Full lesson, designed for use with KS3 students to introduce them to some of the key inventions made in Britain during the period of the Industrial Revolution.
The lesson introduces them to six key inventions: the Steam Engine, the Locomotive (steam trains), the Water Frame, Tarmac, the Bessemer Converter and the Seed Drill.
It begins by prompting students to think about which of these they may have heard of before and to discuss in pairs what they think each one might do judging by the name of it.
They will then be given a worksheet (included) which gives them a diagram of each invention, and a short sentence describing what each one does for them to try and match up. This should be followed by a quick discussion explaining why / how each invention was significant.
Finally, students will be given an information sheet with a short summary of each invention’s history and how it was significant. They will use this information to ‘rank’ each invention by significance (in their own opinion), cutting and sticking a small image of each one onto their ranking sheet and writing a short explanation of their decision/thought process in the explanation box next to each diagram.
Includes lesson PowerPoint, two task worksheets and an information sheet. All can be edited to adjust lesson if desired.
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