Spinning a Blog Post

The analysis of our document was very important to the overall success of the project. It helped us to reach a deeper understanding of the documents that we had been given. the analysis made it easier for us to the the connection between the documents and create a good presentation. In the end, our exhibit consisted of a graph, quotes from our excerpt, a picture of John Almond's handloom, a picture of the spinning jenny, a picture of a woman spinning at home and a picture of the textile mills. There was also some yarn connecting the pictures and their summaries to a point n the graph. Our group came up with the title of our exhibit by thinking about puns we could make about cities and spinning wool. Through our presentation and creative title we hope that a visitor will learn about the evolution of the spinning wheel and how it affected the amount of people in the city.

I learned a lot from the other exhibits as well. From group B's poster I learned that the steam powered engine was invented during the Industrial Revolution. The Great increase in speed allowed for more efficient trading and faster transportation. From Group C's poster I learned That a lot of waste from the factories and mills were being dumped into rivers and streams. I knew that there was some that had been dumped, but this poster really helped me to see the extant of what had been going on. Group D's poster was about child labor. I learned that a lot of children were being forced to work. The conditions that they were working in were not pleasant and should not have been allowed, but it was. I also learned about the increase in the number of slaves in the U.S. during the Industrial Revolution form Group E's poster. I was surprised to see that there was an increase during this time. The increase was caused by the need for more cotton for the new mills. Overall, I learned a lot of new information from each of the groups' posters.