Year 8 History

Industrial Revolution

📚 Books:

- Cogheart (Peter Bunzl)

- The Industrial Revolution (Philip Steele)

- Victorians: Discover the Past (DK UK)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- Victorian Slum (BBC)

- BBC Teach: Industrial Revolution KS3

- Horrible Histories: Queen Vic's Song

🧭 Activities:

- Create a model or timeline of a Victorian invention

- Visit a relevant museum (e.g. Science Museum or Industrial Heritage site)

- Research a local figure involved in change or innovation

British Empire

📚 Books:

- Empireland (Young Readers Edition, Sathnam Sanghera – 2025)

- You’re Not Proper (Tariq Mehmood)

- Britain’s Empire (Richard Tames)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- BBC Teach: The British Empire

- The Empire Strikes Back? (Dan Snow, BBC)

- Horrible Histories: British Empire

🧭 Activities:

- Create a model or timeline of a Victorian invention

- Visit a relevant museum (e.g. Science Museum or Industrial Heritage site)

- Research a local figure involved in change or innovation

Political Change – Deeds not Words?

📚 Books:

- Suffragette: The Battle for Equality (David Roberts)

- Hazel Hill, Thinking Time Detective (Hiba Noor Khan)

- Girls for the Vote (Linda Newbery)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley (BBC)

- BBC Teach: Votes for Women

- Horrible Histories: Suffragette Song

🧭 Activities:

- Create a model or timeline of a Victorian invention

- Visit a relevant museum (e.g. Science Museum or Industrial Heritage site)

- Research a local figure involved in change or innovation

Victorian Age of Invention

📚 Books:

- The Great Victorian Inventors (Michael Pollard)

- The Invention of Hugo Cabret (UK edition)

- Inventions that Changed the World (DK UK)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- BBC Teach: Victorian Technology

- Gadget Man: Victorian Inventions (Channel 4)

- Horrible Histories: Victorian Innovators

🧭 Activities:

- Create a model or timeline of a Victorian invention

- Visit a relevant museum (e.g. Science Museum or Industrial Heritage site)

- Research a local figure involved in change or innovation