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Today's Standards
W.11 Analyze the evolution of work and labor including the work of William Wilberforce and the demise of the slave trade, problems caused by harsh working conditions, and the effect of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, the union movement, and the impact of social and political reform. (E, H, P)
W.12 Participate effectively in collaborative discussions explaining the vast increases in productivity and wealth, growth of a middle class, and general rise in the standard of living and life span. (C, E)
William Wilberforce (1759-1833)
Slave Trade
Mr. Wilberforce was against slavery
They made a movie about him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7gFOwP62c
One Man CAN Make a Difference
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Today's Standards
W.11 Analyze the evolution of work and labor including the work of William Wilberforce and the demise of the slave trade, problems caused by harsh working conditions, and the effect of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, the union movement, and the impact of social and political reform. (E, H, P)
W.12 Participate effectively in collaborative discussions explaining the vast increases in productivity and wealth, growth of a middle class, and general rise in the standard of living and life span. (C, E)
Harsh Working Conditions
Have we already covered the working conditions of the time?
Have we covered?
Have we discussed the effect of immigration, mining and manufacturing during this era?
Immigration
What does immigration mean?
Immigration
Immigration - the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there
Push and Pull Effects
People were on the move
Where did the new people go?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?_r=0
Today's Standards
W.11 Analyze the evolution of work and labor including the work of William Wilberforce and the demise of the slave trade, problems caused by harsh working conditions, and the effect of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, the union movement, and the impact of social and political reform. (E, H, P)
W.12 Participate effectively in collaborative discussions explaining the vast increases in productivity and wealth, growth of a middle class, and general rise in the standard of living and life span. (C, E)
Two Growing Industries:
Two Growing Industries
Division of Labor
Rich and Poor? Owner versus the worker?
The Union Movement
STRIKE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tP-JMCNUNU
First Major Strike in America
Labor Day came from the Pullman Strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPhLKARAve4
Social and Political Reforms
Social Reform - Housing, Education, Environment, Healthcare
Political Reforms – Scandals, Bribery, Patronage.
Housing
http://www.unhny.org/about/settlementhouse
Environment
World is Better Because
Clean Water and Sewers: (Louisville, 1909)
Baltimore was late getting sewers
http://www.healthyharborbaltimore.org/state-of-the-harbor/history-of-the-sewer-system
Clean Water
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/history.html
Healthcare
Germs are found. Drugs are created. Hygiene is found to be important.
Florence Nightingale
Today's Standards
W.11 Analyze the evolution of work and labor including the work of William Wilberforce and the demise of the slave trade, problems caused by harsh working conditions, and the effect of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, the union movement, and the impact of social and political reform. (E, H, P)
W.12 Participate effectively in collaborative discussions explaining the vast increases in productivity and wealth, growth of a middle class, and general rise in the standard of living and life span. (C, E)
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