Teacher Overview Objectives: Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Social Structure

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1 Teacher Overview Objectives: Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Social Structure NYS Social Studies Framework Alignment: Key Idea Conceptual Understanding Content Specification 10.3 CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: Innovations in agriculture, production, and transportation led to the Industrial Revolution, which originated in Western Europe and spread over time to Japan and other regions. This led to major population shifts and transformed economic and social systems. (Standard: 2, 3, 4; Themes: MOV, TCC, GEO, SOC, ECO, TECH) 10.3c Shifts in population from rural to urban areas led to social changes in class structure, family structure, and the daily lives of people. Students will investigate the social, political, and economic impacts of industrialization in Victorian England and Meiji Japan and compare and contrast them. Objective 1. Describe the social class structure that existed in Great Britain as a result of industrialization. Guiding Question and Activity Description How did industrialization change the British social class structure? social structures review, primary source analysis

2 How did industrialization change the British social class structure? Objective: Describe the social class structure that existed in Great Britain as a result of industrialization. Introduction Directions: Read the excerpt below then answer the questions that follow. The following is an excerpt from the novel Sybil, written by Benjamin Disraeli, a writer and later Prime Minister of Great Britain, published in Egremont [said smiling]; "...our Queen reigns over the greatest nation that ever existed." "Which nation?" asked the younger stranger, "for she reigns over two." The stranger paused; Egremont was silent, but looked inquiringly. "Yes," resumed the younger stranger after a moment's interval. "Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse [communication] and no sympathy; who are as ignorant [not aware] of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws." "You speak of " said Egremont, hesitatingly. "THE RICH AND THE POOR." Source: Benjamin Disraeli. Sybil or the Two Nations, The Project Gutenberg EBook In the first line of this excerpt, the character named Egremont mentions a Queen. Who do you think he refers to? 2. Based on the excerpt above, what can you infer about the relationship between the rich and poor as a result of the Industrial Revolution? 1

3 Rewind Review: What have social class structures been based on? How have these structures affected society? Directions: Answer the questions below using the images provided and your knowledge of Global History. Social Class Structure 1 Social Class Structure 2 Social Class Structure 3 1a. Which region of the world was this social class structure associated with? 2a. Which region of the world was this social class structure associated with? 3a. Which region of the world was this social class structure associated with? 1b. What was the basis of this social class structure (ie- religion, wealth, race, etc)? 2b. What was the basis of this social class structure (ie- religion, wealth, race, etc)? 3b. What was the basis of this social class structure (ie- religion, wealth, race, etc)? 1c. How did this social class structure affect the society it was associated with? 2c. How did this social class structure affect the society it was associated with? 3c. How did this social class structure affect the society it was associated with? 2

4 Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Social Structure in Great Britain Directions: Read the introduction below and analyze the primary source document on the following page, then answer the questions accompanying the document. Image Source: As a result of the Industrial Revolution, a new social class structure emerged, first in Great Britain and later in other industrialized nations. The aristocracy, a group made up of descendants of wealthy landowning families that were the nobles and knights in feudalism, held on to their wealth, but lost power to a new group called the middle class. The middle class (known as the bourgeoisie in French) included business owners (also known as entrepreneurs, industrialists, and capitalists) and other educated professionals that supported business. The lowest class, which were the peasants in the feudal system, was the working class who labored in mines, factories, and the homes of the aristocracy and middle class. Chart from A Treatise on the Wealth, Power, and Resources of the British Empire by Patrick Colquhoun (1814) Patrick Colquhoun was an experienced magistrate [judge] who used the results of the 1811 census to explain...the foundation upon which the power and resources of the British Empire rests by presenting demographic information about the population, and the distribution of wealth and land. Introduction source adapted from: 3

5 Aristocracy Questions and tasks 1. Identify three titles held by people in the aristocracy. Middle Class 2. Identify five jobs (not including clergy) performed by people in the middle class 3. The 7th, or Lowest Class, is referred to as Vagrants, Rogues, Vagabonds, and idle and disorderly persons. What do these words tell you about how the working class was perceived? Working Class 4. Based on the chart to the left, what is the basis of this social class structure? 5. Which class has the most individuals in it? 4

6 Extension Question Source: A Treatise on the Wealth, Power, and Resources of the British Empire by Patrick Colquhoun. Published by J. Mawman, Based on what you ve learned about the social class structure the emerged in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution, how does it compare to the structure in the present-day United States? What is similar? What is different? 5