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WELCOME TO: THE YEAR 1700

A River across your paper connecting east to west (should be about an inch wide)

Draw a wooden bridge across the river

4 roads originating from each direction (north, south, east, west)

10 houses

Church

Cemetery

Store

Pub

Coal Mine

Lots of trees everywhere (called COMMONS)

Round 1 - 1745

1 nice home anywhere

Canal (must run parallel to the river)

Round 2 - 1750

7 houses

Round 3 - 1760

1 nice house

Round 4 - 1773

1 factory (the cotton factory must be placed on the river bank not the canal; canal water is not swift enough to generate the power to move parts of the water frame)

Richard Arkwright’s Water Frame

Round 5 - 1774

5 houses

1 church

1 pub

1 store

additional roads

1 bridge

Round 6 - 1774 cont…

5 factories (remember they have to be on the river)

Round 7 - 1780

5 tenements

Industrial Revolution Tenements

Round 8 - 1781

1 store

1 pub

1 church

1 school for boys

Round 9 - 1782

2 pubs

Round 10 - 1783

2 large special luxury homes

Round 11 - 1785

10 more factories (can be away from river)

1 huge monster house

James Watt’s Steam Engine

Round 12 - 1800

1 new coal mine

iron bridge to replace the old wooden bridge

Round 13 - 1815

Cemetery

Reflection Questions

Describe what it was like to work in the mines

What were the ages of people that worked in the mines?

How did life change for these workers during the industrial revolution?

Why do you think it was necessary for people to work in such conditions?

Life in the coal mines

Round 14 - 1820

1 railroad (connecting your factory district to the outer coal mining region)

Round 15 - 1827

1 jail

2 pubs

Round 16 - 1837

Street lights

Round 17 - 1838

2 hospitals

1 cemetery

Round 19 - 1840

1 railroad line

Round 20 - 1842

20 houses

5 tenements

2 stores

1 church

5 factories

1 pub

1 huge nice house

Round 21 - 1845

1 museum

1 university

2 theaters

2 private schools

Round 22 - 1850

3 cemeteries

1 jail

3 more hospitals….all to accommodate the victims of urban life.