The Genius of Bazalgette

This education session is designed to explore and celebrate the work of Joseph Bazalgette, arguably the most significant engineer of the nineteenth century and certainly the engineer who has had most impact on the lives of Londoners up to the present day.

There are different enquiries and extension activities, using a wide range of historical sources and featuring creative responses, citizenship considerations, brief historical backgrounds and primary sources. The structure of each enquiry is only a suggestion with sufficient flexibility to enable teachers to adjust them to suit their own learning outcomes. The pack can support any investigation of nineteenth century urban life, as it covers such broad themes as civic government, planning, health and engineering. Please contact us for more information and available dates.

History

ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901
a study of a significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments
Citizenship

the roles played by public institutions and voluntary groups in society, and the ways in which citizens work together to improve their communities, including opportunities to participate in school-based activities
the different ways in which a citizen can contribute to the improvement of their community, to include the opportunity to participate actively in community volunteering, as well as other forms of responsible activity
Geography

Human and physical geography - understand, through the use of detailed place-based exemplars at a variety of scales, the key processes in human geography relating to population and urbanisation; international development; economic activity in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors; and the use of natural resources
Science

Scientific attitudes - understand that scientific methods and theories develop as earlier explanations are modified to take account of new evidence and ideas, together with the importance of publishing results and peer review
The development of scientific thinking - explaining everyday and technological applications of -science; evaluating associated personal, social, economic and environmental implications; and making decisions based on the evaluation of evidence and arguments
Topic: Biology - Health, disease and the development of medicines