Hanging with the Machinery

      In class we prepared for the Google hangout in a couple ways. First we watched a video that Jamie sent us. It had a bunch of textile terms that we wrote down to define later. Some of the words were draw frame, sliver, speed frame and carding. After the video Then we split into groups to look up all the definitions up. Once we found out the definitions, we were told to come up with some questions that we had for Jamie. We were allowed to ask these questions if we wanted to during the video call.

       I learned quite a few things about the textile process during the video chat. One was that it was incredibly dangerous. There were so many ways that you could get sick or injured by using the machines. Another thing i learned was that it took approximately 20 minutes to create the cloth that they wanted to make. Industrialization has both positive and negative impacts on familes. Some positve things were that it was one less mouth to feed. With the children gone, it was a lot easier for the parents to feed the family. Another thing was that the children at the mills sometimes sent some money home to their families. The negatives were that the children were gone for a very long time. So the families rarely got to see their kids. The mills were also very unsafe. So there was a very high chance that the families kids would not come home safe.


     Overall, I really enjoyed the experience. I liked seeing the actually mills that were used. Jamie also gave a lot off cool stats and facts. He also answered my classmates questions really well and thorough. I wish that the connection was a little better because that would of made the experience more enjoyable, but we were video chatting with someone from a different continent. Another topic that would be cool to do this with would be the civil war. It would be cool seeing the weapons and memorabilia. But overall, it was a really fun and interesting class activity.

Jamie using the feeder hopper scucher

All Around the Industrial Revolution

 

 

        While I was looking at all the different posters on the wall, I was always please with the creative presentation styles. I found all of them pleasant to the eye and easy to receive the information that they were trying to get to you. Our groups topic was mostly on the negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution. Two of our sources were photos of everyday life. One was of this market with people lying down; they looked sick and hungry. The other photo was of a normal street, but there was a smoke stack in the background that was shooting pollution into the air and some of the buildings were crumbled to the ground. Along with those photos, there was a map. The map was of the coal distribution in England and the population of the cities. I believe the point of this document was to show the overcrowding in the popular cities. Overcrowding can be unhealthy because it could lead to horrible diseases, loss of food, and to job loss and wage cuts. Another document was 2 letters written by 2 different men who were discussing the good and the bad of the Industrial Revolution. The man who was for the I.R was saying that it brought a lot of jobs to the people. The man who was against the I.R said that there was extreme overcrowding, horrible pollution, and at the end he said that man is turned back almost into a savage. There was also a document that had a chart on it. The chart was of the normal wages, cost of living, and real earnings. This documents shows that people didn't really make that much during the I.R. The last document was a letter to an editor at the London Times. It was a man talking about the Thames River and how polluted it was. I believe he wanted it to be known how filthy the water was. Our group knew that the point of our documents was the bad part of the I.R. so we wanted to add that in the title. After some thinking, we finally decided on Pollution of the Revolution. When visitor see my groups poster, I hope that they understand that the I.R was not just about the creation of new ways of creating material, but it also had some downsides. I think after they see our poster, they will understand that. 

  

After visiting the other exhibits, I learned that child labor was a huge part of the I.R. Before i saw that groups poster, I didn't know that it was a problem. Another thing I learned was that steam engines helped out a lot. I didn't know they were a big help during the Industrial Revolution.

 

 

Ingredients for Success

In class we were split into groups to do a activity where we each get a document and we had to take notes on it. After we took notes, we walked around he class toe each group and the group members read out loud the notes they had on there document. Everyone took photos of the notes the groups had and put them on there Evernote.


Transportation: The industrial revolution was more than just creating new materials. It was also a big push into the transportation area. Steam powered trains and boats came out of the revolution. The trains were used to carry materials and other items across large areas of land. The steam powered boat was able to ship large masses of materials and items across waterways. Steam powered freighters were able to carry 20x more then the train. Steam engines could also power machines to do more work.


Textiles: There were also a lot of advances in creating textiles. There is the spinning jenny that was invented by James Hargreaves in 1764. It was able to spin multiple threads at the same time to produce more clothing and materials. Factories brought to together worker to produce large amounts of goods. Manufacturers built long sheds to house machines located near rapidly moving streams. Also, the amount of labor performed in one factory was equivalent to the labor performed in the entire industry of a district.

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The Pacific Northwest Lying Octopus

 Mark DiRocco

Media Literacy Post

Last week our class did a Google a Day activity. There were a couple of questions that we were asked and we have to search the questions to find the answer. We were not allowed to specifically look up the Google a Day answers. If we did then we would of been called out as a cheater. We were to be when searching and to type in queries that will lead us to the answer of the question.

A Google a Day was a scavenger hunt type game where you were giving a question and you had to find it by searching through Google. It was hard but yet rewarding when your group finally found the correct answer after looking for awhile. The only thing that was frustrating was the last question. It seemed almost impossible to find. The fun thing was that we were racing against the other groups in our class. It made it more competitive which means it was more fun. A Google a Day

Accuracy: How true the information is. The information has to be very accurate to be trusted.
Authenticity: How real the information is. Authentic information comes from very reliable sources. The people sharing the information has to be a real historian or professorial
Reliability: How reliable the information is. The source of the information has to come from a professional who knows what he/she is talking about. You never want unreliable information that came from a unreliable source. Like the website that says the information about the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. On the website it never says where they got the information or who wrote the information. So the website is a very unreliable source (if you ever want to study the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus). Tree Octopus Site