Market Place Activity: Coal Mining in Britain before 1984

This market place activity on ‘Coal Mining before 1984’ covers the period from just before the Coal iInes Act in 1842 to just before the Miners’ Strike in 1984. It is designed to be fun and interactive and get pupils cooperating and moving around the classroom, whilst providing an overview of the changes to miners working conditions. The topics covered include the reforms introduced by the 1842 Coal Mines Act, the formation of the first trade union, the General Strike, Nationalisation, the formation on both the NCB and the NUM and the 1972 strike which brought down Edward Heath’s Conservative government. This lesson is aimed at students in KS3 and KS4 and follows on from looking at conditions in the coal mines in the 18th & 19th Centuries and would serve as a good introduction to the Miners’ Strike.

This lesson is aimed at KS3 and was designed originally for a middle ability Year 9 class, but it is also suitable for KS4 students studying modern Britain. In addition to the market place activity, we have included a range of different activities that you can sellect for your classes from knowledge recall questions, heads and tails timeline, missing words, word search, knowledge quizzes, review triangles and an essay question along with supporting activities and templates.

When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a 29 slide PowerPoint Presentation which includes aims, objectives, starters, plenaries, templates for photocopying, tasks, activities, word searches, knowledge quizzes video links, information slides as well as historical sources. We have also uploaded the PowerPoint as PDFs, just in case you do not have access to Microsoft Office. In addition, we have also uploaded the wordsearch as a PDF.

Please look at the sample preview for further information. The aims and objectives of this lesson are:

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