urban center of industry, while looking at the social impact along the way.

Starting Friday - We'll become Time Lords! We will fire up the Tardis and travel back to the Industrial Revolution, taking a modern technology with us, and help solve a particular problem of the Industrial Revolution (that'll you'll identify) and then project forward how that would impact both that time period and the future (time can be a wibbly-wobbly-timey-whimy thing). More detail on this particular assignment to come, so check back on Friday.

French Revolution: The Gathering (of information)

Here are the three paintings from the French Revolution era that you will need to use for your OPTICs ... have fun and dig deep into French art.

The Tennis Court Oath by Jacques-Louis David

The Coup of 18 Brumaire by Francois Bouchot

The Coronation of Napoleon I by Jacques-Louis David