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THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION
Directions: Write a well-
organized essay that includes an introduction, several
paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion.
Theme:
Economic Change
Task:
You may use any nation from your study of global history except the United
States. Some
suggestions you might wish to consider include: Great Britain (19th
century), Japan (19th or
20th century), Russia (19th or 20th century), Korea (post–World
War II), and Brazil (20th
century).
You are not limited to these suggestions.
Reproduced from the January 2001
Global History and Geography Regents Exam
Permission to use this resource is granted only for educational, non-profit use.
Since the 19th century, industrialization has had positive and negative
effects on the lives of workers.
Define the term “industrialization”
Select one nation you have studi
ed and discuss two specific
examples of the ways in which industrialization changed the lives
of workers in that nation
Discuss the response of the workers, reformers, and/or government
to these changes
NOTE
: The rubric (scoring criteria) for this essay appears on the next page.