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CLSM · World History · Progress Check 3
The Industrial Revolution
Read the situation. Connect the ideas. Show how you know.
Name ___________________________Class __________ Date __________
01 Recall, then make a connection.
Industrialization
Productivity
Inspectorate
How can industrialization change productivity without establishing that working conditions improved? Explain what evidence an inspectorate would need to evaluate whether a labor rule operated in practice.
Read the situation.
Industrialization changed production through machinery, concentrated workplaces, energy use, and new relationships between employers and workers. Its effects were uneven. Increased output did not automatically mean safe conditions or equal benefits. A factory’s production figures answer a different question from a worker’s account of hours, injury, or schooling.
02 Organize the information.
Read the shift
Fictional record: a 12-year-old works from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., with one hour of breaks. Use the activity’s simplified 8-hour limit.
How many hours are worked?
Answer: __________________ hours
Show the calculation, then explain what the result tells you in this model.
CLSM · World History · Progress Check 3
What does the evidence show?
The Industrial Revolution
03 Follow the evidence.
Did the reform operate?
Claim: “The new rule was enforced in this fictional district.”
Select all records that directly document enforcement actions in the fictional district.
Inspection reports document checks at covered factories.
Court records show penalties for confirmed violations.
The legislature approves the rule for covered factories.
A factory owner promises to comply, with no inspection or enforcement record.
Name the useful records and explain how they answer the claim.
04 Apply the idea.
The inspector shortage
Four inspectors initially faced thousands of mills under the historical 1833 system.
Which inference is reasonable?
Limited inspection capacity could make consistent enforcement difficult.
The law could not affect any factory at all.
Every factory automatically complied because inspectors existed.
Choose a conclusion and explain why it fits the situation.
05 Carry the idea forward.
Write an inspection memo explaining how industrialization could increase output while creating or intensifying problems for workers. Use the schedule, distinguish the rule from enforcement, and identify one needed source.