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Unit 5 Frames

Unit 5 Frames

The Industrial Revolution was a shift in the way people produced and distributed goods, but it also had a deep impact on concepts of identity and rights.

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.

Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video


  1. 01:30 What, according to this video, did pre-industrial production and distribution look like?
  2. 02:52 According to the video, industrialized societies needed fewer famers, herders, and artisans and more “workers.” What did workers do and how did this lead to more change?
  3. 03:25 Why did industrialized societies have an advantage over non-industrialized societies?
  4. 05:00 According to the video, how did the movement of people away from villages and into industrial cities lead to new types of communities?
  5. 05:19 What were conditions like in many factories?
  6. 06:00 How did the conditions in factories lead to the development of new networks?