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