Changes during the Industrial Revolution Lesson 3: Spinning Jenny
Learning goal:Students are able to explain what the Spinning Jenny is, using the vocabulary they have learned from the article.
Assignment 1 - Think back to ‘Beginning of the Industrial Revolution’ lesson 4: Working in factories. During that class you have learned a little about the Spinning Jenny. - Design a mindmap on the Spinning Jenny in pairs.
Assignment 2 - Have a look at following text on the Spinning Jenny Spinning Jenny
Assignment 3 - Answer the following questions: 1. Read the article’s title, what kind of text is this? 2. Which words from the title do you already know? 3. What is the text about?
Read the first paragraph: 4. Do you still agree with your answer to question 1? Explain in two sentences. 5. What do you know more about the text after reading paragraph 1?
Read the whole text: 6. Who Invented the Spinning Jenny? 7. What is the Spinning Jenny? 8. Name at least 3 inventions which were invented during the Industrial Revolution. 9. Why is the spinning wheel called the Spinning Jenny? 10. How many spindles did the original Spinning Jenny have? 11. One spinning Jenny could do the work of how many people? 12. When did a group of spinners destroy the Spinning Jenny machines?
Assignment 4 - Find the odd one out. All the words are from the article.