Vocabulary you might need to understand the Industrial Revolution: agrarian: /əˈgre(ə)rēən/ adjective -- Of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land. -- (from google search) An agrarian society is a society of farmers. monotonous: Adjective -- Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest. (from google search) rural: /ˈro͝orəl/ Adjective -- In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town: "remote rural area." (from google search) standard of living: Noun -- The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community. (from google search) textile: Adjective
urban: /ˈərbən/ adjective -- In, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town: "the urban population". (from google search) |
And watch this video: http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/videos#the-industrial-revolition The video is 2:33 minutes long.
YOUR TURN: Write: If your family lived at the time of the Industrial Revolution, how would life for your family be different if you were to change from an agrarian life, living on a farm and making things by hand, to an urban life, with those from your family old enough working in a factory? Think and write about how you would spend your time under both systems, and other differences you'd find in how your family lived.
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