History KS3 1750–1900

Agricultural Revolution During the 19th century, machinery was designed

to do the work of several men, but was often still
horse-powered.
This presentation is designed to
teach:
• what the agricultural
revolution was
• the effects of enclosure
• new machinery and the
impact on agriculture
• the effects of the revolution
on society. © Boardworks Ltd 2001

This presentation contains

approximately 17 slides.

Factory Conditions Conditions in the Mines

This presentation is designed to
teach:
• a comparison between
Coal and iron mines employed thousands of workers. Some
started as young as 6 as ‘door-boys’, opening and closing
doors for the hauliers in the pitch dark. Older children and
women hauled trucks of coal or iron weighing up to a ton to
where it could be lifted to the surface.

domestic life and life in

factories
• how workers were treated in
factories
• what life was like in a
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• why life was difficult for

factory workers
• factory accidents
• a comparison of the factories
of Arkwright and Owen
• conditions in the mines
• the impact of legislation.

This presentation contains

approximately 33 slides.

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How did Britain change between
1750 and 1900?
This presentation is designed to
teach:
• how population, work,
transport, politics, education,
and health changed in this
period
• a comparison between life in
1750 and life in 1900.
This presentation contains
approximately 16 slides.
Industrial Revolution
This presentation is designed to
teach:
• the domestic system and why
it changed
• inventions in the textile
industry
• the factory system
• the impact of the steam
engine
• the impact on population and
the workforce
• the impact on transport and
the British Empire.
This presentation contains
approximately 23 slides.
Living Conditions
This presentation is designed to
teach:
• what living conditions were
like in an industrial town
• problems in towns
• the effects of poor housing
on health
• Chadwick and Booth and
their impact on living
conditions
• the Poor Law and
History KS3 1750–1900
Working in Britain in 1750
Most people were involved in farming.
They worked either for themselves or
for a landowner or farmer.
• All farming was done by hand
or horse power. This meant
that many people were needed to work
the land.
•Manufacturing industries were small and
goods were produced in people’s own homes
or in small workshops. Any machinery (e.g.
spinning wheels, looms) was powered by
human, horse or water power.
Compare work in 1750 with work today.
How many differences can you find?
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How the workforce changed:
Farming
Mining and
industry
Trade and
transport
Professional
and other
Occupations in 1801 Occupations in 1871
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All water had to be fetched
by hand from a communal
pump. Clothes were washed
by hand.
What do
you think
were the
effects
of no
running
water on
personal
hygiene?
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 History KS3 1750–1900

workhouses.

This presentation contains

approximately 24 slides.

Popular Protest % of adults

over 21
allowed to
vote

This presentation is designed to % of adults

not allowed
1831 1833
teach: to vote

• why people might want to

protest about life in the 19th
century
• political protest and electoral 1867 1884 1918

reform Which of the Reform Acts of 1832, 1867 or 1884 brought

• violent protests the greatest change to the electoral system?
Why do you think the number of electors increased so
• the effects of protest much in 1918?

• protest by women. © Boardworks Ltd 2001

This presentation contains

approximately 16 slides.

Population 1750–1900
Population: How the number of
people in the UK changed 1750 - 1900
This presentation is designed to
teach: 45
40
What was the population
of the UK in
• how the population changed 35
30
a) 1750 and b) 1900?
over the period 25
20 millions
15 • How many more
• why the population grew so 10
5 people were there in
quickly 0 1900 than in 1750?
1750

1801

1821

1841

1861

1881

1901

• the impact of rural • By how many times did

the population increase
depopulation between 1750 and
1900?
• the growth of industrial
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• the effects of the increased

population
• evidence for population
growth.

This presentation contains

approximately 8 slides.

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The Coal Industry

This presentation is designed to
teach:
• why the coal industry
expanded
• changes in the industry.
King Coal
Mass production of coal was
both a cause and a
consequence of the
industrial revolution.
Transport and machinery
depended heavily on coal
and therefore the coal
industry expanded to meet
that demand.

This presentation contains As a result, Britain’s large coal reserves helped industry to
develop faster than any other country in the world. The
approximately 9 slides. importance of coal to Britain’s economy is shown by the
nickname it was given - ‘King Coal’.

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The Empire Empire and the slave trade

The slave trade was one of Britain’s most important
trades in the 18th century.
This presentation is designed to
teach: The ship
British manufactured
then reloaded Britain
goods
with raw
were
materials
taken byfrom
• what the British Empire was shipplantations,
the and exchanged such in
as
• what imperialism is West Africa
cotton,
slaves.
and
tobacco,
for black
or sugar,
returned to Britain. Africa

• the relationship between These products

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then
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loadedbeonto
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empire and the slave trade into
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• emigration and the impact on which
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Indies,towhere
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slaves
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to plantation
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• how native people were continued.
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• the relationship between

empire and trade.

This presentation contains

approximately 15 slides.

Transport
By the late 19th
century large,
This presentation is designed to powerful railway
teach: locomotives could
haul huge loads at
• the revolution in transport very fast speeds.
and the relationship with the These continued to
be used to carry
industrial revolution freight and
• the first canals passengers as late
as the 1960s.
• the impact of steam and the
development on the railways
• the effects of the railways.
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This presentation contains

approximately 21 slides.

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 History KS3 1750–1900

Who Revolutionized Industry?

This presentation is designed to

teach:
• the Darlbys and the iron
industry, and the impact on
industry
• James Watt and the steam
engine, and the impact on
industry
Before long, steam engines almost became works of art.
• inventions which changed
the textile industry. © Boardworks Ltd 2001

This presentation contains

approximately 19 slides.

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