Flocabulary - Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution

Worksheet.

1. Let’s warm up! Brainstorm and together let’s write down as many words or ideas that we can that have to do with the industrial revolution. Look at the pictures to help you get on a roll! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. A. Ok! Are you ready to rap? Let’s listen to a rap about the industrial revolution and see what we can get out of it! While you’re listening try to keep notes for the questions in exercise B.
3. B. Which inventions are referred to in the song?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Write down the names of people who stood out during the industrial revolution. What were they famous for?

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4. In pairs, read through your copy of the rap song (Handout 1) and answer the following questions. First pair to answer all the questions, wins…(my appreciation and respect!!!)  By the way there’s a mini-glossary at the end of the lyrics to help you.

1. What was improved upon to give people more food?

2. What happened to the population after farming technology improved?

3. What did James Watt invent?

4. What was the 19th century version of texting?

5. Where did many children work during the Industrial Revolution?

6. What was another common alternative industrial job to working in a textile mill?

7. What horrible injury was common if you were messing around in a textile mill?

8. Where did the working class families live in the big cities?

9. What type of economy did Adam Smith write about in The Wealth of Nations?

10. What type of economy did Karl Marx believe in?

5. Now, work in groups of 4 (The guys behind you will do). Read the paragraphs on HANDOUT 2. Decide which lyrics the paragraphs refer to. Remember you don’t need to understand every single word to do this exercise. Use your brain (if you brought it in today). Deduce (guess the meaning) and skim read to get the gist. (10)

a.                                          d.

b.                                          e.

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Homework (To be handed in next week)

Yes, homework again! In groups choose either task A, B, C, D or E.

Task A

Do some research and write a short article about child labour and working conditions during the industrial revolution. (150-180 words)

Task B

Imagine you were either a child, a worker or a woman during the Industrial revolution in London. Write about a day in your life (as if it was an extract from your diary) (150-180 words)

Task C

Make a poster advertising the most important inventions of the industrial revolution. Make sure to label the inventions on your poster and explain what they were used for.

Task D

18th century literature!!!! Find information on the most important writers and/ or poets, representative of the industrial revolution. Choose one or two of them and prepare a presentation to bring to class.

Task E

Make either a collage or draw a picture that you think is representative of the Industrial revolution.