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Day #1

Day #1. DNA : Wed. March 3 rd 2010. Just pick a seat…sit down and please be quiet! Don’t ask questions . Please clear off your desk & keep out ONLY a pencil. Front row…grab the piece of paper. Name what you believe to be the BEST invention we discussed in yesterday’s section.

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Day #1

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  1. Day #1

  2. DNA: Wed. March 3rd 2010 • Just pick a seat…sit down and please be quiet! • Don’t ask questions. • Please clear off your desk & keep out ONLY a pencil. • Front row…grab the piece of paper. • Name what you believe to be the BEST invention we discussed in yesterday’s section. • Write it down, put your name next to it, and pass the paper along… • Next…

  3. Ch. 13.5The Worlds of North & South Sec. 2 - Life in the Industrial North

  4. Kentucky Eastern Shoe Factory • Northern Industrial Shoe Factory

  5. 1854 Shoe Factory

  6. Debriefing the Exercise… • Did you enjoy this activity? • What did you like or dislike about it? • What feelings did you experience during this activity? • Do you now have a better understanding of what many workers had to deal with back in the mid-1800s?

  7. Life in the Industrial North • Be ready to learn about what you experienced tomorrow! • Be prepared to answer questions…

  8. Day #2 Today…is the last day to turn in anything late.

  9. FIND OUT QUESTIONS 1. How did working conditions change in factories and workshops? 2. Why did workers form unions? 3. What newcomers arrived in the US in the mid-1800s? 4. What was life like for African Americans in the North?

  10. Life in the Industrial North • Today, think about how your experience in the simulation connects to today’s information.

  11. Life in the Industrial North • Factory Conditions Worsen…how? • Families in factories • Hazards at work • Workers as machines “quote” • Factories Replace Workshops • Nature of work changes • Skilled workers unite • trade unions & strikes • Progress is made

  12. Life in the Industrial North • Factory Conditions Worsen…how? • Families in factories • Hazards at work • Workers as machines “quote” • Factories Replace Workshops • Nature of work changes • Skilled workers unite • trade unions & strikes • Progress is made

  13. Life in the Industrial North • Women Workers Organize • Millions of New Americans • Immigrants: Irish, German, British…Norway, Sweden • A Reaction Against Immigrants • Nativists • “Americans must rule America!” • They get the blame for the Nation’s problems

  14. African American Life in the Industrial North • By the 1800’s, all Northern states had outlawed slavery. • So many lived & moved to the North. • But…they were still discriminated against. • Difficulty finding jobs • Most whites didn’t want to work with “them”

  15. DID YOU FIND OUT 1. How did working conditions change in factories and workshops? 2. Why did workers form unions? 3. What newcomers arrived in the US in the mid-1800s? 4. What was life like for African Americans in the North?

  16. Role-Play A Dialogue • Students will pair up. • One student in each pair will assume the role of a factory owner, the other will assume the role of a worker. • You will respond to a series of questions about factory conditions and will role-play a conversation that would likely occur between the two. • You must stay in character at all times. • I encourage you all to use your reading guide sheet to help bring up points while conversing, or talking. • You will be graded on how well you participate, not how well you answer the questions. • Pairs will converse for 1 min.

  17. For Example… Worker (Student X): Why is the pay so low in this factory? Owner (Mr. Taff): you will answer the question ----------- Got the idea? -----------

  18. Prompt #1 Worker: Why is the pay so low in this factory? Owner: you will answer the question

  19. Prompt #2 Owner: Why do you put your personal interests over the good of the company? Worker: you will answer the question

  20. Prompt #3 Worker: Why is work here so boring and repetative? Owner: you will answer the question

  21. Prompt #4 Owner: If you don’t like the job you’re doing, why don’t you get a better job? Worker: you will answer the question

  22. Prompt #5 Worker: What are you going to do about the dangerous working conditions? Owner: you will answer the question

  23. Prompt #6 Owner: Why is our factory being out-produced by our competitors? Worker: you will answer the question

  24. Prompt #7 Worker: Why won’t management allow us to unionize? Owner: you will answer the question

  25. Prompt #8 Owner: Why do you keep threatening to strike? Worker: you will answer the question

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