Industrial Revolution, Textiles and Printing

Industrial Revolution, Textiles and Printing

Welcome to Industrial Revolution, Textiles and Printing Resources to help develop your topic.

As well as the resource links on this page below there are two Lancashire venues which can help bring your topic to life and are well worth a visit:

Visit: Queen Street Mill Textile Museum

Visit: Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

How to use this page: Click on a topic area from the tabs on the left to reveal links and suggestions for pre and post visit learning.

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Here are our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Industrial Revolution – Jobs for Children.

Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your Industrial Revolution topic.

We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.

https://www.mylearning.org/stories/victorian-school-and-work-in-preston/368?

Find out about jobs and the conditions in the mills in Preston for child workers

http://www.mylearning.org/victorian-school-and-work-in-preston/p-3211/

Resources about the jobs of Victorian children and their schooling

http://spartacus-educational.com/IRchild.htm

Information covering a range of topics about child labour

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zsdw2hv

Watch this clip about working in the mill as a child

Here are our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Industrial Revolution – Reforms.

Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your Industrial Revolution topic.

We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.

http://www.collaborativelearning.org/cottonmill.pdf

Talk for learning activity about the conditions in a cotton mill

https://spartacus-educational.com/IRoastler.htm

Information about Richard Oastler, anti-child worker campaigner

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/industrialrevolution.html

Information about the different factory acts

What do these factory acts tell you about the type of people working in the factories during the industrial revolution and the possible conditions they could have experienced?

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/1833-factory-act/

Use these sources to investigate if factory acts improved the working conditions of children

Here are our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Industrial Revolution – Industries.

Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your Industrial Revolution topic.

We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.

http://www.cleo.net.uk/followtheyarn/activities/cprocess2.html

Information about the process cotton goes through at the mill

Make a timeline to show the process cotton goes through to produce yarn.

Here are our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Industrial Revolution – Printing and Dyeing.

Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your Industrial Revolution topic.

We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/kids-view/meet-printmaker

Film describing screen printing to children

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z38s6yc/revision/1

Describes different types of printing