Industrial+Revolution


 * 1. Primary Source Assessment** - choose from one of the primary sources below

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2. Journal Entries Please read the information below in the section about writing your **journal entries**. You will need to bring a draft of your first entry to our final IR seminar on Monday 16th March. If you have any questions, please let me know.


 * Making the "Industrial Revolution In Plain English" video**

 Requirements:            1. Read all the instructions on your homeroom epad. 2. It is important that you know the vocabulary for the Industrial Revolution. Check the vocab list below to make sure you all know what the terms mean. Divide the list up amongst your team and share the definitions on your epad under a heading IR Vocabulary. 3. This will be framing some research questions in class on Monday when you come back to the coal mine. 4. Divide the links at the bottom of the page amongst your group. Use the note taking template on the epad to help you take notes so you can share what you have learned. 5. You are working towards producing a video called "Industrial Revolution In Plain English" so the more information you have, the better your video.
 * Name your revolution something like, "The Industrial Revolution in Plain English".
 * Streamline your video so that it is around two minutes and 30 seconds (three minutes MAX).
 * Simply present (either orally or written or both) key ideas from your revolution in an engaging and memorable way. Have fun with it. Your viewers (your peers) will appreciate humor.
 * Include at least one map that fits the time period of your revolution (i.e. a map of the United States today would not be appropriate for showing the 13 Colonies during American Revolution). A simple, hand drawn image would suffice. Keep it simple.
 * Tell the story chronologically by including key dates and names of events, like you would see on a timeline. __You must make a TIME LINE__
 * Highlight "realities" or the key events by making summative statements that clearly and economically (with as few words as possible) articulate what was happening during the revolution (e.g. The Cultural Revolution was a confusing time of political intrigue, mass movements, public denouncements, humiliation, violence, and chaos.)
 * Clearly state in your own words (either orally or written or both) the causes and effects (both short term and long term) of your revolution. You should have written text for all of the words that may be unfamiliar to your audience (your peers who did NOT study the same revolution as you.)
 * Incorporate some hand gestures (e.g. a thumbs up, a peace sign [yeah!], or something more creative). Forearms may show. No faces. You are not acting anything out. Note that at least one hand from each member of your group must be in the video at least once.
 * Utilize hand drawn and/or printed props to convey meaning. Keep it simple. Don't spend too much time drawing. Use bold outlines and make sure that anything printed from an online source will be clearly visible when you film. Visualize how it will look when filmed.
 * Ensure that each member of your group has at least one line in the video. Each student's voice should be heard at least once.
 * What are you going to do back in your normal Humanities Class?**


 * Writing Your Industrial Revolution Revolutionary Voices entries.**

You must choose one of the characters listed below.


 * Louis Tylor** (coal mine owner)- younger bother of Alfred (you are telling the stories as Louis, as passed on from your family)


 * Rhys Evans** ( coal miner) - oldest son of Gareth (you are telling the story as Rhys, as passed on from your family and or friends of your family). Rhys' mother was a member of the Davies family who moved into the coal mining valleys at the same time as the Evans family.

You must use the key turning points listed below. I have hinted as to why they are significant. Your task will be to weave your stories around these key events.

=You are writing this in 1896 as a series of stories as told to you by your relatives or family friends.=


 * Please note:** Your final post is written as the mine disaster happens. __You are writing from your own personal experiences of that day.__

These are your turning points and you should have a journal entry for three of them. You must have a journal entry for 1896 and two others.


 * 1781** - Invention of the steam engine **Note**: the Evans/Davies relatives moved from a rural life to one of town life.


 * 1805** - Blanaevon iron works in operation **Note**: both Tylor relatives and Evans/Davies family all lived in Merythr Tydfil


 * 1842** - Mines Act Mines and Collieries Act 1842


 * 1876** - New Pendyrus Coal Mine Opened **Note:** this was when the Evans family moved to Tylor Town

//"On Monday 28th January 1896 at half past five in the morning an explosion took place at No. 8 pit which also caused havoc in no.7 pit and killed 57 miners, most of whom were making their way to the bottom of the shaft after a night shift. Eighty horses also perished."//
 * 1896** - Monday 28th January Pendyrus Mine Disaster


 * Further information that is relevant to your final turning point.**

The Tylor family were extremely wealthy and were keen to maintain that wealth. The Tylor family were very astute business people and had invested huge sums of money in many different businesses.They owned several properties in London as well as other businesses in the British Empire in India and Australia. Like most of the coal mine owners, the Tylor family lived away from Wales. The Tylor family lived in London and came to Daffryn House in the summer.

Louis sank a second mine in Tylorstown but in 1892 the collieries in Tylorstown were sold to David Davies of Llandinham. Louis stayed on as one of the managers until he left to live at the family estate in London permanently in 1899. He was concerned that the mining disaster in 1896 may become more prevalent. He was also not confident about the future of the coal mining industry and the long term consequences of the slag heaps lining the valley.


 * Primary Source Analysis**



Here you will find a great starting point for what you will need to be an expert on the Industrial Revolution











**Your Voices Of The Industrial Revolutions Characters**

Hints For Writing Your Journal Entries Now that you have chosen your character from above, incorporate the characters below in your journal entries. Your group should have a mixture of mine owner Louis Tyler or Rhys Evans. Remember that your journal entries are flashbacks. Your first journal entry is where you are telling the story of the invention of the steam engine or the iron works at Blanaevon as it was told to you by your relatives as you were not born in the 1780 or early 19th Century. You will need to bring your first entry to me to our last seminar session. If you have any questions please let me know.

John Tyler - b1760 - d 1850 Albert and Louis' father moved as a young man into the Rhondda coal mining valleys to make his fortune. He went into partnership with other men to open their first coal mine near Myther Tydfill. He did so well he was able to invest in opening the iron works near Blanaevon. This opened up a massive increase in his wealth.

Alfred Tylor 1824 - 1884 – owned several coal mines and built his own town called Tylertown in the late 1860's and early 70's, He lived in London.

Louis Tylor 1835 - 1905 - younger brother of Alfred, ran the Pendyrus Mine

Miner - Gareth Evans b. 1835 - d 1890

Miner’s wife – Mary Evans b 1836 d 1899

Teenager – Rhys Evans b 1876 d 1910

Small Child (male) – Idris Evans b 1888 d 1950

[|Another Overview]

[|Great Inventors]

[|History Of Coal Mining IN Wales (You Tube)]

[|Industrial Revolution Overview (You Tube)]

[|Hip Hughes History - The Industrial Revolution]

The iron works at Blanaevon supplied the iron for many materials with a significant amount of the iron used to make armaments for the Napoleonic Wars. A huge demand had grown very quickly for the high quality iron produced at the ironworks.

Epad Links [|8-1 IR] [|8-2 IR] [|8-3 IR] [|8-4 IR] [|8-5 IR] [|8-6 IR] [|8-7 IR] [|8-8 IR]

Bibliography All the black and white photos that are available to you were from this museum's archives

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Character Profiles and Home Life Of A Miner documents were all written by: Mr Rhys Davies Cowbridge Glamorgan Wales, United Kingdom 2007