Source: Excerpt from The Chimney Sweeper, by William Blake (1789) When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry" 'weep! 'weep! "Weep! 'weep!" So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved, so I said, "Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair." And so he was quiet, & that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight! That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, & Jack, Were all of them locked up in coffins of black; 1. Using the poem and photograph above and your knowledge of world history, which of the following was a change in working practices in Europe in the 1700s and 1800s? a. Children began working outside the home to support their families much more. b. Women left the workforce because factories were too dangerous. c. Unskilled, dirty jobs were mainly done by the lower classes 2. Which of the following historical developments most directly led to the conditions that Blake is criticizing in his poem? a. The Industrial Revolution b. The Russian Revolution. c. World War I
Source: Excerpt from The Chimney Sweeper, by William Blake (1789) When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry" 'weep! 'weep! "Weep! 'weep!" So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved, so I said, "Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair." And so he was quiet, & that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight! That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, & Jack, Were all of them locked up in coffins of black; 1. Using the poem and photograph above and your knowledge of world history, which of the following was a change in working practices in Europe in the 1700s and 1800s? a. Children began working outside the home to support their families much more. b. Women left the workforce because factories were too dangerous. c. Unskilled, dirty jobs were mainly done by the lower classes 2. Which of the following historical developments most directly led to the conditions that Blake is criticizing in his poem? a. The Industrial Revolution b. The Russian Revolution. c. World War I
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Transcribed Image Text:### Source: Excerpt from *The Chimney Sweeper* by William Blake (1789)
**When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry " 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!"
So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep.**
**There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head
That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved, so I said,
"Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare,
You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair."**
**And so he was quiet, & that very night,
As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight!
That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, & Jack,
Were all of them locked up in coffins of black;**
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1. **Using the poem and photograph above and your knowledge of world history, which of the following was a change in working practices in Europe in the 1700s and 1800s?**
- a. Children began working outside the home to support their families much more.
- b. Women left the workforce because factories were too dangerous.
- c. Unskilled, dirty jobs were mainly done by the lower classes.
2. **Which of the following historical developments most directly led to the conditions that Blake is criticizing in his poem?**
- a. The Industrial Revolution
- b. The Russian Revolution
- c. World War I
*Note: The photograph or diagram referenced in the text is not visible in the provided image and cannot be described.*
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