Starter – in books:

1) What are these two inventions (name them!)

2) Suggest a link between them (why might they be similar?)

What inventions led to the Industrial Revolution?

Aim: All to identify key inventionsMost to explain the impact of these inventions.

The Railways are Coming!

Objective: To understand how the railways changed Britain

Extension: To begin thinking of ways to make money from the Industrial Revolution (Dragons

Den)

Fear of the unknown Before the railway opened, there

were fears that it would be impossible to breathe while travelling at such speeds or that the passengers’ eyes would be damaged by having to adjust to the motion. We may laugh, now, but such feelings demonstrate the extent to which the railways were a plunge into the unknown.

Travel during the Industrial Revolution

Canals and roads were both slow, and canals froze in winter. But transport was essential to provide fuel for factories and take their goods to where they were sold.

Expansion of the Railways Before long, everybody wanted to

build a Railway. This was called ‘Railway Mania.’ Soon there were Railways all over the country, pulling not only goods, but people too.

The First Railways Until the advent

of the railways, no one had travelled faster than a horse. Within a few short years of the first major line opening, the Liverpool & Manchester in 1830, trains were thundering up and down the country at the previously unimaginable speed of 60 mph.

The Railways are Coming!It is 1840, and the railways are coming

to Bath You, as distinguished and important

residents, have been given the role of deciding whether to give permission to open a railway from the Town.

Fill in the table using the sources to consider how the railway will affect different members of the community.

Railways change transport forever

What does this chart show us about the impact that Railways could have on the country? Three things, five minutes!

By 1854, nearly 100 million people used the railways annually on a network of 6,000 miles, about half today’s mileage.

Holidays! The railways even introduced cheaper fares for

poor people:

This meant that for the first time in history, poor people were able to move around and travel to other parts of the country.

For each of the following people, write a short paragraph saying how you think the Railways will

change their lives! Canal Boat Owner

Poor Person

Businessman