SU3: Wales in Industrial Britain

Why did Swansea become the 'Copper Capital of the World'?


This model is designed to develop ideas about Evidence, Cause and Change as well as knowledge about the main events of the Industrial Revolution.


Three ideas about evidence
Ev1 Evidence about the past comes in many different forms.
Ev2 Evidence enables us to ask and answer questions about the past.
Ev3 Evidence is stronger when it is backed up by other evidence.



Three ideas about explanation
Ex1 Explanation deals with motives (why people acted as they did).
Ex2 Explanation deals with causes (the influence of outside events).
Ex3 Explanation is not simple. It involves both motives and causes.



Three ideas about change
Ch1 Change is a process, not an event.
Ch2 Change occurs at different speeds in different places.
Ch3 Change affects groups of people in different ways.

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