A tale of two cities

Hoja de trabajo

1. Complete el esquema (abajo) utilizando la lista de ideas principales y de apoyo.

IDEAS PRINCIPALES

1. Unemployment at Liege.
2. Critical situation of unemployed workers in Preston.
3. Psychological problems are greater.
4. No political repercussions yet.

IDEAS DE APOYO

1. Difficult to get job interviews.
2. Violence if Tories win next elections.
3. Registrating at different hours.
4. 180 people injured.
5. Looking for a job for 18 months.
6. Thatcher’s monetary policies.
7. Use of tear gas by police.
8. You can’t find a job.
9. Similar income between employed and unemployed.
10. Steelworkers attack police.
11. Bad managements on the docks.
12. Public demand of work by a school-leaver.

ESQUEMA

Critical situation of unemployed workers in Preston.

Laid off after 30 years

Looking for a job for 18 months.

Similar income between employed and unemployed.

You can’t find a job.

More than 10,000 people are unemployed, situation expected to get worse.

Lay off of 1,800 workers

Difficult to get job interviews.

Public demand of work by a school-leaver.

Desperate advertisement

Opinions about the causes of crisis in Preston

Bad managements on the docks.

Lack of modern equipment

Thatcher’s monetary policies.

No political repercussionsyet

Unemployed begin to take a political attitude

Violence if Tories win next elections.

Unemployment at Liege.

Unemployment offices in public buildings

Registrating at different hours.

Psychological problems are greater.____________________________

Similar income between employed and unemployed.

Inactivity affects workers

Violence in Liege

Steelworkers attack police.

Use of tear gas by police.

180 people injured.

Workers’ complaints