Program DescriptionThe Industrial Revolution profoundly changed daily life for Canadians. Experience first hand how Manitobans lived and worked during this pivotal moment in history. Explore a winter kitchen, turn on one of Winnipeg’s first light bulbs, and spend some time in the maid’s room. Then make your own simple machine to remind you of your trip back to 1895.
To provide students with an immersive, experiential learning experience through which to better understand daily life for Manitobans during the Industrial Revolution. To highlight the rapid increase of technology that took place in the Industrial Revolution and provide students with the opportunity to utilize some technological techniques from the time first hand. To examine the changes in social, economic, and political structures as a consequence of the Industrial Revolution. To help students recognize historical terms and classifications, such as primary source, secondary source, visual history, and oral history. To reinforce students’ conceptualization of the use of artifacts when studying history.
8.5.4
Industrial RevolutionKE-059 Describe the impact of advances in science and technology on societies from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries.
e.g., printing press, compass, telescope, guns, steam engine...
KE-060 Describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution on individuals and societies.
e.g., work and living conditions, urbanization, education...
KE-061 Give examples of the continuing influence of ideas and technologies of past societies.
VE-018 Appreciate the benefits afforded to the modern world by ideas and technologies of past societies.
Component
Time (minutes)
Description
1. Introduction
10
Students are introduced to the house and the Macdonald family. Students are informed that this house is modeled to look as it did in 1895, just after the Industrial Revolution. Vocabulary is defined (words include: Industrial Revolution, urbanization, technology, primary and secondary sources, oral history, visual history, museum).
2. Trunk Activity
10
Students handle authentic objects stored in a trunk and draw conclusions about the impacts of the Industrial Revolution on society based on the objects.
3. Tour
30
Students go on a tour of the house, focusing on the material culture evidence of the technology, social structures, and larger community of Winnipeg during this time.
4. Technology Craft Activity
40
Students learn about simple machines and the technology of the Industrial Revolution and make their own simple machine.
5. Conclusion
5
Major points of the day are recounted. Any final questions are answered.
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