The Lowell Mills

The Lowell Mills tried a new strategy. They focused on getting women to work for them in the mills. For one the corporation had an obedient and cheap labor force. Girls were taught to be obedient their whole and this idea takes advantage of this. Also,  the women didn't have as high of wages and men so they could be them less in the mills. A large part that boys were not used for the factories is that they had to work the farms, so girls were a perfect candidate. The girls also got a lot of benefits. They could buy clothes with their earnings for working and they gained a lot of independence because they lived in worked away from their families. The fathers of their daughters also had help paying for their mortgage, less mouths to feed and also gave more opportunists to them. Opportunities for women reflected on how they are viewed in that they  didn't have a lot of choices, but they did have lots of obligations. Lots of things they should do, but not a lot of things they could choose. They were also usually controlled by their father or a corporation of were they worked, which made a life about being controlled by others. The women did though stand up to the corporations when prices became too low and the women went on strike. This show how the women working in the mills would stand up to themselves, but if they were the ones who started these strike or acted too much like men they would most likely be fired from the mill.

Daughters of Free Men Website:
http://ashp.cuny.edu/ashp-documentaries/daughters-of-free-men/

Projects of the Industrial Revolution

My group came up with my title by coming up with something catchy and that represented our information.
My exhibit describes the problems of child labor and the increase of use of children in factories. Pictures show working conditions of the children and also the affects of working long hours almost everyday. The sources that were used are all documents from the 1790's up to 1900's. Each document describes the life of a child from a letter or observations from an outside source. I hope that people learn about how hard it was for families to live during the industrial revolution. Families were so poor that they had to send their kids to work all day so that the family could receive more money.




My Group ^



I learned that without steam engines transportation of goods would not be possible over long distances. Also, I learned that steam engines were a very important part of transportation and allowed trains to be possible.



I never knew that the spinning process was so inefficient, and that it took and large amount of time to use the wheel. I also thought that the loom was relatively unchanged and i never thought many people improved upon it.




I never knew how much slavery increased, looking at the graph you can see a large increase in slave populations. I also learned that there was a correlation between the number of slaves in America and the demand for cotton.

The Industrial Revolution

In class we went over some of the most important components of the industrial revolution. We read through text that explained the importance of many parts of the revolution. The essential question we had was what was revolutionary about the industrial revolution.

Looking deeper I think that the Technology and Transportation that was invented during this time is the most important. First off all,  lots of technology was created during this era. For one, Anesthesia was created in that time period and without it we would not have a very effective pain killer that is used in dentistry and also in hospitals.The photograph was also invented during the Industrial Revolution as well as the steam engine,food canning, spinning jenny and also a way to mine iron. New transportation was also devolved. Boats, trains and cars are the most recognized and well known transportation  that came out of the revolution. The steam engine was also used to revolutionize train engines and there are even some trains today that still use steam for power.The Diesel engine was also invented to try to improve the original car engine.


http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/5-industrial-revolution-inventions.htm#page=6
This is a diagram showing how a  steam engine works.

Keywords and Website Authenticity

In History we looked at both the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus website and a Google a Day.The Google a Day really made you think outside the box and think carefully about what you were typing. It also made you choose your words wisely because one wrong word could throw you off.

http://www.agoogleaday.com/

A Google a Day was a pretty interesting website. I found searching for an answer to a question through Google surprisingly fun. It felt similar to a scavenger hunt and you had to find the answer somewhere deep in the internet. Frustrating is an understatement to this "game" though because the minute you see that "Sorry, wrong answer"  more that 5 times that's when  it starts to become a pain. I learned that it is much more important to choose your keywords wisely than to just put a bunch of words into the search bar to hope that you will get lucky.

Accuracy is the use of right information that connects to what the website was advertising. Authenticity is how accurately it displays what it supposed to do and does it well. The website does what it meant out to do. Reliability is about the writer of the website  specifically in that the author must be a good source of information and is not a Historian writing about the science behind the Big Bang theory. The Tree Octopus website could not be used in school because even though it is authentic it is not reliable or accurate information (no such thing as a tree Octopus).

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

The Student and the Teacher

               Hello, my name is Sam Mathewson and I am a Sophomore that is currently going to Reading Memorial  High School. This is the first blog for my History 10 course, and is the first time that my teacher has gone paperless. I am looking forward to not have to carry a binder to my class and not have to worry about having paper. I think that  going electronic has greatly improved how a classroom works in that there is less to forget and information is much more accessible making learning easier.

  A teacher that is great is one that listens to their students, explains the curriculum well and is available for extra help frequently. If a teacher is able to listen to their students they are able to get feedback on how well they might be teaching something or what could be improved upon in the lesson. This also creates a better teaching environment because it connects the student and the teacher better than if a teacher did not listen. Second, if the curriculum was explained well by the teacher almost no student would be confused. This would be a very good class because you would hardly ever be confused about the class.Lastly, if a teacher is available for extra help a lot then it clears up a lot of questions you might have because you would be able to see the teacher after school for extra help which would be very beneficial if you were confused.Two great teachers that I had in the past were Mr. Downes and Mr.Smith. They both were great at explaining the lessons and they both were able to be asked questions after school on a daily basis. Something specific that could be done to help me is to explain the lessons very well.

I agree with what John Green said about the duties of a student to do amazing things from their education. I agree with this statement because the purpose of school is to do a job you love, but also to give back to society because they were the ones that get an education in the first place. This intern will improve our society in two ways because people will invent new things to help us while the population gets smarter. My academic goals this year is to do well in all my classes and to play sports that I want to play during the year. I am going to achieve my goals by working hard in school and try to succeed at what I am doing.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x78PnPd-V-A&feature=youtu.be