Spinning Jenny

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/spinning-jenny

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. Who invented Spinning Jenny?Circa 1764
2. What is the inventor?James Hargreaves
3. What is the country of origin?England
4. What is the Spinning Jenny and why was it special?The Spinning Jenny is a machine invented by James Hargreaves around 1764 that could spin many threads at once, making yarn faster than before.
5. How did the Spinning Jenny change making clothes?It let one person spin many threads, so more yarn was made, helping weavers produce more cloth quickly.

Cottage Industry: Manufacturing carried out in workers' homes, often on a small scale.
Factory System: A method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor in a centralized facility.
Mechanization: The introduction of machines or automatic devices into a process, activity, or place.