1. List at least five inventions that have made your life easier. 2. List at least five inventions that have made your life “less boring”. 3. Bonus---”There’s an app for that”--- what’s one idea that you’d like to see made into a phone app? What’s one app that makes your life easier?

August 22, 2012

Take 60 seconds to analyze the following graph. What does the graph tell you?

Populations steadily changed from rural to urban

Take another 60 seconds. What does this next graph tell you?

Shift from agricultural workers to professional workers

After the 1860’s American citizens began moving from rural to urban areas. People’s careers then shifted from agriculture to industrial Caused by two things; Agriculture no longer needed as many workers Industry needed more workers SO…WHAT CAUSED THE LOSS OF AGRICULTURE AND THE RISE OF INDUSTRY?

Five Inventions Mechanical Reaper Train Assembly Line Electric Motor Light Bulb

A horse drawn machine that harvested crops Using this machine meant farmers needed less workers

Products could be moved out faster and farther This increases supply and demand therefore more men are needed to build products United Stats of America Video

Method of manufacturing in which a product is put together as it moves along a belt Products were put together faster…therefore more men were needed to keep pace I Love Lucy Clip

A machine that produces electricity with the use of steam Allowed factories to be built anywhere

Workers could now work 24 hours a day

Inventions -telephone -carpet sweeper -barbed wire -zipper -escalator -motorized vehicles (2 & 4 wheel) -mail order catalog Inventor Alexander Graham Bell Melville Bissell Joseph Glidden WL Judson Jesse W Reno Gottlieb Daimler Aaron Montgomery Ward

Not only did these inventions change the lives back then…think about how they affect your life today? What would your life be like without these things?