9SO SS: Industrial Revolution

Here is some information about the Industrial Revolution (1800s to 1950s). A reminder that the definition is: a period in which manufacturing industries grew and modernised the production of resources.

For those of you at home sick here is what we are doing in class:
Copy into your books under the heading Industrial Revolution:
"In the 1700s about 90% of people in England worked on the land. But over the next 150 years there were many changes. The main thing that changed the way people worked and lived was inventions. Inventions also made it possible for factories to be establisehd where more goods could be produced.

Factory conditions: Conditions in factories were often very bad and children, women and men often worked 10-12 hours a day with little food or rest, and low wages. The jobs that they did were often repetitive and dangerous."