Changing The Way We Function Today

While figuring out the ingredients to industrialization, my class was asked the question “What was ‘revolutionary’ about industrialization?” To answer this we split into small groups to each focus on one aspect of the Industrial Revolution. We read an online text that gave an overview of each of our topics and shared what we found with the class.

             

A Revolution In Agriculture.
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One of the ingredients of industrialization was the people. There were improvements made in almost every aspect of farming. Fertilizer was taken from livestock and farmers mixed different kinds of soils which helped more crops to grow. There were also improvements made to farming enclosures. These enclosures made it so farmers could farm more land, producing more crops, with help from less workers. These improvements created more food, which lead to an increase in population.

              Another ingredient of industrialization was technology. The two main aspects of technology were the improved iron and the steam engine. Coal helped make iron which is a material needed for the construction of machines and steam engines. Darby found that coal could be used to smelt iron (separate iron from its core). Watt’s steam engine pumped water out of mines. The steam engine became a power source of the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution truly changed the way we function today.