This enquiry is great for practising the application of significance criteria. It also helps students to understand that the feminist movement did not begin with the suffragettes in the early 20th century. Campaigners like Harriet Taylor Mill and Annie Besant were fighting for causes like enfranchisement, divorce and property rights[…]
Download this substantive knowledge test the unit on Power in the Industrial Period. It tests your students’ core knowledge from this unit of work. Use it alongside an end product from one of the enquiries in this unit to provide you with assessment information about your students substantive and disciplinary[…]
This enquiry provides an overview of some of the major developments of the Victorian period. To really give students a feel of the Victorian psyche, students are introduced to Aristotle. Aristotle was a much-loved philosopher during the Victorian period. This obsession reflects the broader Victorian preoccupation with the ancient world.[…]
Assess the significance of one of founders of the Industrial Revolution using this highly engaging approach.
This enquiry takes the form of a game. Students become industrial workers, and are tasked with maintaining (or improving) their financial position in society during a year in the life of an industrial worker. This is a fun way of developing students’ understanding of the period. They will encounter some[…]
This enquiry focuses on the use of child labour in the nineteenth century. It uses the classic interpretation of historian E.P. Thompson to explore this darker side of industrial progress. Thompson contends that the ‘exploitation’ of child workers was ‘one of the most shameful events in our history’. Students are[…]
Download this knowledge organiser for this unit focusing on ordinary lives in the Industrial Period. The unit is centred around the question: Did ordinary lives get better in the industrial period? This knowledge organiser provides your students with the core substantive knowledge they will need to know to be successful[…]
This enquiry focuses on an area of industrial life that is often neglected, in favour of the larger narratives of change and progress. It focuses on popular amusement, and the impact of the new entertainment form offered by music halls. Here you will use music hall entertainment as a ‘way[…]
Download this substantive knowledge test the unit on Ordinary Lives in the Industrial Period. It tests your students’ core knowledge from this unit of work. Use it alongside an end product from one of the enquiries in this unit to provide you with assessment information about your students substantive and[…]
The extraordinary personal story of Robert Blencoe helps students explore the factory system during the Industrial Revolution.
Exemplifying our approach to enquiry, this lesson uses the hook of a Turner painting and the story of events on the Zong to encourage students to tackle their ahistorical tendencies.
Here the pupils have to decide on the best location for the Museum of the Industrial Revolution. Can they use great history skills to do it?
Using the personal story of a Durham miner, this enquiry allows students to evaluate the impact of government legislation on the lives of those it was meant to protect.
Using a personal story to understand understand a trend during the Industrial Revolution: migration from rural districts to the rapidly expanding towns
Students grapple with a set of historical sources to work towards a conclusion as to who was to blame for the starvation of the Irish peasantry
This first enquiry into the environmental unit compares trendy Whitechapel today with its impoverished self of the late 19th century.
In this enquiry your students will engage the stories of the victims of Jack the Ripper to make inferences about Jack and the conditions in Whitechapel. Next, your class will consider what sources an historian might use to answer the big question – a key aspect of how this unit will be[…]
In this enquiry your students will build up their knowledge of living conditions in Whitechapel to help understand why it was so difficult to police. They start by working out the message of a cartoon published in a Penny Dreadful. Next they use their analytical skills to focus on the[…]
Starting with this graffiti that appeared on a wall in Whitechapel, this enquiry gradually builds up student knowledge of an aspect of the hunt for the Ripper. Your class will learn that this vital piece of evidence was quickly removed by a commanding officer? Why? By looking at new information your students will[…]
Frederick Aberline, the Inspector in charge of the Ripper case was highly regarded. Yet his Ripper investigation was described by NYPD Police Chief Thomas Brynes as stupid! This enquiry gets your students to answer this question. They look at the national picture, interview Inspector Abberline and decide whether Brynes’ assessment[…]
Many aspire to being promoted to positions of authority: Middle Leader, SLT, Head Teacher!? Like education, The London Metropolitan Force had a clear structure of power. Becoming Commander of a Division or an area was a big deal. But what was it like to be commander of the notorious H[…]
A famous Punch cartoon, used in this enquiry, pokes fun at Sir Charles Warren’s leadership of the Met. It suggests that so many officers were used in the investigations, the rest of London was easy pickings for thieves! Yet Charles Warren is remembered with one of those blue plaques! But, his predecessor[…]
Lots of thinking has gone into planning and resourcing this AQA period study.The rationale behind this comes straight from successful classroom practice. The entire course has been structured around 10 core principles designed to approach 2016 GCSE lessons. This AQA Germany SOW with fully resourced lesson enquiries has been designed to increase engagement and motivation.[…]
This enquiry is a classic big-picture overview of over 100 years of German history. Look at the big view before diving into the depth of the course. Berlin is THE city to visit if you study German and/ or Cold War history. However, the costs of school trips have rocketed[…]
Starting at the end with a teacher read, engaging story from Ian Kershaw’s The End, can your students work out what happened over this fascinating 50 years of history? They will look at images and match them to captions to get an overview.
How much was Kaiser Wilhelm II’s ability to rule shaped by his early life? Here we bring the personal story to life. Kaiser Wilhelm was a deeply flawed and complex personality. He was charming, capricious, intelligent yet lacking an eye for detail, cruel… and so much more. To really understand[…]
Can your students work through a decision making activity? They face the same problems as the Kaiser, but must try and make the best decisions possible. This is a fun way to cover the new AQA GCSE content 1890-1914.
Was there anything new about 20th century crimes? This enquiry acts as good revision crime across time. It also gives a really quick over-view of technological change in the 20th century before asking your students to get stuck into the enquiry question. The class will look at some so called[…]
How much did the police-force change after 1900? This enquiry uses the case of Colin Pitchfork to help your students work out how much policing changed in the 20th century. After re-capping what policing was like by 1900, your students will read about the Pitchfork case. This was the first[…]
Did the 20th century see the biggest change in the punishment of offenders? Starting with sad case of Derek Bentley (pictured), the class acts as jury to decide whether they would find Bentley innocent or guilty? We are sure they will be shocked when they find out the real verdict. This[…]
