Year 9 History - Industrial Revolution Notes

Year 9 History Course Overview

  • Objective: Understand expectations for Year 9 History.

  • Objective: Review learning about the Industrial Revolution (c. 1750-1900) and its impact.

Key Vocabulary

  • Industrial Revolution: A transformation in Britain after 1750, leading to changes in production and society.

  • Progress: Things getting better.

  • Regress: Things getting worse.

  • Agricultural: Related to farming.

  • Age of Steam: Refers to 18th and 19th century Britain, characterized by the development and use of steam engines in transport and manufacturing.

  • Empire: A group of countries (colonies) ruled by another country (Mother Country), e.g., the British Empire.

  • Enfranchisement: Being granted the right to vote.

  • Interpretation: A historian's view of an event; different historians may have different interpretations.

  • Atlantic Slave Trade: The transportation of enslaved African people by slave traders, mainly to the Americas, from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Visual Data and Examples

  • Visual A: Journey times between locations (likely showing reduced times due to industrial advancements).

  • Visual B: Map illustrating the extent of the British Empire, including regions in Canada, USA, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

  • Visual C: Image related to clothing trade in the North of England which contains Leeds.

  • Visual D: Key showing types of resources and activities in different regions of the British Empire, including cotton and silk, metal mining and agriculture.

  • Visual E: Data about journey times.

  • Visual F, N: Unspecified visual data.

  • Visual G: Chart showing numbers relating to the British Empire

  • Visual H: Possibly depicting the British Empire.

  • Visual I: Possibly depicting the British Empire.

  • Visual J, K, L, M: Unspecified visual data related to key towns, resources, or activities like coal, iron, cotton, silk, metal mining, agriculture, wool, cloth and shipbuilding.

Change Analysis (1750 vs. 1900)

  • Towns and Cities:

    • 1750: Smaller towns and cities.

    • 1900: Towns and cities had grown in size.

  • Methods of Working:

    • Implied Regress: People had to work to the clock (more regimented labor).

  • Number and Type of Factories:

    • 1750: Smaller number and variety of factories.

    • 1900: Greater number and variety of products/factories.

  • Voting Rights:

    • 1750: Very few people could vote.

    • 1900: More men were enfranchised (government was more democratic).

  • The British Empire:

    • Implied Progress: Trade made Britain wealthier and provided a greater variety of goods.

  • Methods of Transport:

    • 1750: Horse and cart on poor quality roads.

    • 1900: Replaced by railways (improved transport).

  • Journey Times:

    • 1750: Much longer journey times.

    • 1900: Journey times were shorter.

Plenary Task - True or False Statements

  • Statement 1: Transport became faster and more efficient after steam engines were invented. TRUE

  • Statement 2: Towns got smaller as people moved to the countryside. FALSE. Towns got bigger as people moved from the countryside.

  • Statement 3: The way things were made changed. People began to work in factories instead of at home. TRUE

  • Statement 4: More and more men got the vote as time went on. This gave ordinary men more power. TRUE

  • Statement 5: The number of coal mines decreased over time. FALSE. The number of coal mines increased over time.

  • Statement 6: The British increased the size of their empire (countries ruled over). TRUE

  • Statement 7: Cotton and silk production increased over time. TRUE

  • Statement 8: Britain became a more agricultural (farming) country. FALSE. Britian became less agricultural and more industrial.