Assignment:
It is a primary source analysis on The Foundry Engineering Works of the Overseas Trading Company, Factory Rules .
In your essay on Factory Rules, you are required to read the primary source. The textbook and online materials also provide helpful background information for the essay.
Your essay needs a brief introduction and critical analysis in comprehensive paragraphs with a minimum of 300 words. It should be based on your primary source reading and it needs to demonstrate your analysis of the documents. Three or more specific in-text source citations are expected and required.
Consider the following questions when you write the essay:
The tone - it seems a little harsh from a modern perspective, but was it?
Use of words like "overseer," "obey," and "gatekeeper." What do those words convey?
The length of the work day.
Bathroom breaks, rule 10 - what do you make of them?
The likely impact such rules would have on the life of the individual.