Curriculum extra Unit 7

Focus on History: The Industrial Revolution

1 Match the pictures of industries (1–4) with the words.
coal mining steam-powered transport
steel manufacturing textile

___________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

2 Look at the inventions and innovations from the Industrial Revolution listed in the table below. Do your own
research to complete the table.
Invention Inventor(s) Description Date(s) Industry it was
invented used in
Davy lamp portable safety device with a grid around it to
reduce the risk of gas explosions in
(1) _________ mines
Watt steam fast, fuel-efficient machine that made use of
engine (2) _________ power
Bessemer large container in which hot liquid
converter (3) _________ is converted to (4) _________
Spinning machine with a wheel that enabled one
jenny person to create multiple lengths of
(5) _________ fibres at the same time

3 Number the inventions in the table in
chronological order (1 = earliest, 4 = latest).
4 Look at the topics below. Then choose an
activity (A or B).
cities factories family life food
housing inventions and innovations
population transport work
A Imagine you are an English farmer from 1750.
You have travelled in time to 1900. Write a
personal account explaining what has changed.
Write about the topics above. Start your account
with the text below.
B Choose an aspect of the Industrial Revolution
from the topics above. Do research and write a
summary of the developments that happened
from the start of the first industrial revolution
(c.1760) to the early twentieth century. Include:
 when the developments occurred and what
factors caused them;
 any important inventors or innovators who were
involved;
 the consequences of these developments: were
they positive or negative?

I can’t believe it! The world has completely

changed! There are so many new machines that
I have never seen before. For example, … . Life
is very different now. In 1750, … but now … .