https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:the-working-class-7-7/a/activity-opener-pyramids-of-society 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Pyramids of Society This activity is the tale of two pyramids of power: medieval society vs. industrial society. It's your job to compare who is where in the hierarchies and compare the differences between the two. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:the-working-class-7-7/a/activity-assembly-line-simulation-origins 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Assembly-Line Simulation Feel the pace of a nineteenth-century assembly line and see why it was a game-changer for business owners. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:the-working-class-7-7/a/article-responses-to-industrialization-origins 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z Responses to Industrialization The Industrial Revolution sparked changes in how people lived and worked. In response, activists and labor unions pushed for reforms. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:the-working-class-7-7/v/capitalism-and-socialism-crash-course-world-history-33-beta 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Capitalism and Socialism Learn how capitalism arose from the industrial revolution, and then gave rise to socialism. Learn about how we got from the British East India Company to iPhones and consumer culture in just a couple of hundred years. Stops along the way include the rise of industrial capitalism, mass production, disgruntled workers, Karl Marx, and the Socialist Beard. The socialist reactions to the ills of capitalism are covered as well, and John discusses some of the ideas of Karl Marx, and how they've been implemented or ignored in various socialist states. Plus, there are robots! Resources: The Relentless Revolution by Joyce Appelby: http://dft.ba/-appelby The Marx-Engels Reader: http://dft.ba/-marxengels Follow us! @thecrashcourse @realjohngreen @raoulmeyer @crashcoursestan @saysdanica @thoughtbubbler Like us! ‪http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse Follow us again! ‪http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support Crash Course on Patreon: http://patreon.com/crashcourse World History Project video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/mmiE5NruEqmO_Zun_TOyrs_X0y-HHH87HKub93RvwqAYURqWnDfhSp4b3JP4lSTA61bZeNp8fbXna0xMpCkadJcT Capitalism and Socialism Learn how capitalism arose from the industrial revolution, and then gave rise to socialism. Learn about how we got from the British East India Company to iPhones and consumer culture in just a couple of hundred years. Stops along the way include the rise of industrial capitalism, mass production, disgruntled workers, Karl Marx, and the Socialist Beard. The socialist reactions to the ills of capitalism are covered as well, and John discusses some of the ideas of Karl Marx, and how they've been implemented or ignored in various socialist states. Plus, there are robots! Resources: The Relentless Revolution by Joyce Appelby: http://dft.ba/-appelby The Marx-Engels Reader: http://dft.ba/-marxengels Follow us! @thecrashcourse @realjohngreen @raoulmeyer @crashcoursestan @saysdanica @thoughtbubbler Like us! ‪http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse Follow us again! ‪http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support Crash Course on Patreon: http://patreon.com/crashcourse https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/B3u4EFTwprM.mp4/B3u4EFTwprM.mp4 843 The Working Class | 7.7 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:the-working-class-7-7/a/article-rise-of-the-proletariat 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z Rise of the Proletariat As capitalism grew, so did the number of people with few choices and fewer rights. This article dives into how those workers pushed back against the system. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:the-working-class-7-7/a/graphic-biography-ottilie-baadar 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Ottilie Baadar Graphic Bio Ottilie Baadar became a leader of the German labor reform movement, but she also lived a life of work, not unlike many industrial workers of her time. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:the-working-class-7-7/a/activity-closer-ask-ottilie-baader 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Ask Ottilie Baader Step into Ottilie Baader's shoes and use her story to answer key questions about how industrialization changed people's lives—and what it meant to be part of the working class. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:the-working-class-7-7/e/7-7-practice 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z The Working Class Practice what you learned in lesson 7.7: The Working Class! Jessica Shattuck exercise