Industrial

High school (ages 12+)
Making & Design

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/industrial

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the core principles?Mass production, division of labor, mechanization, and factory system
2. What does the word "industrial" mean?It means making many things with machines and factories instead of by hand.
3. Why did people move from farms to cities during the Industrial Revolution?Factories needed workers, so families left the countryside to find jobs in new factories, changing how they lived.

Industrial Revolution: A historical period marked by the transition to new manufacturing processes and technological advancements.
Division of Labor: The separation of a work process into a number of distinct tasks performed by different workers.
Automation: The use of technology to perform tasks with minimal human intervention.