Classroom Activities for British History: 1700-1950

Each assessment contains a wide range of source material and several questions that will help students to develop the ability to interpret and evaluate information.

We have also provided a commentary on the questions that should be of help to the student and teacher.

IR01 Child Labour Simulation (Teacher Notes)

IR02 Richard Arkwright and the Factory System (Answer Commentary)

IR03 Robert Owen and New Lanark (Answer Commentary)

IR04 James Watt and Steam Power (Answer Commentary)

IR05 The Domestic System (Answer Commentary)

IR06 The Luddites: 1775-1825 (Answer Commentary)

IR07 The Plight of the Handloom Weavers (Answer Commentary)

IR08 Road Transport and the Industrial Revolution (Answer Commentary)

IR09 Canal Mania (Answer Commentary)

IR10 Early Development of the Railways (Answer Commentary)

IR11 Health Problems in Industrial Towns (Answer Commentary)

IR12 Public Health Reform in the 19th century (Answer Commentary)

IR13 The Chartists (Answer Commentary)

IR14 Women and the Chartist Movement (Answer Commentary)

IR15 1832 Reform Act and the House of Lords (Answer Commentary)

IR16 Benjamin Disraeli and the 1867 Reform Act (Answer Commentary)

IR17 William Gladstone and the 1884 Reform Act (Answer Commentary)

IR18 The Coal Industry: 1600-1925 (Answer Commentary)

IR19 Women in the Coalmines (Answer Commentary)

IR20 Child Labour in the Collieries (Answer Commentary)