The Industrial Revolution transformed people's lives by: 1) Mechanizing agriculture and manufacturing, replacing manual labor with machines, factories, and new technologies. 2) Driving urbanization as people moved to cities to work in factories. 3) Greatly increasing production and standards of living for many, though factory conditions were difficult.

1. What did the Industrial Revolution (1750-1900) do for us?

2. Using Evidence: Inventories Look at the three families on page 16 Try to match the inventories on page 17 to the appropriate family. What inferences can you draw about Work they did Ways they kept clean Where they slept Which of the three seems to have the best standard of living

3. How and Why Did People’s Lives Change 1500-1750? Identify key changes in the period Evaluate the effect of these changes on one family living during the period Assess how far life changed for the better

4. How did people’s lives change? Get into groups of three Each choose a family from page 16 Make sure you have a coin between three

5. How did people’s lives change? Write the name of your family at the top of your page Fill in the following details for each moment of fate using pages 18-21: Moment: Date & Key Event: Outcome: How and Why Did People’s Lives Change 1500-1750? Edward and Elizabeth’s Family Moment: 1 Event: Dissolution of Monasteries 1536-40 Outcome: Family buys up monastery land and gets richer Moment: 2 Event: etc... Outcome: etc...

6. How did people’s lives change? Think about the following: Was this a period of progress for your family? How much control did your family have over what happened to them What had the biggest impact on your family?