Industrial Revolution: Labor Project

The harsh working conditions of the Industrial Revolution are well documented. We will be studying the subject of labor (with a focus on child labor) during the Industrial Revolution.

Experience of workers during the IR.

Factories/Mills:
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/textile.html mills

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Twork.htm factories

Mines:
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot21/snapshot21.htm This site will give us an overview of what it was like in the mines that fueled the IR.

http://www.victorianweb.org/history/hist8.html Good general site.

Tables, Charts, and Graphs:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.htm

This page has great accounts of workers and also some enlightening statistics at the bottom. Use these to answer the assignment sheet.