Irah Concepcion BSOA 2B
ASSIGNMENT NO. 1 (Individual Work)
SCAVENGER HUNT
Instructions:
1. Research for any article related to the office. Make sure to provide your
reference/s.
2. Answer the questions below.
THE OFFICE: SCAVENGER HUNT
Find the following items:
1. An article about the office.
Write the title of the article and
a three-sentence summary.
2. An unusual fact. Enumerate
and explain the fact in your own
words.
3. The item, event, or person
feature in the chosen article.
Name the item, event, or
person, the year that it
happened, and describe what
you learned.
Present your findings in this column and in
paragraph form. Read directions carefully to
ensure you get the credit for each item.
How the Office Became a Place to Work
Employees are starting to return to their
traditional desks in large shared spaces. But
centuries ago, ‘office’ just meant work to be
done, not where to do it. The Office is the
modern ambivalence toward deskbound
work.
The inventions of the light bulb and elevator
meant more employees could be crammed
into larger spaces for longer hours. The light
bulb revolutionized the world in a variety of
ways, including aiding the construction of
enormous power grids, altering society's
social and economic structure.
From glittering new offices in Leadenhall
Street, the East India Company began
administering its Indian holdings. Charles
Lamb, an essayist and critic, started as a
junior clerk at the East India Company in
1792 and stayed until his retirement, but he
despised office life, which he referred to as
"daylight servitude." "I always arrive late at
the office," he famously wrote, "but I make
up for it by leaving early." The office wasn't
seen as a prison without walls by everyone.

4. The “All about” section. What is
the topic being featured? What
is the “Wow” fact?
5. A word you don’t know. Write
the word and the definition
(look it up).
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-office-became-a-place-to-work-
11624560388
It might be empowering for women.
Office employment, contrary to popular
assumption, is not a monstrous creation of
the capitalist system. The temple cities of
Mesopotamia employed teams of scribes to
keep records of official affairs as early as
3000 B.C.
Outlier - a person or thing differing from all
other members of a particular group or set.