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Comparing Garment Industry Texts
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Comparing Garment Industry Texts
📚 Part 1: Text Analysis
1. According to the Triangle Factory passage, what were the main working conditions like for garment workers in the early 1900s?
Safe and comfortable with good pay
Dangerous with long hours and poor conditions
Similar to modern factory conditions
Mostly automated with few workers
2. In the "New Industrial Revolution" passage, how are robots changing the garment industry? Check all that apply:
Replacing human workers in some tasks
Making production faster
Eliminating all factory jobs
Changing the skills workers need
3. What do both passages have in common?
They both focus on the same time period
They both discuss the garment industry and its impact on workers
They both argue that technology is harmful
They both describe the same working conditions
4. Based on both texts, the biggest difference between garment work then and now is:
The type of clothing being made
The role of technology and automation
The location of factories
The number of people who buy clothes
✏️ Part 2: Compare and Contrast
5. Using evidence from the Triangle Factory passage, describe one specific danger or hardship that workers faced:
6. Using evidence from the robot passage, explain one way technology is changing garment work today:
7. Complete this comparison: "Both passages show that the garment industry has always been about ________________, but the main difference is that in the past ________________ while today ________________."
8. Based on both texts, write a 3-4 sentence paragraph explaining two important ways the garment industry has changed and one thing that has stayed the same. Use specific evidence from the passages.
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