Curator Post

In order to make our poster my group went through a series of steps.  First we all read each document and then discussed them as a group to get the best idea about the document. Once we did that we wrote down on the outline the first draft of our captions. Then we refined and perfected them to the best of our abilities. It is so important to curate because curating is a great way to give a lot if information clearly in not a lot of words and that is what you want on a poster as to not bore the reader and keep them interested in the poster. The sources we analyzed were all about how steam engines  and railroads improved trade and the lives of the people in Europe during the time. Our exhibit is laid out in a way that each caption you read will give you a helpful load of information that will make you want to read what else the poster has to say.  Almost as if your guided by a railroad. We thought of our title by trying to combine the concepts we had put on the poster. When visitors looked at my poster I hoped they learned about the steam engine and the impact it had on Europe.

Two things I learned from a poster were that children were working in dangerous conditions and that they were working complicated machines every day. Another two things I learned were the power loom didn't need people to power it and the spinning jenny made weavers obsolete. Another thing I learned was slaves was a major part of the industrial revolution and Britain imported cotton from all over the world. I also learned that mostly everybody worked in factories during the revolution and all you could hear were machines. I also learned that people who weren't high class had terrible living conditions.