Bellringer 4/25/12

1. It helped to create it spread.
2. Children and women were employed in factories.
3. New ways were invented to make production of goods a lot faster.
4. The working conditions were improved, and the workers didn't have to work as hard.
5. New ideas were thought up.

Bellringer 4/24/12

I agree that video games don't cause people to act violently. Some people who are already into violence will have their appetite filled by violent video games, but for most, unlikely. I also agree that violence doesn't need to be displayed in pastimes as they are in video games. The only problem is that some turn video games into a life instead of a "Play once a week" thing.

Bellringer 4/16/12

The Factory is an important invention because women and children began to work, and production was a lot faster.

Notes on industrial revolution

Went from an Agrarian society to industrial society. From agriculture to industry. Factories make production faster. Apprentices were paid on how much they produced by hand. Factories pushed apprenticeship out the window. Pay was no longer based around how much we make but how long we work hourly. Men were the ones working, but the women and children began to work in factories as well. You could pay children and women less. There was an advancement of technology.

The gang plow
-invented in the 1870s
-improved efficiency
-made of steel
The cast iron plow
-invented in 1797
-made of metal
-people thought it poisoned the soil.
The flying shuttle
-was patented by John Kay
-was patented in 1733
-turned soil
The corn picker
-made in 1850
-made picking corn faster
-put corn into a truck beside it
The spring tooth harrow
-smoothed the ground
-turned soil
-has flexible iron teeth
The grain elevator
-was a tower
-elevated grain
-done my a bucket
Combine
-originally pulled by horses
-next powered by steam
-harvests crops
Cotton Gin
-invented by Eli Whitney
-comb combed cotton
-removed seeds from cotton

The moldboard plow

The moldboard plow was invented so that when the field was plowed, the soil would flip over so that the rich soil underneath was showing. This helped farmers plant more efficient crops and as a result there was a major population growth. It was invented by the ancient Chinese civilization.

Industrial and Agriculteral Revolution Notes

In the 1600s England had a subsistance farming industry. This is farming that of what your family only needs. Then there was an enclosure movement. England had common grounds - ground that was owned by everyone. They fenced common grounds off during the movement. The citizens who had small families and grounds had grounds taken from them and it was given to larger farm owners. Now they were tennant farmers. Those who couldn't were forced to move elsewhere. New methods of farming were found and more crops were grown. They looked for efficiency.
Jethro Toll was concerned about the amount of seed that was being wasted by hand seeding. He invented the seed drill. They were planted in straight rows. Crop rotation. Crops are rotated every year to obtain new nutrients. Wooden plow to metal. Interchangeble plow.
Cities had larger populations because of the search of work. There isn't any work. Great Britain is now the industrial revolution leader. They had the natural resources. Coal and iron ore.
Natural resource, land, and labor were the factors of production.
Another natural resource was water. Food, transportation, and power came from this.
The disadvantages were flooding and drought. The textile (clothing) industry boomed. Clothes were sewed by hand until mechanics.
The thread loom turned string into cloth. The advance happened quickly.
Steam engines are being invented. Factories and boats and locomotives are created.
Communication and transportation are faster.