SHPHISTORYYEAR 8

CHRIS CULPINIANDAWSON

DALEBANHAMBETHAN EDWARDSSALLY BURNHAM

Contents

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INTRODUCTION 2

The book with no nameA quick history of Britain 1500-1900Oln Hi to y: Chronology

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The IndustriaRevolution

1500: Which horne would you like to live in?Roll up! Roll up! Take a chance on life!The Big Graph Challenge: Part l 1500-1750

What did the Industrial Revolution do for us?A better life? Manchester in 1850The Big Graph Challenge: Part 2, 1750-1850What a difference a train makes!Inside a Victorian photo graph album

Doing Hi tory: EvidenceThe Big Graph Challenge: Part 3, 1850-1900Why was ordinary life chan ging so much?The Big Story: Ordinary Life Part ThreeWhat were they thinking about ... ordinary life?

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SECTION 2 EMPIRE: WHY WERE EUROPEANSMADABOUT EMPIRES? SO

An extraordinary meetingA quick history of European empires

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The SpanishEmpire inCentralAmerica

Travellers' tales: how would the Spaniards describe theAztecs to their friends back in Europe? 54

How did the Spanish defeat of the Aztecs change Spain and Mexico? 60The Big Story: Empire Part Two 62

Interpretations 64

The BritishEmpire

Why were the British so worried about their empire in the 1780s?What made Thomas Clarkson so angry?How did the slave trade work?The Clarkson ChallengeThe story of abolition - how should it be told?

InterpretationsWhy were people so praud of the British Empire in 1900?The Big Story: Empire Part Two (continued)

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SECTION 3 MOVEMENT AND SETTLEMENT: INTO THE UNKNOWN: 98WERE ALLEMIGRANTS BRAVEAND ADVENTUROUS?

Investigating the lives of emigrants fram BritainDiversity and generalisation

The Big Story: Movement and Settlement Part Two

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SECTION 4 CONFLlCT: WHICH WARS SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT? 112

The SpanishArmada

TheNapoleonicWars

Doing Histor Causes

Why did the Spanish Armada fai1?

Was Nelson the main reason why Napoleon's invasion failed?

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Now for samething completely different! 128The lang, the short and the bloody! War and peace 1066-2000 130Which British wars should you know about? 134DOlng is 0 Significance 135The Big Story: Conflict and Co-operation Part Two 136Conflict and co-operation: how were ideas and beliefs changing? 138

SECTION 5 POWER: MONARCHY:WHEN AND WHY DID 140KINGS LOSE CONTROL?

Civil WarDepth Study

Would you have signed Charles 1's death warrant? 140

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How well can you explain the Medieval Royal Rollercoaster? 150The Royal Rollercoaster: yom hypothesis! 152Put yom mler in the Hot Seat! 156

Why were ideas and attitudes to monarchy changing?Hero or villain? Why do reputations change over time?Doing Histo : Change and continuityThe Big Story: Power Part Two - monarchy

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SECTION 6 POWER: DEMOCRACY: HOW DID ORDINARY PEOPLE 178WIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE?

The FrenchRevolution

Winningthe vote inBritain

A day that made historyHow can you change things for the beUer?

What did the French Revolution achieve?Consequences of the French Revolution

Could it happen here?What was wrong with British elections?Peterloo 1819: what did they want and did they get it?The reform riots of 1831: the same story?How did the Chartists try to win the vote?What is the best way to win the vote?

ConsequencesSo who was proved right?The Big Story: Power Part Two - democracy

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AVE YOU LEARNED THIS YEAR•••? 216

... about sources? 216

... about significance: what and who should be remembered? 218

... about people: who would you like to meet at the History party? 220

... about Big Stories: can you make connections? 222

... about ideas and beliefs? 224Coming soon in the Big Story of ... 226The book with no name! 229

Index 229Acknowledgements 232

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