What were the main positive and negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution?
What: Gain knowledge of the costs and benefits of the Industrial Revolution.
How: To sort out impacts of the Industrial revolution into positive and negative and consider if the cots are greater than the benefits.
Why: The Industrial Revolution has had a significant impact on the economy and society over time. Many of the changes brought about during this period directly affect our lives today.
Tasks: There are 3 tasks explained below. You should work through these tasks at your own pace.
Assessment: You should complete task 3 as a summary of your learning and send your work to your Humanities teacher - either upload work to Teams or email.
How: To sort out impacts of the Industrial revolution into positive and negative and consider if the cots are greater than the benefits.
Why: The Industrial Revolution has had a significant impact on the economy and society over time. Many of the changes brought about during this period directly affect our lives today.
Tasks: There are 3 tasks explained below. You should work through these tasks at your own pace.
Assessment: You should complete task 3 as a summary of your learning and send your work to your Humanities teacher - either upload work to Teams or email.
The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century in Europe. During the Industrial Revolution, there were many advances in technology, such as steam power. People began to move to the cities looking for work because the cities were industrialized, which means they developed industries. The move of the people to the cities is called urbanization. Many factories were built and industries advanced. However, not all of the effects of the new industries and factories were positive...
Task 1: Read through the card sort below. Decide if each statement is explain a POSITIVE or NEGATIVE effect of the Industrial Revolution.
You may want to download the document and change the color of the text - one color for positive and one color for negative.
You may want to download the document and change the color of the text - one color for positive and one color for negative.
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Task 2: Using the card sort create a mind map of the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution.
Task 3: Answer the following question. Please upload your answer to teams or email it to your teacher by Monday 13th April.
