​​WHEN WAS BRITAIN CLOSEST TO REVOLUTION?

1. What is the message of the cartoon?
  • Your teacher will show you this picture from page 56 of Minds & Machines. Make a list of all the things you can see in the picture
  • Use the list to develop a theory of what you think the message of the cartoon is (i.e. What are the people in the cartoon so scared about?) 
  • Once you have discussed the cartoon look at the checklist for revolution.

2. The Revolution checklist
  • Study the checklist on page 57 of Minds & Machines. 
  • Think back to your study of the French Revolution. Match the checklist to events that took place during the revolution. 

3. What underlying problems were present all through this period?
  • Read page 58 and use the information to complete the tasks on page 59
  • Which points of the checklist can we tick off for the whole period then.

4. What happened during each event?
  • You are now going to work in small groups on one of the events listed below: 
a. 1816 - Spa Field's riot - page 60
b. Derbyshire Rising 1817 - pages 60 & 61
c. The Peterloo Massacre 1819 - page 62
d. The Cato Street Conspiracy 1820 - page 63
e. Reform Riots 1831 - page 64 and first paragraph of 65
f. Reform Riots 1832 - Page 65
  • You will be creating a role-play, then talking the class through the events on a PPT. You will finish by saying where on the revolution graph you think your event goes.
  • Start by summarizing the informtion into 3-4 bullet points by yourself before joining with your group and planning your role-play
  • Once the role-play is planned type up your 4 bullet points using the iPads. The teacher will put them on a PPT.
  • Make sure you have decided where your event goes on the graph.

5. Review: When was Britain closest to revolution between 1815 & 1832?
  • Now write your conclusion to this question. Use this writing frame:
There were times when there were one or two signs of revolution in Britain, such as with the ... in.... and... 
However, these failed because...
It got quite close to revolution in .... during ....
But this did not succed because...
The closest that Britain came to revolution was in .... when...
The reason there wasn't a revolution was because...

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