You Say You Want A Revolution??

Let's get this unit started with some Beatles
Revolution, 1968, by Lennon/McCartney, off the White Album

Beatles Revolution

Lyrics and Primary Source Document Assignment

YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION?                                                                                   Name

Primary Source Study/Multi-Media Extravaganza

"Revolution"  LENNON/MCCARTNEY

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world

But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out

Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright

You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're all doing what we can

But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait

Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright, al...

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You'd better free your mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright

1.        What kind of revolution are the Beatles referring to here?

2.       Is it true that we all want to change the world?  If so, how?  If now, how not?

3.        What kind of revolution do the Beatles not want to participate in?

4.       The Beatles write that people want to change the constitution, but they’d be better off freeing their minds instead?  What does this mean, in your opinion?

5.        What do the Beatles think about the chances of success of a violent revolution?  How can you tell?

6.        What do you see as a possible revolution in your lifetime?  It can be any kind of revolution, from governmental, to environmental, to scientific, to technological. 

7.        Is there hope for humankind, in your opinion?  If not, why not?  If so, what do we need to do?


A note on the Powerpoint Links:  You may need a log-in password to view these.  I just learned about this on May 26 and am not sure how it works yet.  If so, the login is frlkneo

Multi-Media Extravaganza   YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION?

Friday, May 22

The Industrial Revolution

Notes will be taken from MME.  Hard copy to appear here soon.

Multimedia Extravaganza AKA Powerpoint for The Industrial Revolution HERE

Additional resources used in this lesson:

1.  Childhood Lost:  Primary Sources on Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution
2. The First Steam Locomotive
3.  How does a steam boat work?
4. The Transatlantic Cable 
5.  The Telegraph
6. Child Labor  

Friday, May 22

Industrial Revolution T-Notes

Vocabulary (Red)                Facts  (Yellow)
_____________________________________________________________
 Industrial Revolution       -- a period in the 18th and 19th centuries where
                                              machines began to do the work of human beings.
                                          --saw powered machinery, factories, and mass production
                                          --machines replaced humans and animals as tools
                                          --harsh conditions for millions of low-wage workers,
                                             and great wealth for a privileged few.

I.  Before the Industrial Revolution
                                           -cities were small, and most people lived in small towns
                                             or farms
                                          -- people produced most of their own clothing, food, furniture
                                              and tools

II.  The Industrial Revolution is Born in England
                                          --many important raw materials as well as colonies
                                             where it could get more
Mercantilism                     ---a system where a nation imports raw materials from its
                                              colonies
                                              and then sells them back as finished goods at a profit.
Textiles                              --fabrics and clothing, first main industry
                                           --textile mills used water power
                                           --mills required cheap labor
                                           --children were often used, no laws against children working
Steam Engine                     --revolutionized industry

A.  Transportation

Steamboat                           --early 1800s, invented by American Robert Fulton

Steam Locomotive              --early 1800s, Richard Trevithick in England

John MacAdam                   --road paving process, smoother roads

  
B.  Communication

Telegraph                         --England, 1837-allowed messages to be sent and received
                                            quickly

Samuel Morse                  -American simplified the telegraph and invented Morse Code
                          
Trans-Atlantic Cable         --1866, telegraph cable laid across bottom of Atlantic Ocean

C. Quality of Life
                                         --wages were low.  Children used because were cheap
                                         --20% of all workers in Britain 1860s were under age 15
                                        --adults who worked in factories were paid low wages.
                                            There were no laws for forty-hour week or
                                            worker safety
                                       ---no such thing as Workman's Comp.
                                       ---Workers were packed into slum housing
                                       --pollution was terrible and disease was common in cities

Wednesday, May 27  (30 minute class)

Child Labor Lesson

Watch video on the photographer Lewis W. Hine Here
 Child Labor Primary Source Photographs CLICK HERE
In groups of 2-3, write a child labor bill using this sheet below.

Child Labor Bill                                                                                   Names of Group Members:

Primary Source Review

1.        Go through the packet, reading every caption out loud with your small group and analyze the photographs.

2.       Write a bill to change the law on Child Labor as if it were the year 1910.

3.       Included the following in the bill

a.       Your new proposed minimum age for hourly workers, and your reasoning for this new minimum age.

b.      Your proposed wage for underage workers (if you allow it).  Should it be the same, less or more than an adult worker?

c.       Exceptions to the minimum age (children working on parents’ farm or business, paper carriers, etc)

d.      Penalties for employers who violate the minimum age law.

