CLIL MODULE 1 The Industrial Revolution ACTIVITY 1.A BRAINSTORMING Think about the words given below and try to explain with your classmates what they have in common. INDUSTRY MACHINES ENGINES TRAIN ACTIVITY 2.A VOCABULARY Match the words to their Italian translation. Use a dictionary if necessary. 1. goods a. tessile 3. textile c. fabbrica 2. manufacturing 4. skilled 5. cloth 6. steam engine 7. factory 8. raw materials b. macchina a vapore d. materie prime e. merci f. industria g. qualificati h. tessuto ACTIVITY 2.B LISTENING Listen to the recording and insert the words given below into the text. listening workers machines invented technology vehicle size changes passenger artisans transformed were made in the way goods During the Industrial Revolution important were produced. It occurred in England after the middle of the 18th century and involved , transportation and different areas: agriculture, manufacturing, urbanization. The Industrial Revolution started in the textile industry, where skilled were substituted by that operated , with the result of producing cheaper cotton cloth. The symbol of the Industrial Revolution is steam power into mechanical work and was easy to use the steam engine. It of the new machines made it necessary in the textile industries. The large to build factories near the cities. So, the workers moved from the countryside to the cities. As a consequence, the factory system began. The Industrial Revolution stimulated significant which used steam changes in transportation. In England the locomotive, a . At the beginning trains were used power and which ran on a railway, was trains became to transport raw materials and finished goods, and later popular. ACTIVITY 2.C True or False Select the correct answer. 86 1. The Industrial Revolution involved changes in agriculture. T F 3. The steam engine is the symbol of the Industrial Revolution. T F 5. Trains were only used to transport passengers. T F 2. Cheaper cotton cloth was produced with the use of machines. T F 4. Workers moved from the cities to the countryside for work. T F
