https://listenwise.com/students/lessons/568-how-machines-changed-production
Directions: As you listen to the story (4:58), mark each statement True or False. Read the statements before listening to the story so that you know what you are listening for.
1. Before the Industrial Revolution, cloth-making paid well and gave workers a lot of flexibility.
2. Ned Ludd was a charismatic leader.
3. Luddites broke machinery that was used to make cloth.
4. Britain’s Parliament banned the use of the machines used for making cloth.
5. The Industrial Revolution increased the amount of goods produced.
6. The Industrial Revolution improved the conditions under which workers worked.
7. Technological changes usually improve workers’ lives almost immediately.
Before the Industrial Revolution, cloth-making paid well and gave workers a lot of flexibility.
Ned Ludd was a charismatic leader.
Luddites broke machinery that was used to make cloth.
Britain’s Parliament banned the use of the machines used for making cloth.
The Industrial Revolution increased the amount of goods produced.
The Industrial Revolution improved the conditions under which workers worked.
Technological changes usually improve workers’ lives almost immediately.