URBAN GAME
The “cost” of Urbanizing
DIRECTIONS
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1. Draw the following on your manila paper:
– A. 1 river across your paper connecting east to west. The
river must be about 1 inch wide.
– B. Draw a wooden bridge across the river.
– C. Draw 4 roads originating from each direction N, S, E, W
– D. Draw 10 houses
– E. Draw 1 church
– F. Draw 1 cemetery
– G. Draw 1 store
– H. Draw 1 pub
– I. Draw 1 coal mine
– J. Draw lots trees
– K. Draw a commons area
2. Do not waste time trying for perfection or coloring your
pictures.
3. Once these drawings are complete we will begin the rounds
of the Urban Game. (You have 3 min. to complete) GO
ROUND 1
• BUILD YOURSELF 1 NICE
HOUSE ANYWHERE.
DON’T FORGET TO
CONSTRUCT THE CANAL.
IT MUST RUN PARALLEL
TO THE RIVER YOU
DREW.
ROUND 2
•ADD 5 HOUSES
•1 MORE NICE
HOUSE AND TAKE
AWAY HALF OF
YOUR COMMONS
AREA LAND.
ROUND 3
• ADD 1 FACTORY. REMEMBER
THE COTTON FACTORY MUST BE
PLACED ON THE RIVER BANK.
CANAL WATER IS NOT SWIFT
ENOUGH TO GENERATE THE
POWER TO MOVE THE PARTS OF
THE WATER FRAME. DON’T ADD
ANY SMOKE TO THIS FACTORY.
ROUND 4
• ADD 5 HOUSES
• 1 CHURCH
• 1 PUB AND 1 STORE.
YOU MAY DRAW
ADDITIONAL ROADS
AND ADDITIONAL
BRIDGES IF NEEDED.
ROUND 5
•ADD 5 NEW
FACTORIES ALONG
THE RIVER BANK.
ROUND 6
•ADD 5 TENEMENTS
•1 STORE
•1 PUB
•1 CHURCH
•1 SCHOOL
Round 7
•ADD 2 MORE
PUBS
ROUND 8
•ADD 2 NICE
HOMES
ROUND 9
• ADD 10 FACTORIES
WITH SMOKE.
• ALSO ADD ONE MORE
NICE HOUSE SINCE
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
GET RICH.
ROUND 10
•ADD 1 NEW COAL
MINE AND NEW
IRON BRIDGE TO
REPLACE THE OLD
WOODEN BRIDGE
ROUND 11
•DRAW 2
CEMETERIES.
ROUND 12
• ADD 1 MAJOR
RAILROAD LINE
CONNECTING YOUR
FACTORY DISTRICTS
TO YOUR COAL
MINING REGIONS.
ROUND 13
•ADD 1 JAIL
•2 PUBS
•1 CEMETERY
ROUND 14
•ADD 2 HOSPITALS
AND 1 MORE
CEMETERY.
ROUND 15
•ADD 20 STREET
LAMPS
•1 FACTORY WITH
SMOKE
ROUND 16
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ADD 1 MORE RAILROAD LINE
20 HOUSES
5 TENEMENTS
2 STORES
1 CHURCH
5 FACTORIES WITH SMOKE
1 PUB
2 MORE NICE HOUSES
ROUND 17
•ADD 2 THEATERS
•2 PRIVATE
SCHOOLS
ROUND 18
• ADD 2 CEMETERIES
• 1 JAIL
• 1 HOSPITAL TO
ACCOMMODATE THE
VICTIMS OF URBAN LIFE
ASSIGNMENT
• ON THE BACK OF YOUR
VILLAGE LIST AS MANY
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
THINGS ABOUT
TECHNOLOGY/URBANIZATION
ENVIRONMENT
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P
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SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
TECHNOLOGY
Use these words as well as others
you come up with
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Infant Mortality
Disease
Pollution
Technology
Child labor
Congestion of towns
Commercial Industry
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Trading
Market-Economy
Command Economy
Renewable
Resources
• Nonrenewable
Resource
The next slide is for Industrial Rev.
on the U.S. history side
ENVIRONMENT
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P
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Pollution
(air, water)
deforestation
1.Crop
rotation
2.Farm
machinery
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
Overpopulation
Alcoholism
Lack of
communication
Diseases
Infant Mortality
Low paying jobs
Factories
Child labor
Church
Schools
Theatre
More jobs
hospital
More jobs
Rich get
richer
TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENT
N
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P
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Pollution
Overcrowded
Crime
Disease
Dirty Water
Homelessness
Bad Farming Land
Canals
More night lights
Water power for
factories
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
TECHNOLOGY
Alcoholism
Increased suicide rate
Disease
Overcrowded living
conditions
Homelessness
Tenements
Crime
Loss of jobs for men
More poor people
Decreased farming
Jail
Pollution
No Child Labor
Laws
Job
injuries/accidents
Less children
attend school
Unemployed
farmers
Lack of City
Planning
Religion
Hospitals
Theatres
Stores
Schools
More jobs
Stores
Coal Mines
Transportation of
goods
Schools provide
more training
Street lights
Faster production
rates
New forms of
transportation
Iron products
More jobs/new
skills
New forms of
energy/power