Industry

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/industry

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 economic function?Drives economic growth, facilitates specialization, and enables global trade
2. What is the social transformation?Led to urbanization, new social classes, and significant labor movements
3. How did factories change the way things were made?The Industrial Revolution started in the late 1700s and used machines and steam power to make more items faster than hand‑making.
4. Why do people move to cities when industry grows?Industry creates many factory jobs, so families move to cities to find work and live near factories.

Industrial Revolution: A period of profound technological, socioeconomic, and cultural change marked by mechanization and factory production.
Supply Chain: The network of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer.
Automation: The use of technology to perform tasks with minimal human intervention.
Tertiary Sector: The economic sector focused on providing services rather than tangible goods.