Made in Dagenham - Questions
1.Watch the trailer of the movieMade in Dagenham. Answer these questions:
- Where and when does the scene take place?
- Where are the women working?
- What do they want?
- What did they do?
- Is it entirely a work of fiction?
- Who did their actions reach?
- Who was it a problem for?
2.Watch the trailer one last time and make a guess. Can you write what you think this film is about?
Dagenham women strike - Site
Vocabulary tips:
- plant:usine
- skilled: qualifié
- intervenedon behalf: s'exprima à la faveur de
Dagenham women strike - Questions
Before you learn more about the events represented in the photography and the text:
1.What are the women doing in the photography? Give two reasons they are here for.
2.Where did they work?
3.According to the text, did they succeed?
The Dagenham machinists look back - Vidéo
Extraits étudiés : jusqu'à 0:11 ; de 0:25 à 1:50.
The Dagenham machinists look back - Questions
1.Looking back on the memorable strike that happened in Dagenham.
- Who are these women?
- How long has it been since the strikes and protests in Dagenham?
- How has the situation been since their strike?
- Why did they go on strike?
- What was these women's pay grade at Ford?
- For the same jobs, what was the men's pay grade?
- What word does the journalist use to talk about the difference?
- How did the women feel about it?
- Why do the women say they were skilled at their jobs?
2.Training for the exam.
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