Britain 1750 - 1850 - First Industrial Nation

This outstanding resource is built around the timeless 1990s BBC classic from the series ‘The History File.’ If you are new to the profession, then the basic concept behind the series was to place a young girl called Melanie into a Virtual Reality Museum and let her investigate various history issues. Funny enough technology has now come full circle with the latest VR technology. This is an excellent series, which will engage your most challenging students on those dark rainy days when the wind is howling around the school!

This video observation sheet was designed to be used with the episode called 'Britain, First Industrial Nation 1750 - 1850. I have included a link to the official HD version on YouTube. If you are looking for a great way to cover in a fun and engaging way all those difficult industrial statistics, whilst getting over the big ideas on change and continuity from 1750 - 1850 and the move from manufacturing to factory production, then this is the lesson for you.

When you download this free resource from the History Academy, you will be able to access a fully editable, three page Microsoft Word document. It contains 15 differentiated tasks that are structured around watching the video and making effective notes. In some sections you might rewind the video and and get you students to actively listen before making their notes. The last task involves getting your students to write up their video notes for homework answering an extended question.

If you are interested in splashing out on the price of a cup of coffee to help support our efforts, you could purchase an accompanying SEND PowerPoint which includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, information slides, tasks and activities to complete alongside the video. It also includes templates from the video observation sheet so that you can summarise your students notes on your IWB as well as templates from the accompanying writing frame to help your students produce an extended piece of writing or essay on the topic. You can purchase these additional resources from: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/send-first-industrial-nation-12132740

The aims and objectives of this lesson are:

Theme: Industrial Revolution
Know: How did Britain change from 1750 to 1850?
Understand: Why did Britain change from 1750 to 1850?
Evaluate: What changed and what stayed the same from 1750 – 1850?
Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration

WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Identify & describe: How Britain changed from 1750 - 1850?
Explain: Why did Britain change from 1750 – 1850?
Analyse: What impact did muscles to machines have on Britain?

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Roy