poor housing in the towns
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Poor Housing in the Towns. Lesson starter: Write a list of all the problems which poor housing had. Example ‘Shared toilets’. Today we will…. Identify the problems of slum housing in Scotland’s cities Understand why these problems made people unhealthy. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Poor Housing in the Towns
Lesson starter:Write a list of all the problems which poor housing had.Example ‘Shared toilets’
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Today we will…
• Identify the problems of slum housing in Scotland’s cities
• Understand why these problems made people unhealthy
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• Before we learn about all the new types of housing in Scotland, we need to understand why change was needed during the 20th century
• This lesson will provide us with evidence of all the problems of slum housing
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A Glasgow Tenement, 1868
• Glue the picture of the tenement into your jotter under this heading
• A series of labels will now come up on the board which you will add to the picture
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Uneven pavement Children sitting in
alleyway
Flooded alley
Poor gas lighting
Narrow alleyway
Washing lines in close
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Small windows and doors
Open sewer
Dark and dingy alleyway
No green open spaces
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What might this house have we can’t see?
• Shared toilets• Single room for
whole families• High rent• No running water• No electricity
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During the 19th and 20th centuries many people moved to towns and
cities for work.
This meant there was a shortage of decent housing and people were
forced into slum housing where the rent was expensive despite terrible
conditions.
Why did people put up with these homes?
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Mind Map Task
• Using ‘Slum Housing’ as your title, create a mind map which lists all the problems of Glasgow slums
• The list on page 6 of the housing booklet should make up the content of your mind map
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KU Practice
• Identify some of the problems of slum housing in Scotland’s cities between 1880 and 1900.
4 marks
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ES Practice – 2005 General
4. Selecting Evidence – use table method
5. Conclusions – use answers from table and own knowledge
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Today we will…
• Identify the hazards of living in a Glasgow tenement in the 19th century
• Understand why these made people unhealthy