1. Do Now: Describe your idea of the perfect job.
Learning Target: I can analyze secondary sources to understand what working conditions were like for people during the Industrial Revolution
Do Now: Describe your idea of the perfect job.

2. Factory Owner Quote, 1855
“ As for myself, I regard my work- people just as a I regard my machinery. So long as they can do my work for what I choose to pay them, I keep them, getting out of them all I can. What they do or how they far (get along) outside my walls I don’t know, nor do I consider it my business to know. They must look out for themselves as I do for myself. When my machines get old and useless, I reject them and get new, and these people are part of my machinery.” What does this quote say about what life was like for workers during the Industrial Revolution?

3. Activity
With your group analyze your assigned document on the working conditions for men, women, or children.
Summarize the document in 3 bullet points
Share your findings with your class

4. Working Conditions for People During the Industrial Revolution
Men
Women
Children

5. Summary Working Conditions
Long hours
Low wages
Dangerous conditions
Unsanitary work environment
No rights or laws protecting their rights
Child labor

6. Summary Question
Overall how would you describe what life was like for workers during the Industrial Revolution?
What is the irony that can be taken from the situation for immigrants during the Industrial Revolution?
Irony- the difference between the way things are and the way they are supposed to be.

7. Essential Question
If you were a lawmaker in the United States at the time period, how would you improve working conditions for workers during the Industrial Revolution?