Urban Game Questions



Urban Game Questions

 

Below you will find a series of questions that we are going to use to generate a discussion about the Urban Game/Industrialization Game that we played in class.

 

Your assignment:

Step 1: Choose - Your small group will answer 5 questions in total. The questions that are marked in RED are required questions (your group must answer them), then your group will choose any 3 additional questions to answer.

 

Step 2: Organize - Cut and paste your questions into a GoogleDoc.

 

Step 3: Discuss - After your group discusses each question type your answer to the questions in the GoogleDoc.

 

Step 4: Print and Submit - After your group is finished, print your document and submit it. Good Luck!

 

 

1. In the 1700's, the family was called an "economic unit and a social unit".  Analyze how is it possible for a family to be both.  Which aspect do you believe is more important in that time period? Which aspect do you believe is more important now?  Explain your answer.

 

2. How was the day-to-day lifestyle described in the 1700's (young marriages, having children, short life span, hard labor, etc.) different than American's lives today?  Could this lifestyle ever occur again or are we too far-gone into technology and money?  Explain why or why not.

 

3. Marriages were between younger women and older men.  Criteria included that men must own land and be considered worthy, before parents would arrange their children to be wed.  The marriages were set mostly for economic success. Why was this the motivation?  Divorce rates were lower then and are now 50% of all marriages in America.  Why would arranged marriages in the 1700's have a higher success rate than the 2010 marriages?  Elaborate on your ideas.

 

4. It was stated that most English farmers never left the village they grew up living in. Analyze how possible it would be for a man or woman to ever really be successful in that type village, where there is a limited ability to grow.

 

5. Why was the average life span only 40 years old in the 1700's, and 1/3 babies died before age 1?  Has medicine been the main change to enable a longer life?  What other factors might have had an influence?  Is a longer life now a good thing? What are the other repercussions of the Industrial Revolution??

 

6. Families started living in larger homes and excluding themselves, eventually ending as some of the only families without debt and able to feed their families.  What are the advantages/disadvantages of having the largest house in the village?  Are there people still like this in the 21st century?

 

7. Mechanical farming was the first major change in starting the Industrial Revolution.  Do you think anyone could have predicted the huge Revolution that would occur from this first change? Explain – YES/NO is not acceptable.

 

8. How did the invention of 1 factory and machinery continue in America's changing society?  Was giving jobs that could be performed by people to machines a good idea?  Analyze why or why not.

 

9. What were some of the main causes that lead to the mass amounts of people pouring into small villages?  Does this qualify as overcrowding?  What does this say about the Industrial Revolution? 

 

10. Is the end result (over crowding, houses on top of one another, pollution, children labor, etc.) really worth it?

 

11. Money was the main motivation in the coalmines industry, which is what led to the hiring of woman and children to work at a lower rate instead of men.  However, this caused many deaths and illness in children and woman.  Is it fair to pay these people less money for the same job?  Is their life worth the money? What does this say about America?

 

12. What was the first change that started the Industrial Revolution?  Has it ended or is it still occurring even today?

 

13. At what point do you believe the Industrial Revolution crossed the line and went too far? Do you think anyone knew what creating the first factory would lead to, and could all of this have been stopped?  Would YOU have stopped it if you had the power? Why or Why not?

 

14. Make a Chart: List all the repercussions (negative outcomes) of each development/movement in the Industrial Revolution (think about the nature, water, trees, families, children, jobs, pollution, etc.). List the positive outcomes of the Industrial Revolution.

 

15. What can we learn from the Industrial Revolution/the game we played in class? Be specific with your answer – make a list.

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