https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4 "The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there", LP Hartley wrote in the novel, The Go-Between. Brainstorm what you think life would have been like for the 'average' person at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Consider: class, gender, age and geographical location en-us 2016-07-18 21:37:56 UTC 2025-11-02 17:14:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674157 poor dirty slaving in the factory stealing uncomfortable living in a cramped house ]]> 2016-07-20 04:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674157 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674397 2016-07-20 04:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674397 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674457 2016-07-20 04:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674457 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674594 2016-07-20 04:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674594 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674786 - Malnutrition was common among poor children and food was also expensive.
- In 1914 a working class family spent about 60% of their income on food.
- By 1937 food was cheaper and they only spent about 35% of their income on food.
- Food was rationed during World War II. In January 1940 butter, sugar, bacon and ham were rationed. Tea was also rationed from 1940. Rationing became more severe in 1942. From July 1942 sweets were rationed. Instead of real eggs many people had to make do with 'dried eggs' imported from the USA.

]]> 2016-07-20 04:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674786 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674816 2016-07-20 04:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674816 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674825 2016-07-20 04:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116674825 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675034 Middle/upper class male middle age -  classicism, think that women should provide for them, scared of foreigners, 'civiled ]]> 2016-07-20 04:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675034 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675160 2016-07-20 04:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675160 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675265 - America had and was in the process of experiencing industrialisation and growth.
- Mass production and more advanced industrial processes became common place.
- Retailers expanded and established the basis a consumer driven society.
- Railways established across the continent, making travel commonly available for the middle class citizen.
- Inventors, such as Thomas Edison, established the basis of modern technology. Namely film and radio. These technologies were slowly becoming available for the upper class citizen but remained mostly unavailable for the middle or lower class citizen.


]]> 2016-07-20 04:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675265 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675283 The ruling class's struggle to maintain control of the working class, thanks to the spread of trad-unionism intensifies and peaks with the general strike in 1926 with the coal miners leaving the pits and other workers going out in sympathy however the general strike is crushed in a few days. ]]> 2016-07-20 04:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675283 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675374 -Men were seen as the 'breadwinners'
-High infant mortality rate
-Housing was dangerous, unsanitary and overcrowded
-limited time for leisure]]> 2016-07-20 04:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675374 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675377 For this male there is a lot of work involved, He would probably be working in a factory for 54+ hours a week. I will be about half way through my life expectancy. I am gaining more money than my father was years ago. The good news for me is the fact that the income rates keep rising. ]]> 2016-07-20 04:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675377 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675611 Lower Class 20 yr old male
-Poor living conditions
-Living in cramped public communes
-18 hour weeks
-Little to no pay]]> 2016-07-20 04:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675611 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675636 2016-07-20 04:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675636 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675659 Muslim divide between shia and sunni, not well-off, females are not worth anything (male birth celebrated, female birth not spoken of much), no education for females,

]]> 2016-07-20 04:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675659 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675771 In the 1900's children were considered as little adults. They were allowed to drink alcohol and smoke. They were also sent to adult prison.

"A 1900 survey into child labour in London showed 25% of all children aged 5-13 had part time jobs or worked at home making goods like brushes or paper flowers."
http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/children

Children from lower class families often missed days of school as they had to help their family and work. Majority of young girls had to stay home and couldn't attend school as they had to look after younger siblings, especially if their parents have passed away.]]> 2016-07-20 04:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675771 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675933 The British Raj was faced with growing dislike from natives who were suffering famine and wished to see India for the first time in history governed by an elected and local government instead of colonial rule or the oppressive rule of local Maharajah's. This resulted in wide spread riots and disruption to the governance of Raj India with Christmas island Mutiny in 1942 which spread to Indian Armed forces in Bombay and involved over 20,000 Indian sailors. ]]> 2016-07-20 04:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116675933 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116676249 22 yr old male
-Cramped living conditions in public Communes
-Little to no pay
-Agrarian society]]> 2016-07-20 04:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116676249 https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116676399 Sexism was a lot more prominent. The men worked and the women stayed home washing, looking after children and cooking. 

This picture below is ironic. It shows the opposite of how society truly was ]]> 2016-07-20 05:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_byrne/jcsdvsi5iwp4/wish/116676399