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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? On the SHP website

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

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

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, on the SHP website

Did Victoria’s reign last longer than Granny?

A timeline to develop a sense of duration

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