Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly words relating to:
- industrial, agrarian and transport change,
eg open fields, balks, rotation, enclosure, selective breeding, parliamentary commissioners, common land, textiles, factories, spinning, weaving, out-workers, water-power, steam-power, hand-loom weavers, clothier, mill, mining, smelting, puddling, rolling, ironmaster, ventilation, packhorses, stagecoaches, navvies, tolls, turnpike trusts, surveyor, tarmacadam, street directory, census
Speaking and listening - through the activities pupils could:
- describe and evaluate how the work was undertaken and what led to the conclusions
- discuss and respond to initial ideas and information, carry out the task and then review and refine ideas
Reading - through the activities pupils could:
- select relevant information and link to other information from a range of sources
- undertake independent research using knowledge of how texts, databases, etc are organised and of appropriate reading strategies
Writing - through the activities pupils could:
- organise facts/ideas/information in an appropriate sequence
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