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Industrial Revolution begins in England
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England to America Revolution and Art
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Industrial Revolution Begins
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Where was education?
Most children only received elementary and grammar education.
Education was not cumpulsory and some schools were expensive and couldn't be afforded by the working class. -
Women and the Revolution
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Art education consisted of drawing and manual training.
Manual training is compared to todays middle school, but with a tech prep program. -
Philadelphia Industrial Art School
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New England unions condemn child labor
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Factory Act 1833
Child Labor Laws
No child under 9 years old was allowed to work and only for 9 hours a day. -
States begin limiting children’s work days
75% of the workers were women and children. The reason for this was because they were easier to handle, could be paid less, and had smaller hands to work the machine parts. -
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Period: to
Civil War
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Advocosy
Art education advocosy came from business, industry, and government didn't happen until after 1865 (post civil war). -
Industrial revolution started to end
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References
Stankiewicz, M. A. (2001). Freeing the Child Through Art. In M. A. Stankiewicz, Roots of art education practice (pp. 45-65). Worcester, MA: Davis Publications. Website Links throughout the site.
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Education now and then
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Children of the Industrial Revolution by Rachel Armstrong
