Our visit to Slater Mill helped students think deeply about the birth of industrialization in this country. Â The fifth graders asked incredibly thoughtful questions about life during this time period.
![Studying a piece of wool and thinking about the efforts it takes to go from sheering a sheep to making usable thread to make clothes.](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-1-17-229x300.jpg)
![Carding wool made it easier to work with.](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-2-16-300x268.jpg)
![Only a wealthy family could have had a loom like this one in their home.](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-3-12-300x224.jpg)
![Beds were warmed up with coals under the sheets.](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-4-12-300x270.jpg)
![Taking the flax plant and readying it to made thread to make linen is quite a process.](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-1-16-300x286.jpg)
![Flax](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-5-9-300x185.jpg)
![Students were fascinated by all the machinery.](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-4-11-300x224.jpg)
![Hydro-power in action!](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-2-15-300x155.jpg)
![These machines were designed to fix machinery.](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-3-11-300x224.jpg)
![The cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry](https://jcdsri.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo-3-13-224x300.jpg)
Our visit to Slater Mill helped students think deeply about the birth of industrialization in this country. Â The fifth graders asked incredibly thoughtful questions about life during this time period.