The MOSI is a all about being industrialized

My history class had the opportunity to video chat with two men from the MOSI  meusem which stands for meusem of science and industry. Before the video chat, we prepared ourselves by exploring the MOSI website as a class. The website provided information on the types of exhibits in the meusem and industrilized mechines. Also,the class watched a video titled, "Jamie is our explainer." While watching the video the class kept a list of key words that were said throughout the video.  some key words were draw frame, speed frames, power loom and slubbing.  After listing these key terms groups looked up the definition to them. Doing these activities helped the class come up with topic questions to ask the men that worked in the factory for the live  video chat.






While men from the factory were video chatting the class I learned  a lot about the evolution of textile from the 1700s through the 1990s. There was a hudge amount of improvement  for producing cotton. For example, when families were working in thier homes it took them up to a week to produce the cotton while in the factories it took 20 minutes. Although the process was faster it was a dangerous process. Factory accidents happened very often. In the video chat Jamie, the historian, mentioned how if a bell on a mechine snapped children had to replace it and if a light child was to replace they they easily got lift up because the were so light. A lot if times children's arms or legs would get caught in the machines.

Children and women worked very hard in the factories. Ladies and children made thread on the spinning wheel. The children would brush the fibers into a straight line into the right direction while also trying to pick fibers. If they were distracted they could easily mess up which would be bad because them the got punished. A punishment that I thought was harsh that Jamie mentioned was that they would strap children to a mechine so that they wouldn't run away. Another thing that caused accidentes were when children had to crawl under mechines to pick up thread. For example the cabin engine was a type of mechine and children would fix the thread so that they went into the right direction. If a the children  Essex up or missed a thread they would be finned. Also, some children had to crawl under the mechine to pick up thread but had to be quick because there were carriages that went back and forth under the mechine. Some positive impacts the factory had on family and children were that they produced cotton faster and they didn't have to worry about their look being broken because they were at factories. Some negative impacts were the factory accidents and how factories punished the children.

Overall, I enjoyed the video chat. I thought it was cool how a actual historian showed the class around the meusem through video chat. Also, I learned a lot of suprising information like how in Manchester, there were no birth certificates so some children were sent to the factories to work before the factory working age. The only thing that I disliked about the video chat was sometimes, the connection was poor in parts if the factory so I wouldn't be able to hear Jamie. I definitely recommend the live video chat in the future for a different unit or lesson because I learned a lot of interesting facts .


This a picture of an industrialized machine from www.thehistoryofenglish.com/history_late_modern.html