LESSON OBJECTIVESTo be able to identify what Britain was like in 1750 and 1890 using a pictorial sources.To be able to categorise your findings about Britain and changesTo make value judgements about different aspects changes to life by 1890(were they good or bad).

How could we categorise How could we categorise

Changes?Changes?

Inferences

An inference is a smart guess- you look at an image and then make a judgement about what it tells you.

TASK: with the person TASK: with the person sitting next to you complete sitting next to you complete the tablethe table

1750 1890 Make a judgement- did live improve (explanation)

Housing

Jobs

Transport

Education

Health

The Industrial RevolutionThe Industrial Revolution

• During the late eighteenth and early During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Britain underwent nineteenth centuries Britain underwent massive changemassive change

• This was called the Industrial Revolution- This was called the Industrial Revolution- where people moved to cities to work in where people moved to cities to work in factoriesfactories

• The move to the cities is called The move to the cities is called urbanisation. It bought with it, many urbanisation. It bought with it, many problems as well as some benefitsproblems as well as some benefits

Look at the following images. Look at the following images. What do they suggest about What do they suggest about the consequences of the consequences of industrialisation?industrialisation?

So what conclusions can we So what conclusions can we make?make?• After the lesson, looking at the images and After the lesson, looking at the images and

making your inferences, what conclusions can making your inferences, what conclusions can you make about the changes that the you make about the changes that the industrial revolution bought to Britain?industrial revolution bought to Britain?

• Write a detailed conclusion and explanation Write a detailed conclusion and explanation of the changesof the changes

• Were these positive?Were these positive?

• What were the problems?What were the problems?

• Did the problems outweigh the potential?Did the problems outweigh the potential?

The Age of Queen VictoriaThe Age of Queen Victoria

• Queen Victoria reigned in England Queen Victoria reigned in England from 1837 to 1901from 1837 to 1901

• She gave her name to one of the She gave her name to one of the most famous and illustrious most famous and illustrious periods in historyperiods in history

• During her reign Britain became During her reign Britain became the richest and most powerful the richest and most powerful country in the world, with a country in the world, with a massive empire.massive empire.

• There may have been problems There may have been problems that came with the change, but that came with the change, but this was an age of innovation as this was an age of innovation as well. well.

TASK: You need to create a one page TASK: You need to create a one page research profile that looks at the research profile that looks at the Victorian age and Queen Victoria.Victorian age and Queen Victoria.