History

Year 9 Home Learning Task

Public Health in Victorian Britain

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Given out: Tuesday 31 October Hand in: Monday 6 November

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Enc: A3 sheet

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Task 1 -Revision of work for this term. This term we have been studying Britain from 1750-1900, in particular looking at the terrible living conditions people endured. Have a go at these few questions to ease you into the booklet!

Solve these anagrams… 1. dustrainl voleniotur 2. ulationpop worgth 3. eraloch 4. carhttiss 5. fussragtetef

Answer these 5 questions… 6. Name a disease that is caused by

dirty water…

7. Name 3 British cities which grew in the 1800s…

8. What is a messy, crowded & unhealthy part of a city called?

9. What was wrong with working conditions in the cities?

10. What was wrong with living conditions in the cities?

Find out the year… (some of these are in your books!) 11. When was the first Public Health Act? 12. When was The Great Stink? 13. In what year did Prince Albert die? 14. When did Louis Pasteur prove that germs caused disease?

15. When was the second main Public Health Act made?

Task 2 - Looking at picture sources – what can they tell us?

Bronze – Describe these pictures of British cities. Silver – Describe these pictures of British cities and give specific examples to support. Gold – Explain what the pictures can help us learn about British cities in the 1800s. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 3 – A closer look at Victorian housing. Look carefully at these 2 pictures.

Now answer these questions. Think carefully before you jump to an answer.

1. Bronze - What are the differences between the 2 houses (Sources 1 & 2)? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Silver - Could people living in/renting houses like the one in Source 1 rebuild them

themselves?

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3. Silver - Who would need to step in and rebuild slums?____________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Silver - Why might demolishing slums and building new improved houses take

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5. Silver - Who might need to pay for the rebuilding of slums? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 4 – Designing a new home for slum dwellers.

Draw a design for a new house to improve the lives of people living in slums. Think carefully – the more luxurious it is then the more it will cost – will taxpayers want to pay more? Think about the essential facilities/amenities needed to improve the lives of the poorer people & to stop the spread of disease.

Task 5 – Re-planning & re-building the slums. On A3 paper – or larger – you need to re-design this slum area. Before you do you must answer the questions over the page.

Task 5 –Re-planning & rebuilding the slums. On A3 paper – or larger – you need to re-design this slum area –before you do, you must answer the questions over the page.

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Task 5 – Re-planning & rebuilding the slums…

1. What problems can you see on this map that people had to put up with? 2. Why will it be difficult to demolish and rebuild this slum? 3. Is everyone going to agree that the slum should be rebuilt? Why not?

For your design draw maps and pictures of houses/streets to show your improvements. Label the map and remember to include/ attach when handing in.

Task 6 – Exam question… Silver and Gold. Have a go at this exam question – you must use the 3 bullet points in your answer. Think about what we have discussed in class and maybe do some research of your own. BBC Bitesize is particularly good. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/shp/modern/indrevpublichealthrev1.shtml )

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Extension Task (FOR GOLD) –write a song or poem to explain to middle class and upper class people why cities needed to improve. You could use words such as cholera, Prince Albert, disease, poverty, despair, slum – maybe the song should appeal to their sense of goodwill and charity. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Self Evaluation of my Homework

I am a R____________________ learner. I know this because:

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I believe that my effort and attitude to learning for this booklet is a:

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REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR DESIGN WHEN HANDING IN.