Y8 HISTORY · INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
"How did new machines change who had power?"
The framework picks up Function and Change as this lesson's two focus concepts. Pupils return to them in every activity. The other six sit ready for next lesson's inquiry.
THE BIG IDEA · INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
"Understanding how technological advancements reshape society."
Form
What is it like?
Describe the characteristics of the Industrial Revolution.
Function
How does it work?
How did the steam engine change the way factories operated?
Causation
Why is it like it is?
What triggered the shift from cottage to factory system?
Change
How is it changing?
In what ways did urbanisation alter landscapes and communities?
Connection
How is it linked?
Connections between invention, capital, and empire.
Perspective
What are the points of view?
Workers, owners, reformers, children — who benefited?
Responsibility
What is our responsibility?
What lessons apply to today's industrial transitions?
Reflection
How do we know?
Primary sources, historians' debates, evaluating evidence.