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History at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 11: Industrial changes action and reaction

QCA

Future learning

Pupils' knowledge and understanding of industrial developments in Britain provides a basis for understanding aspects of unit 12 'Middle-class life 1900' and unit 14 'The British Empire'. Issues to do with human rights and protest are developed in unit 16 'The franchise'. Pupils have opportunities to build on evidential skills when carrying out investigations in unit 12 'Middle-class life 1900'.


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?