Gummy Bear (8D - Elevate)

Monday, 18-8-14
week 4-day 1
section 1
Mr Rick was absent
section 2
Regina taught us and we studied about agriculture and one of the people involved in it was Thomas coke. He was a British politician and agriculture reformer and a member of parliament, but he lost his seat on 1784. On 1790, he returned to parliament and primarily spoke on the local interest such as the corn law.

Week 3 – Day 2

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Section 1:

  The bases of economics are supply and demand. Supply is the products that we produce. Demand is how much people want something. Economics is base on the how much people need something. The workers came from businesses needed employees. Mills were usually located in remote places. Young children are working in the factories. Back then they were experimenting on this things people won’t learn without experimenting. The Domestic System usually employed them for home factories. Domestic System: everybody have side job working or making things for people. During the domestic system, people brought in apprentices and study what they are great at from them. At first they work for free then if they got master it the teacher will give the company to them.  

  There were know laws, children were abuse.

Section 2: Sherin, Jason and Bryan teaching class.

(Karen Teaching)

  Britain was the first country in the world to have a lots of factories. Factory machines made all kinds of things. Machines did jobs, such as spinning, previously been done by families at home. Cotton mills were factories where cotton was spun into thread. Weaving machines turned the thread into textiles, such as cloth and carpets. In Victorian Britain, the cotton and wool industries employed thousand of workers. Factory owners employed children because they were cheap, did not complain and had nimble fingers, and could crawl under machines. The small girls work in mills as the piercer. That time children was abused they were not respected. 1841 Mines act - No child under the age of 10 to work underground in a wool mine.

Week 3 – Day 1

Monday, August 11, 2014

Section 1:

   During the first semester wee are going to learn from the 1700 to the 1900. We’ll be talking about farms, industries and transportation. In the 1750 in Britain, many babies died before they were 1 year old. The parents still wouldn’t get close with the children. People didn’t know about germs and bacteria. Getting around was slow. They travel by water if possible, the roads were mostly bad. This is the period were roman empire rise again. But this is the period were people moved on from the Roman Empire. 1825 the population doubled. Farmers were growing more food, new crops and farming methods developed. Many canals built, network of waterways to most industrial areas. Journey to Edinburgh took 3-5 days by boat and 46 hours by road. (vs. 1 week by boat and 10-12 days by road in 1750). In 1900 40 million people, this is the Victorian Era. They discover bacteria effect humans too. Man can vote but woman can’t. The Darbys of Canalbrookdale, Darby invented the way of making expensive brass pot cheaper. 

  Richard Arkwright built a water frame. Water frame is a machine to make cloth. People are making to make things easier, cheaper and faster.

Section 2: Deren teaching

   What people are in 1750 are meats such as pigs and cows. They also farm vegetables, the works are done by hand or horses. It takes a long time to cook things. They had fresh breads too. They drink milk, water and beer. Milk was not safe, as pasteurization was not discovered. Britain had just begun the industrial revolution. There were only few simple machines. Most works are done by hand. Some power comes from coal and water powered. People with less skill or unskilled people work in farm. People with skills weave and spins in cottage industries, done at home,. Average working week was 80 hours.