4.       Fill in the Bill template below for your bill.

5.       Due tomorrow.  Ten minutes will be given to finish tomorrow.

Using the form below (or any similar template), fill in your ideas. (Lines are numbered for easy reference; when typing your bill, remember that, to avoid putting periods after each number, you can “customize” your list.)

1   (Title)                                                    A BILL TO . . .    2   Be it enacted by this Student Congress that (Write the main idea that you want to happen.)    4  Section 1:  (If necessary, explain your idea further.  You may need even more sections to outline the idea    5   fully.)     6  Section 2:  (Explain how the law will be enforced—who will do it, what will the penalties be? You might___                               7  decide to use subsections to present these points in an outline form.)    8  Section 3:  (State how the legislation will be funded if it will require a public expenditure—an additional__    9  tax, a surcharge on some product or service, a different allocation of current funds,  etc.) 10  Section 4:  (State directly when the legislation will take effect and what current law(s) will be superseded 11  by the proposed law.)                                                                                       Respectfully submitted,                                                                                       Your name or school

 For additional viewing on your own:
1.  Breaker Boys--Interviews and Pictures of Coal Breaker Boys


Final Notes Rubric

Periods One and Two

1.  Scientific Revolution    5 points
2. Age of Exploration        5 points
3. Let the Be Blood: England    5 points
4.  Oliver Cromwell and the Restoration     5 points
5. Louis XIV and Royal Absolutism           5 points
6.  Causes of the French Revolution            5 points
7.  French Revolution Part Two                   5 points
8.  Guillotine Vocab                                     5 points
9.  French Revolution Part Three                 5 points
10.  Study Guide for Test                             5 points
11.  You Say You Want a  Revolution?        5 points
12.   The Industrial Revolution                      5 points

Journals     9 entries   9 points
Test    2  points
Rights of Man   1 point
Review Notes    1 point

73 points

Monday and Tuesday, June 1 and 2

The Russian Revolution

See The Powerpoint HERE with your Google Account Sign-in

Study Guide for Final Test:  
You may use one side of a three by five index card, hand-written and not reduced electronically:

Study Guide

Industrial Revolution/Russian Revolution

Obviously the majority of this test will be on the Industrial Revolution, since we did not finish the Russian, but you are responsible for everything through the Theory of Marxism at the minimum.

Test will be matching and multiple choice.

Industrial Revolution

1.        What is revolution?  What different types of revolution are possible?

2.       During what century did the Industrial Revolution begin?

3.       Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?  Why?

4.       What kind of revolution was the Industrial Revolution?  How did things change?

5.       What was life like before the Industrial Revolution?

6.       What was/is mercantilism and how did colonial nations use mercantilism to get wealthy?

7.       What was the first industry in England that was mechanized?

8.       Why were children often used as labor in the Industrial Revolution?

9.       What was the original power source for machinery at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

10.   What took the place of this source later on?

11.   Who invented the steamboat?

12.   How does a steam engine work?

13.   What was Macadam and why was it important?

14.   Why was the telegraph such an important invention?

15.   Who was the American inventor who improved the telegraph?

16.   Morse Code is made up of _________________.

17.   Why was the Transatlantic Cable such an important development?

18.   What kinds of protection did workers have in factories during the Industrial Revolution?  Did they have a maximum work week/minimum wage/health care etc?  Why or why not?

19.   What was the importance of Upton Sinclair’s book ‘The Jungle’?

20.   What did the book tell about?

21.   What American president helped reform Food and Drug laws?

22.   What was life like in an industrial city for a worker?

23.   Who were the Robber Barons?

24.   What good acts did the Robber Barons do after they made their fortunes?

25.   What are some good effects of the Industrial Revolution?

Russian Revolution

1.       Russia is ranked ___ in size in the world, with ____ time zones.

2.       Why is most of Russia empty of people?

3.       The ____ settled in Russia in the 800s, mixing with the _________ to create the Russian people.

4.       The Russians got much of their culture from __________________________.  Give examples.

5.       Where does the Cyrillic alphabet come from?

6.       Before the revolution, Russia was ruled by a _________________.

7.       Communism was a response to __________________________.

8.       The creator of communism is ________________________.

9.       Karl Marx believed that capitalism was a bad system because _______________________.

10.   Under communism, what would happen to all property?

11.   Who is the father of the Russian Revolution?

12.   Who was Stalin?

13.  What/who were the muckrakers?
For answers, go to Middle Ages Notes at bottom.