How did Britain change between 1750 and 1900? (Intro to Industrial Revolution)

An introductory lesson to the Industrial Revolution, where students will look at home the IR had an impact on the landscape and population. Includes key words.

1)a fun starter - how many of the pictures can pupils identify? What do they all have in common (all invented/discovered during the IR)

1. a ‘spot the difference’ between 2 scenes (1750-1900). Table to fill in responses included

2. Assessing population size, urbanisation and life expenctancy - what can that tell us about the changes happening to people’s lives?

3. A cycle to explain population growth

4. A final task - write a letter home after living in an industrial city for a few months, to highlight there differences (also emphasises the change of moving away from a support system)