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Industrial Revolution
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Summary
13kb

Summary revision sheet on the Industrial Revolution providing bullet point information on changes, causes and results.

submitted by Ms Hanbidge


Working class
280kb

Source analysis exercise based on working class living conditions in the mid-1800s.  Four pages with written and cartoon sources - questions included.

Submitted by Mr Jones


Textile Industry
13kb

Summary revision sheet on the Textile Industry with information on the processes and key developments together with an explanation why cotton was so important. 

submitted by Ms Hanbidge


Factories and mines
10kb

Summary revision sheet covering the Factories and Mines Acts.  Factual detail showing the meaning and importance of each Act.

submitted by Ms Hanbidge


Canals
56kb

Three page worksheet offering detailed information and tasks about canals and with a specific focus on the Bridgewater canal. 

submitted by Mr Yelland


Canals
13kb

Summary revision sheet providing information on Canals including advantages, disadvantages and problems.

submitted by Ms Hanbidge


Coal
10kb

Summary revision sheet providing information on Coal including its uses and the problems associated with mining.

submitted by Ms Hanbidge


Iron
10kb

Summary revision sheet providing information on Iron including its uses and famous people associated with production.

submitted by Ms Hanbidge


Industrial towns
10kb

Summary revision sheet with information about living and working in 19th Century Industrial Towns, covering factory conditions.

submitted by Ms Hanbidge


Pottery
20kb

Brief summary revision sheet providing information on pottery and its related importance to the Industrial Revolution

submitted by Ms Hanbidge


Railway trials
280kb

Information and tasks relating to the Rainhill Trials and the development of the Liverpool to Manchester railway.

Submitted by Miss Nolan


Railways
16kb

Summary revision sheet covering railways with information on railway development, opposition and effects.

submitted by Ms Hanbidge


Road transport
14kb

Detailed revision sheet with information on changes and developments of roads including Turnpikes and famous road engineers.

submitted by Ms Hanbidge



Business growth
82kb

Why did businesses grow in the nineteenth century?  Examination of what allowed businesses to grow with tasks including creation of a diagram.

Submitted by Miss Scudamore

 

 

 

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