Learning Objectives

Villalobos 

World History 

2008‐09 

Learning Objectives: 1. Explain why Britain was the first nation to industrialize and how it was accomplished. 2. Trace the spread of the industrial revolution onto the continent of Europe and to the United States, and show how it differed from country to country. 3. Explain how industrialization affected population growth and life in cities—the urbanization process. 4. Describe the effects industrialization had on class structures and the new ways of life for each of the new classes. 5. Outline the various plans of reform offered by people concerned with the working and living conditions of urban laborers and discuss what happened to each plan. 6. List important changes in the industrial economy & discuss the characteristics of the different economic classes. 7. Explain Karl Marx’s motives and methods as he wrote his books, and account for his certainty that he knew the future. 8. Describe the advances in science during the middle and later nineteenth century, and show how these advances affected European society, including culture. 9. Examine the role of women in the workplace and the home, and changes in the nature of family life. 10. Discuss the characteristics of the nineteenth century working class and how it related to national political parties. 11. Trace the development of education and leisure activities in the new urban environment and how these affected nineteenth century families.