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History at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 11: Industrial changes action and reaction

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Expectations

At the end of this unit

most pupils will: extract information from maps of different dates and describe changes in local industry, agriculture or transport 1750-1850; compare these local changes with the national pattern; conduct an in-depth investigation into how a particular local industry changed during the period; describe how people reacted to the changes; consider a range of sources from about 1850 and make judgements about how far the country had changed

some pupils will not have made so much progress and will: use at least two local maps of different periods to identify some changes in work in the local area 1750-1850; describe some of the changes in the locality; identify some of the ways in which people were affected by these changes; suggest reasons why some people were violently opposed to the way jobs changed 1750-1850; make some links between local changes and developments at national level

some pupils will have progressed further and will: analyse relationships between local changes in industry, agriculture and transport with the national scene, identifying the similarities and differences in the pace of change; analyse people's motives in opposing the changes and account for the variety of responses; explain the different forms of protest that took place and evaluate how effective they were; evaluate how far Britain was industrialised by 1850


Sections in this unit

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1. What industrial changes happened in the locality around the school?
2. Local industry: what happened?
3. Did everyone agree with the industrial changes?
4. How industrialised was Britain by 1850?