This is an exciting Key Stage 3 resource for teaching lower attainers about the issues and events that characterize the birth and development of industrial Britain, its relations with Europe and the growing Empire. It never lets go of the period's story, providing opportunities to examine the big picture and investigate particular topics. Did you know that Napoleon might have been poisoned by his wallpaper; that slaves who refused to eat had their teeth broken and food forced into their mouths; that during the Indian Mutiny the British executed prisoners by tying them to the front of their cannons; or that one reason why the Titanic sank was because the sea was so calm?

 

This book is part of a book series called Hodder History .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Hodder Education .

John D Clare is Deputy Headteacher at Greenfields Comprehensive School, Newton Aycliffe and a well-known author of educational textbooks.

This book has the following chapters: Britain in 1750 and 1900; the Agricultural Revolution; the coming of machines; the powerhouse of industry - coal and iron; transport; Britain's colonies and overseas trade; wars with France; the British Empire in India; the slave trade; reform and protest; women in the 19th century; exploration; developments in medicine; changes in warfare; the Titanic - the end of the 19th century?