Uses: - able to harness the energy of steam to move machinery- to run locomotives and steamships. Significance:- central to the industrial revolution- Steamships and steam locomotives allowed for the quicker

transportation of raw materials Interesting facts:1. still used today to help run nuclear power plants2. The Watt - a unit of power familiar today when dealing

with light bulbs - was named after James Watt3. James Watt came up with the term 'horsepower'

Sometimes the children started work as young as four or five years old.

Dangers of the Coal Mines roofs sometimes caved in, explosions happened

and workers got all sorts of injuries. There were very few safety rules.

Trappers: They sat in a hole hollowed out for them and held a string which was fastened to the door. When they heard the coal wagons coming they had to open the door by pulling a string.

Coal Bearer: Older children might be employed as "coal bearers" carrying loads of coal on their backs in big baskets.

The life of a child’s work in a mill: They spent most of their working hours at the

machines with little time for fresh air or exercise. Even part of Sunday was spent cleaning machines.

INJURIES: There were some serious accidents, some children

were scalped when their hair was caught in the machine, hands were crushed and some children were killed when they went to sleep and fell into the machine.

The Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the nineteenth century who protested – often by destroying mechanized looms - against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt was leaving them without work and changing their way of life.

He was going to introduce changes that would improve the lives of those living and working in the village. He hoped that they would become good, happy citizens.

Abolished the practice of employing young orphans in the mills, and gradually moved away from child labour by offering education as an alternative to work.

Reduced the length of the working day but still managed to increase production from the mills.

Drew up a list of rules and regulations for the villagers. These were to ensure that the houses and streets were kept clean and safe, and to encourage people to get on with their neighbours. A committee was set up to ensure the rules were being followed

Silent monitors were used to encourage good work within the mills without the need for physical punishment (read on to find out more about silent monitors)

A Village Store was opened which sold quality goods at reasonable prices

Two large schools were built. These offered day and evening classes for all the villagers, young and old.

A Sickness Fund was set up to pay for a doctor to see anyone who was ill