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.