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The Industrial Revolution: did industrialisation revolutionise people's lives?

In this unit, pupils learn about the changes to life brought about by the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. They learn about calls for political reform and how this led to the 1832 Great Reform Act. Pupils end the unit by considering how much the Industrial Revolution changed people's lives.

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Prior knowledge

  • Pupils know that there was very little technology used in farming or industry before the Industrial Revolution.
  • Pupils know that developments in technology often result in developments in human civilisations.
  • Pupils know that industry was an important way for people to make money.
  • Pupils know that most people lived in towns and villages before the Industrial Revolution.

Source curriculum references

  • Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change
  • Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

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