Key Stage 3-4+ History Resources
On this page you will find freely downloadable resource packs, for use in the History classroom.
These packs have been developed with History teachers, to encourage the use of material held in our collection.
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1819 - 'Peterloo Massacre', Manchester.This resource pack includes cartoons, personal witness accounts, extracts from newspapers, maps of the area (past and present) and statistics of living conditions in 1819.
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 Listen to 2 people who were at Peterloo, talking about what they saw |
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1811 - 1830s - Luddism, Lancashire and YorkshireThis resource pack includes extracts from newspapers, social / economic background to Luddism, punishments, poetry and ideas for questions and cross-curricular activities.
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| Listen to a Luddites poem |
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1811 - 1830s - Luddism, Lancashire and YorkshireThis resource pack includes diagrams, transcripts of speeches, pictures and cartoons, which give the backround and reasons for the Chartists' fight. The pack contains questions and ideas for cross-curricular activities.
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| Listen to 2 Chartist Speeches |
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| Attitudes Towards Irish Immigration | |
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1880s - Irish immigration in the North-West
This resource pack is useful for comparing attitudes of immigration 100 years ago to attitudes today. Includes extracts from newspapers, social/economic commentary from writers such as Friedrich Engels, cartoons, and ideas for questions and cross-curricular activities.
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1911 - Salford General Strike, 1926 - National General Strike, 1984/5 - Miners' Strike (Salford focus)
The resources in this pack cover three strikes which affected the Salford /Manchester area, but they'll be useful to teachers all over. Included are photographs, extracts from reports and newspapers, questions and suggested activities.
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| Listen to reports about the 1911 General Strike, and the influence of Tom Mann. |
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| Women's Struggle for the Vote |
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1890s - 1928 Campaign for Women's Suffrage
The resources in this pack contain arguments for/against the female vote, cartoons, extracts from a suffragette biography, reports and news articles. There are features such as men's involvement, international suffrage, the Cat and Mouse Act and the struggle for free speech. Also contains questions and suggested cross-curricular activities.
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| Listen to a satirical poem about Suffragists |
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The resources on this page were created with the assistance of Salford history teachers. With special thanks to Steve Illingworth, Teaching and Learning Consultant, Salford Local Authority. |
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