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Causes of the IR - Textiles

Causes of the IR - Textiles. The Industrial Revolution. Homework. Refer to ‘Glossary for Unit 1 – IR’ As a study tool for yourself, you are required to write definitions (in your own words) for all key terms, and key people, in the first COLUMN. Surplus Income + increased demand.

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Causes of the IR - Textiles

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  1. Causes of the IR - Textiles The Industrial Revolution

  2. Homework • Refer to ‘Glossary for Unit 1 – IR’ • As a study tool for yourself, you are required to write definitions (in your own words) for all key terms, and key people, in the first COLUMN.

  3. Surplus Income + increased demand Cheaper prices + increased supply IR – a process New businesses + new inventions

  4. The Textile Industry To this From this

  5. What was the Cottage Industry?

  6. Cottage Industry Luka the Merchant

  7. Factory System Factory System

  8. How do you make textiles? Step One Step Two

  9. The Flying Shuttle John Kay Flying Shuttle 1733 What problems will the industry have now?

  10. The Spinning Jenny James Hargreaves 1765

  11. Water Frame Richard Arkwright 1769

  12. Water to Steam Discuss with your neighbor what impact this will have on the LOCATION of textile factories (also called mills)?

  13. The Power Loom

  14. Young “Bobbin-Doffers” What type of jobs could children perform? Why?

  15. A revolution begins… • These machines revolutionized industry • 1790 - 10 times more yarn was being made than in 1770. • By 1800, it was the main industry in UK • Cotton was imported from the US and India • Shipped into Liverpool • By rail to Manchester and other towns

  16. Pair activity:Create a flow chart showing the links between the inventions and how they created a boom in the textile industry One thing leads to another… • Greater demand for yarn Flying Shuttle 1733 Textile mills in the Midlands 1800s

  17. Game Time • Internet Activity: • Go to: • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_gms_cotton_millionaire.shtmlon “Who wants to be a cotton millionaire” • Play the game and discover if you have what it takes to be a Manchester millionaire!

  18. Textile FactoryWorkers in England Pair Activity: In pairs, look at these statistics, and write a question about the relationships between loom and worker numbers, and years. Speculate / use your historical imagination to answer your own question. Then separate and work with another (split) pair to ask your question, and answer their question.

  19. Statistics and Evidence • Why do you think that historians are interested in numbers and statistics? • In what ways can they use this information?

  20. (Raw) Cotton imported to Britain Cotton Textiles (products) exported from Britain Drop Drop increase Increase What is the overall trend shown by the above statistical charts? Speculate / use your historical imagination to guess why there may have been drops and increases in the above statistical charts…

  21. The Factory System • Rigid schedule. • 12-14 hour day. • Dangerous conditions. • Mind-numbing monotony. Think:Can you make connections to your school life?

  22. Camera Assembly / Production Line Germany 1965

  23. Motherboard Assembly / Production Line China Present To do: In pairs, discuss and record advantages of this type of production.

  24. Textile Factory England To do: In pairs, make 2 observations based on this image.

  25. Homework • Refer to ‘Glossary for Unit 1 – IR’ • As a study tool for yourself, you are required to write definitions (in your own words) for all key terms, and key people, in the first COLUMN.

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