Convicts Worksheet 1

 

Names of Researchers: _________________________________________________

 

Write the name of the job next to the skills involved.

Brickmaker

Carpenter

Milliner

Labourer

Farmer

Chimney Sweep

Caulker

Charwoman

Weaver

Hawker

 

Job

Skills

 

I build and fix the wooden parts of houses and other buildings

 

I weave the material that is used to make clothes

 

I am skilled to work with animals and plants

 

I walk around the streets selling goods to people in their houses

 

I make things waterproof by filling the spaces between planks or boards. I work mainly with boats and ships.

 

I am young and small. I climb down chimneys to clean them out.

 

I am a male. I have no training but I am strong and hard working. I like to work outside.

 

I am a female and I do odd jobs of housework like cleaning, dusting, polishing, washing and making beds.

 

I am a girl who makes and sells hats for women.

 

I dig up clay and make it into blocks for building.

 

 

My three choices are:

1.     ___________________________ because _____________

 

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                                    2. ___________________________ because______________

 

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                                    3. ___________________________ because ______________

 

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