Industrial Revolution/Mill Times
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Compelling Questions:Did the Industrial Revolution make life better or worse for the people of New England... the United States... the World?
Was mill work a good opportunity that benefited the women of New England, or were these women exploited as a source of cheap labor? |
Transportation in America before 1876
http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_1_1.html
http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_1_1.html
Primary Source Documents Archives
| Farm to Factory Document Archive |
| Mill Work Conditions Document Archive |
Concluding Assignment
| Claim/Thesis Statement Worksheet |
| Argument Worksheets |
| Conclusion Worksheet |
| Essay Guidelines |
| Essay Grading Rubric |
Debate/Discussion:
Go to Mr. O'Mara's Class Debate/Discussion Blog: http://www.mromara.com/debatediscussion
Post your thoughts/opinions/points-of-view on the following questions. Respond and deabte these issues with other Cluster F Students.
1) Without the Industrial Revolution, would women be better or worse off today?
2) 10 Hour Debate: Playing the role of a Mill Girl or Mill Owner in 1845, argue whether or not the Massachusetts government should pass a 10 hour work law. Post your thoughts and debate with other "mill girls" and "mill owners".
Go to Mr. O'Mara's Class Debate/Discussion Blog: http://www.mromara.com/debatediscussion
Post your thoughts/opinions/points-of-view on the following questions. Respond and deabte these issues with other Cluster F Students.
1) Without the Industrial Revolution, would women be better or worse off today?
2) 10 Hour Debate: Playing the role of a Mill Girl or Mill Owner in 1845, argue whether or not the Massachusetts government should pass a 10 hour work law. Post your thoughts and debate with other "mill girls" and "mill owners".
ONLINE VIDEOS
Cotton Gin demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IRpIwuRzSQ
King Cotton and the Cotton Gin: http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/videos/king_cotton_and_the_cotton_gin
Water Power and the Industrial Revolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCYake4dw6c
Industrial Revolution(YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4joqYycnqM
Industrial Revolution (History Channel): http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/videos#the-industrial-revolition
Crash Course in History- Industrial Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhL5DCizj5c&index=1&list=PL5FeI2mEYPMOu8Y11b1YF4NCMSUxz8RTR
The Rise of Capitalism: http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog07/transcript/index.html
Mill Times- PBS film by David Macaulay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssi6ZXrp2_s
Industrial Revolution: http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
King Cotton and the Cotton Gin: http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/videos/king_cotton_and_the_cotton_gin
Water Power and the Industrial Revolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCYake4dw6c
Industrial Revolution(YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4joqYycnqM
Industrial Revolution (History Channel): http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/videos#the-industrial-revolition
Crash Course in History- Industrial Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhL5DCizj5c&index=1&list=PL5FeI2mEYPMOu8Y11b1YF4NCMSUxz8RTR
The Rise of Capitalism: http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog07/transcript/index.html
Mill Times- PBS film by David Macaulay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssi6ZXrp2_s
Industrial Revolution: http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
Online Resources
"The Lowell System": An Online Workshop
http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/lowell/before.html
The Letters of Mill Girl Mary Paul:
http://www.albany.edu/history/history316/MaryPaulLetters.html
Documents on Mill Life (PDF):
http://www.nhhistory.org/edu/support/nhwork/milllife.pdf
Preamble and Constitution of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
http://library.uml.edu/clh/all/voi02.htm
Voice of Industry Archive: http://library.uml.edu/clh/all/Voice.htm
Sarah Bagley Bio: http://library.uml.edu/clh/Bag.htm
Article on Sarah Bagley (Female Labor Reformer):
http://www.nps.gov/lowe/historyculture/upload/Sarah%20Bagley_%20Lowell%20Notes.pdf
WOMEN, WORK, AND PROTEST IN THE EARLY LOWELL MILLS (article by historian Thomas Dublin)
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/whole_cloth/u2ei/u2materials/dublin.html
http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/lowell/before.html
The Letters of Mill Girl Mary Paul:
http://www.albany.edu/history/history316/MaryPaulLetters.html
Documents on Mill Life (PDF):
http://www.nhhistory.org/edu/support/nhwork/milllife.pdf
Preamble and Constitution of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
http://library.uml.edu/clh/all/voi02.htm
Voice of Industry Archive: http://library.uml.edu/clh/all/Voice.htm
Sarah Bagley Bio: http://library.uml.edu/clh/Bag.htm
Article on Sarah Bagley (Female Labor Reformer):
http://www.nps.gov/lowe/historyculture/upload/Sarah%20Bagley_%20Lowell%20Notes.pdf
WOMEN, WORK, AND PROTEST IN THE EARLY LOWELL MILLS (article by historian Thomas Dublin)
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/whole_cloth/u2ei/u2materials/dublin.html