Negatives and Positives on the Industrial Revolution

 

Negatives and Positives on the Industrial Revolution

 

A curator is a person responsible for a specific collection of heritage institution. My group mates and I were curators for the Industrial Revolution on our specific topic. Our topic and exhibit were on changes to life conditions due to the Industrial Revolution.

Our exhibit consisted of how the environment and living was changed from the industrial Revolution. There was a lot more pollution to the water and air from the increase of factories. There was also more dirty and poor living. The factories had awful conditions too. Our group came up with our title from the many changes happening during this time. We hoped for visitors to learn that the Industrial revolution didn't just have a positive effect on the world, but also had a negative with many things changing.

 

This poster is A New Age is Looming Over the Horizon. In this group, I saw pictures of new inventions in this time, including the Spinning Jenny and the loom. The loom made textiles easier and you could now spin at home. This helped the working life.

 

 

 

This poster is Fueling Transportation in the Industrial Revolution. In this poster I saw that transportation made everything faster.  Transportation used to take too long and once trains were made they reduced travel time. They were quick and cheap convenience.

This poster is Unlawful Conditions, Dangerous Workspaces and Mistreated Children. I saw that child labor was difficult and there was bad conditions in work spaces. Because of this, laws were created to protect children from working under unlawful conditions.

This poster is Weaving Slavery into the Industrial Revolution.  I saw that cotton was improved and exported from Britain to the Us. to all over the world. Slavery had increased in the mills with more demands of cotton. Slavery increased wealth and mass production led to more slaves.

The Industrial Revolution opened many windows to new inventions. This could have ended in a positive effect or a negative one. Overall, the Industrial Revolution broadened ideas and created changes to the world.