1. Bellringer
1. Would you do this job for $12 per hour?
2. If this person works 40 hours per week, how much
do they make per year?
(52 weeks per year)
I punch holes
in pieces of
metal
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end of class
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end of class
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end of class
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end of class

2. Compared to famous athletes
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-31110113

3. In your groups
Was 1870 more or less equal?
Support with 3 reasons

4. By the US flag: Agree
• Take your paper with you
• Discuss with your group and write someone else’s
reason
By the pirate flag: disagree
1. All workers deserve at least a small raise every
year

5. By the US flag: Agree
• Take your paper with you
• Discuss with your group and write someone else’s
reason
By the pirate flag: disagree
2. The government should do more to protect
workers against injuries at the workplace

6. By the US flag: Agree
• Take your paper with you
• Discuss with your group and write someone else’s
reason
By the pirate flag: disagree
3. People who make more money should pay a much
higher % of their income as tax

7. Your role groups
• What would your role think of this?

8. Industrial Rev. Politics reading
• Read like you are a certain person in society:
• Translate each of the 10 points, and agree or disagree
Environmentalist
Factory
owner
Factory
Worker
Doctor
Restaurant Owner
Unemployed

9. Butcher paper commentary
• Write your comments on the butcher paper
• Read other comments, make a respectful comment
using your role

10. Closure
• Look at your notes from this week and on your BR
write a well written paragraph evaluating the role of
the government during the Industrial Revolution in
combating the new problems