Name: ________________________

UNIT REFLECTION: INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION

events. The physical

infuence societies and environment
ideologies profoundly infuences the nature
Emerging ideas and of political, social, and
economic change.
SS9: THE BIG
IDEAS
Disparities in power change over time.
alter the balance of constructed and can
relationships between Collective identity is
individuals and
between societies.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, IN THE SPACE PROVIDED, TO THE

BEST OF YOUR ABILITY:

1. How did the physical environment infuence the development of the Industrial
Revolution in Great Britain?

-Once all of the resources off the ground were taken and used, they would start
mining
-Cities were built around rivers so there was drinking water and a place to dump
waste

2. What new ideas emerged as a result of the Industrial Revolution? Categorize

them by social/cultural, economic, political, and environmental.

Social/cultural economic political environmental

Living close to Hiring cheap Making sure Building cities

Your workplace workers that workers near natural
have quality resources
of life
3. Describe the conditions for a typical factory worker or miner at the beginning of
the Industrial Revolution.

Long hours, low pay, terrible working conditions

4. How would you describe the power relationship between capitalists and workers
at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution? How has this relationship changed
over time? Why did this relationship change, was it a natural evolution or was it
forced?

Capitalists would hire as many people as they could for cheap, so they could make
all the money

5. How do you think the Industrial Revolution contributed to the collective identity
of the following different groups?
a. The Upper Class:

b. The Working Class:

c. The Poor:
 d. Citizens of Great Britain:

6. How did technology change society during the Industrial Revolution?

It made factories more efficient and took less people to do one job

7. Why did the social and political elite come to the realization that new laws had to
be made to govern changes made during the Industrial Revolution?

Because factory workers would start a revolution if they didnt

8. What will be the long lasting legacy of the Industrial revolution in terms of
society and environment?

The Industrial Revolution contributed to the quality of life that workers have
today, but also started the pollution problem.