Some people say History is one of the most important school subjects. Other people think that, in today’s world, subjects like Science and Technology are more important than History. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

The diagram illustrates data about male and female factory employee figures in two cities between 1851 and 1901. Overall, in almost all the years presented there were more working men than women.

To begin

with, in 1851 there was the highest number of both men and women at work while 1901 had the least figures with 31 000 and 30 000 respectively. To add on, during the beginning of the period, there were many employees compared to all years under review,

however

, 1901 had very few people at work. In 1861 most women were employed compared to men.

Furthermore

,

factories

were few at the beginning of the period with only 225 while the employees were many. As the

factories

increased the number of employees decreased. The development of

factories

had an increasing trend, in 1881 they had more

factories

developed compared to all other periods under review, the numbers,

however

, went down in the

last

two decades from 721 to 600.