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Activities from c.1700-1900

The activities don’t really need any introduction – simply, they cover the period from around 1700 to 1900 – and, at present, the list isn’t long enough to need sub-dividing. But that may happen, sometime in the future.

 

Activities

Smugglers Ahoy: Tea for Sale

Why was 18th century smuggling so profitable, and so accepted?

Turnpikes: Mobilising the Transport Revolution

Recreate the journey times before and after turnpikes and revolutionise understanding

Did the Train Arrive on Time?

Liven up the railway revolution with a trip from Stockton to Darlington

Inventions, Inventions!

Find the connections and show how one invention led to another and transformed the textile industry

Why did Everyday Life change so much after 1750?

A sorting activity helping students see why life changed so much during the Industrial Revolution

Pre–1832 Election Game

A role play that’s simply not fair – but very good for learning

Shall we join the Chartists?

Test your acting skills and get your students researching Chartism with renewed interest and purpose

Simulating an Early Nineteenth-Century Surgical Operation

Find out how Andy Harmsworth provides his students with an engaging and memorable introduction to a series of lessons on the development of surgery (Bring your own saw!).
On the SHP website – www.schoolshistoryproject.org.uk

Lister's Antiseptic spray

Explore the difficulties Lister must have had in using the carbolic spray and perhaps discover why he faced so much opposition. Activity by Ian Luff.

Did Victoria’s reign last longer than Granny?

A timeline to develop a sense of duration

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