Why was population important to the Industrial Revolution?

Lesson 3 in a series of six Industrial Revolution lessons, forming a mini scheme of work. Here, students identify population factors as causes, effects or changes and as social, economic or medical. 

The other lessons in the scheme are:

1. How did Britain change during the Industrial Revolution?

2. What made the Industrial Revolution possible?

4. What was so industrial about the Industrial Revolution?

5. How were children used in the Industrial Revolution?

6. How did trains change Britain in the Industrial Revolution?