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
Why was 18th century smuggling so profitable, and so accepted? On the SHP website |
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Recreate the journey times before and after turnpikes and revolutionise understanding |
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Liven up the railway revolution with a trip from Stockton to Darlington |
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Find the connections and show how one invention led to another and transformed the textile industry |
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A role play that’s simply not fair – but very good for learning |
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Test your acting skills and get your students researching Chartism with renewed interest and purpose |
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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, on the SHP website |
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A timeline to develop a sense of duration |
