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History at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 11: Industrial changes action and reaction

QCA

Prior learning

It is helpful if pupils have:

  • awareness of the need for changes in agriculture, industry and transport
  • some knowledge of their local area
  • used and evaluated a range of historical sources as part of an investigation into aspects of the past

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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?