How did English farming families up until the 1750s supplement farming income?
How many hours/day and how many days/wk typified work in factories and mines during the industrial revolution?
Excerpt on primary source that describes the rhythm of life for factory workers.
How should Parliament improve factory conditions?
How many hours/day and how many days/wk typified work in factories and mines during the industrial revolution?
ReplyDeleteOn average, people would work 12 to 14 hours a day, six days a week in 80 degree heat. However, they were given small breaks for eating.
Can you justify the amount of work that these workers put in under these conditions? Or do you think it was too much work to do?
DeleteHow did English farming families up until the 1750s supplement farming income?
ReplyDeleteFarming families didn't have a way of receiving an income in the winter and many of them stayed inside trying to save the food they had. In many cases they had a good amount of free time. To fill their free time, the cottage industry was created. It was developed to give farmers an opportunity to make money during the winter by selling textiles for a reasonable price.
Have living conditions improved or declined since the industrialism of England? Defend your answer for both the workers as well as the business owners.
ReplyDeleteHow should parliament improve factory conditions?
ReplyDeleteParliament should make the factories more open and let in more air. All of the fumes from machines would create polluted air and the workers would be forced to inhale it because of the locked doors and windows. Also, they should put in better lighting. The poor lighting could effect their visibility and could put the workers, who were vision impaired, in danger. Higher ceilings should also be put into place because having to work in a factory for 12 to 14 hours a day under low ceilings could lead to back and spinal problems.
Suppose you are in charge of a factory. Do you have fair wages and nice conditions while decreasing your productivity, or do you minimize costs? Evaluate both for the workers and the owners.
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ReplyDelete"[They were] all equally like one another. All went in and out at the same hour, with the same sound upon the same pavement, to do the same work to whom every day was the same as yesterday and tomorrow, and every year the counterpart of last and the next." -Charles Dickens
Imagine a small kid who is 10 years old working in terrible conditions with low wage. Does the manager or whoever is in charge have an influential say in the conditions of work?
ReplyDeleteWhen did Parliament actually decide to make changes regarding the horrible factory conditions? Why did it take them so long to take action?
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