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History at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 11: Industrial changes action and reaction

QCA

Resources

Resources include:

  • eighteenth- and nineteenth-century maps of the village/town/city in which the school is situated
  • nineteenth-century census returns, street directories and any local material relating to changing occupations
  • CD-ROMs, eg Britain 1750-1900 (British Library)
  • websites, eg Spartacus Internet Encyclopaedia of British History 1700-1920 - www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/industry.html

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?