This is a module which involves KS2 pupils in local history.

Its main purpose is to help pupils identify the events and innovations that cause communities to change.

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There was nothing but lakes and valleys and hills in the place we call the Lake District.

It is one of Britain’s most important places for tourists, shipbuilding, nuclear energy, and much more!

Like the place where you live, the Lake District has changed very much over many years.

But has it changed in the same way as the place where you live?

And can you work out why it has changed?

Is it people or nature that have made the biggest changesto the Lake District, or both?

This presentation will help you to find some of the answers.

It will also make you think in a completely new way about thearea where you live.

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Hadrian's Wall

Around 122AD the Roman Emperor Hadrian built Hadrian's wall to stop troublemakers.

The wall was built from Wallsend on the River Tyne to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast.

It was 117km long.

It took 6 years to build.

Its ruins can still be seen today.

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Carlisle Cathedral

Carlisle Cathedral is in northern Cumbria.

It was built in 1122.

At this time the church was a very important part of people's lives.

The Church owned lots of land and livestock.

Peasant farmers had to give a tithe or one tenth of everything they produced.

Many bishops and abbots were rich and powerful.

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Canals

The Industrial Revolution started in the 1700s.

Many people worked in factories.

Canals were built to move materials and products.

The Ulverston Canal opened in 1796 and is claimed to be the deepest, widest and straightest Canal in the UK.

It was once the starting point for steamers to Liverpool, passenger ships to Scotland and London, and cargoes of slate to coastal towns.

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The Lake District

The Lake District is the largest of the UK's National Parks.

It contains 16 lakes and the only 2 mountains in England.

The highest is Scafell Pike.

Millions of people from around the country and the world come to visit the Lake District.

There are many famous routes for walkers such as the Pennine Way, the Coast to Coast Walk and the Sea to Sea Cycle Route.

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Railways

Railway lines replaced the canals in the 1800s.

They could move raw materials and products more quickly.

The Railways were built to support the coal mining, iron ore mining and steel making industries in Cumbria.

Many railway lines closed in the 1900s as industries declined.

Main routes keep Cumbria connected to other places around Britain.

The famous Settle to Carlisle railway is very popular with visitors.

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Leisure and Tourism

This is the harbour at Whitehaven on the west coast of Cumbria.

The town was built around the shipping and mining industries.

Cumbria is now very popular with holiday-makers and tourists.

Lots of people work in the hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions.

The harbour has been rebuilt with a new marina, and offers water-based activities and a visitors centre.

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Sellafield

Sellafield is on the Cumbrian coast, close to the River Calder and Wastwater.

By 1959 it had 4 nuclear reactors.

Today, those reactors are being dismantled because they havecome to the end of their working life.

Sellafield has gone through lots of changes in a short time, in comparison to Hadrian's Wall.

Sellafield is now a world famous centre for dismantling nuclear power stations and developing new technologies.

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Britain's Energy Coast

This is a plan for Cumbria to become famous around the world for its energy industries.

The energy industries are nuclear, oil and gas industries.

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As well as renewable energy industries such as wind and wave power.

The plan is to create lots of new jobs in Cumbria for people to work in the different energy industries.

The plan will also help the leisure and tourism industry and houses, hospitals, schools and sports facilities in Cumbria.