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8^th Grade Social Studies Homework Assignments

Due Friday, February 9, 2007

I. Labor in the Age of Industry

II. Work – Before and After Industrialization

Before Industrialization

Answer the following question on a separate sheet of loose-leaf notebook paper.

1. How did becoming an apprentice help prepare a person to learn a trade?

After Industrialization

Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of loose-leaf notebook paper.

2. State and explain two ways in which a skilled toolmaker’s work changed with industrialization and mass production.

3. According to the two documents above, which system can produce the most goods at the cheapest price? How?