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The Industrial Revolution

Module III - Life and Labor

Essential Questions: How did life change during the industrial revolution? How did it change at work, at home, and throughout society?

Click here to view or download the Teacher Guide for Module III

  1. Textile Mill Workers
    • Opening activity: examine the artifacts: two fabric swatches, one homespun and one factory-made
    • “A Mill Girl Remembers”*; Bell poem*; and Letter from a mill girl
    • Photo analysis lesson worksheet (and essay by Elizabeth Winthrop) to use with 9 Lewis Hine photos of mill workers
  2. Discovering People through Census Records. Use the CD and discussion questions provided to explore general trends in Windsor census data (research questions provided). Note the more advanced Census Lesson in Module 4.
  3. Wages, prices, and purchasing power using Sears Roebuck catalogues (1897, and pages from 1923) (requires some simple math)
  4. Also included: 5 additional matted images; CD of Labor Songs; Video: On the Line, 1924 (DVD and VHS); and Books: Elizabeth Winthrop, Counting on Grace, and Mark McCutcheon, Everyday Life in the 1800s

Kit Contents

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Module III Kit Contents
Raoul Julien, Burlington, VT
Tessie Sadio Bernice
Baseball
Amoskeag Mill
North Pownal, VT
Bennington Boys
General Store, Hinesburg, VT

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  • Working Machine Shop
  • Manufacturing Week
  • Workforce Development
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I can't believe that I have been working with the APM kit for over a month. We ended up having a fabulous exploration with the kids...

NH middle school teacher

About

  • About the Museum
  • Our Mission
  • News
  • Building Restoration
  • Museum Founder
  • Annual Reports
  • Affiliations
  • Board and Staff
  • Contact Us
  • Employment
  • Newsletters

Exhibits

  • Current Exhibits
  • Past Exhibits
  • Machine Tool Hall of Fame

Collections

  • Collections Tour
  • Donating an Artifact

Education

  • Educator's Notes
  • The Learning Lab
  • School Visits
  • Traveling Education Kit
  • Working Machine Shop
  • Manufacturing Week
  • Workforce Development
  • Quests

Events

  • Upcoming Events
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Model Engineering Show and Maker Space
  • Past Events

Visit

  • General Information and Directions
  • Area Attractions
  • Explore Vermont

Shop

  • Museum Shop

Support

  • Donate
  • Become a Member
  • Corporate Membership Benefits
  • Corporate Spotlight
  • Planned Giving
  • Volunteer
  • Collections Tour
  • Donating an Artifact

American Precision Museum, 196 Main Street, PO Box 679, Windsor, Vermont 05089 | 802.674.5781
Open Memorial Day weekend through – October 31 - 10am – 5pm daily