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How has life in
Britain changed
since 1948?
Lesson support material for Primary teachers
Key Stage 2 History
Unit
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Connected Earth Founded by BT
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Introduction .................................................................................... 1
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Decade summaries to use as the basis for your timeline. ...................... 4
&9())*"#$'&,%&2.*3;$'&*2",''&-.$&1<$&)*#3&*"$*'&,%&2.*3;$=& Working life, Home life, Popular culture, Population and Technology .......12
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Transcripts of the two Voices from history, together
with suggested discussion topics.......................................................19
?$:&>($'-&-#)$&4$-$2-#<$&*2-#<#-+&$@A0,"#3;&.,B&-.$&B,"04 of popular culture has changed since 1948 .........................................21
9(AA,"-&'.$$-&%,"&*3&,04$"&A$"',3&B.,&+,(<#-$&-,&-*0C& to your class about changes in life since 1948. ...................................24
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Contents
Lesson support material for Primary teachers
Page
Unit
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Turn children into time
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world of popular culture.
The answer sheet can be
printed out if desired.
This material has been developed by Connected Earth to support teaching of
Unit 13 of the History curriculum for Year 5/6 – How has life in Britain changed
since 1948?
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another phoning your class
from the 1950s to talk about
the coronation of Queen
Elizabeth II. These can
be played to your class to
support your teaching.
Text a telegram Voices from history Web quest
Lesson support material for Primary teachers – Introduction
How has life in Britain changed
since 1948?
Unit
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Investigation indepth of one aspect of change e.g.
Population structure Population culture Work
Vocabulary
Words associated with settlement e.g.
Population Emigration Immigration
Words associated with aspects of society e.g.
Industry Work Leisure
Transport Media Fashion
Diet
Words associated with change e.g.
Different 9*)$&*' Because
Cause Effect Fashion
Reasons Result
Resources
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R& Impact of new technologies R& Changes in transport R& Immigration
Timeline
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R& Work R& Home life R& Popular culture
R& Population R& Technology
U.$&K3>(#"+What are the changes in work, home life, popular culture, population and
technology in Britain since 1948? When did these changes happen?
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(Divide into groups, allocate topics from 5 above)
1. What are most important changes in your topic area since 1948?
When did they happen?
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How did changes in technology lead to changes in food?
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Key Stage 2 History
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How working life has changed
How home life has changed
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How popular culture has changed
The radio was the main entertainment centre in the home.
Many homes had an electric gramophone which only played 78rpm records.
How the population has changed
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immigration to Britain.
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Population of Britain was about 47 million.
Lots of children were born after the second world war called the ‘baby boom’.
How technology has changed
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1940s
Decade summaries 1940s
1948 5 July National Health
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News events
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1948 9#@&)#00#,3&B,)$3&*-&B,"C&7DFM\&)#00#,3&)$38
1948 S*4#,&c(@$):,(";&B*'&-.$&,30+&',("2$&%,"&A,A(0*"&)('#2&[&-.#'&+$*"&#-&0*(32.$4&#-'&.#-&A*"*4$
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1948 Cinema attendances reached their peak
1948 6&>(*"-$" of British homes had no electricity
1940s radio
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How working life has changed
How home life has changed
People spent most of their leisure time at home – reading, listening to the radio, watching
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Car ownership became more popular. In 1959 the Mini went of sale for £496 –
about the amount of money someone earned in a whole year.
Children spent a lot of their time playing together out of doors.
How popular culture has changed
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R& U$44+&!,+'&B$"$&,3$&,%&-.$&1"'-&-"$34'
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Racism was a way of life in Britain 1958 Race riots in Notting Hill.
Large numbers of settlers from Commonwealth countries – particularly
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How technology has changed
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1950s
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1955 5,))$"2#*0&-$0$<#'#,3&'-*"-$4
1958 Blue Peter started
1950 690,000 coal miners working
1950 U.$&*<$"*;$&B$$C0+&B*;$&B*'&efMIG&7*:,(-&efY\'Yg48
1951 12% of the work force were professional or managerial
1958 9#0#2,3&2.#A<$3-$4L&)*C#3;&2,)A(-$"'&')*00$"
1951 6<$"*;$&.,('$.,04&'#_$&B*'&ZMI
1954 ]$*-&"*-#,3#3;&$<$3-(*00+&$34$4&3#3$&+$*"'&*%-$"&-.$&'$2,34&B,"04&B*"
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Westminster
1954 6 May Roger Bannister
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1"'-&),-,"B*+8
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Eggs
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1952 Population of Britain = 50 million
1954 X#"'-&-"*3'#'-,"&"*4#,&B$3-&,3&'*0$&6)$"#2*
1956 X#"'-&-"*3'*-0*3-#2&-$0$A.,3$&2*:0$&7U6UD8&0*#4&:$-B$$3&-.$&`i&*34&6)$"#2*
1957 9,<#$-&`3#,3&0*(32.$4&-.$&1"'-&'*-$00#-$
1958 First microchip was produced
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How working life has changed
How home life has changed
1960s
1960 5,",3*-#,3&9-"$$-&'-*"-$4
1963 W"&?.,&1"'-&'-*"-$4
1964 ZFZ&)#00#,3&2#3$)*&-#2C$-'&',04
1965 Thunderbirds started
1969 First landing on the moon
1968 9$'*)$&9-"$$-&'-*"-$4
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1960 U.$&*<$"*;$&B$$C0+&B*;$&B*'&eDFMDJ&7*:,(-&eDFYI'8
1965 95% of cars sold in Britain were made in Britain
1965 X,"&-.$&1"'-&-#)$&),"$&-.*3&.*0%&-.$&B,"C%,"2$&B*'&$)A0,+$4&'$"<#2$"('-"#$'L&"*-.$"&-.*3&)*3(%*2-("#3;
1966 6&>(*"-$"&,%&*&)#00#,3&A$,A0$&B$"$&(3$)A0,+$4
1960 There were 10.5 million TV sets in the country
1960 a30+&D&IJ&2.#04"$3O'&A*"$3-'&B$"$3O-&)*""#$4
1961 75% of families had a TV
1968
The Daily Mail
cost about
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1962 First communications satellite Telstar is launched
1965 IJLJJJ&2,)A(-$"'&B,"04B#4$M&6&4$'C-,A&2,)A(-$"&2,'-&*:,(-&egfLJJJ&-,4*+O'&),3$+
1967 5,0,("&-$0$<#'#,3&'-*"-$4&!"#-*#3
1967 U.$&1"'-&.*34H.$04&2*02(0*-,"&4$<$0,A$4
1969 6ST6hKUL&-.$&%,"$"(33$"&,%&-.$&N3-$"3$-L&2,33$2-$4&F&2,)A(-$"'&-.$&`96
1961 T,A(0*-#,3&,%&!"#-*#3&l&\Z&)#00#,3
1961 6",(34&DIm&,%&A,A(0*-#,3&B$"$&*;$4&g\&*34&,<$"L&Fm&B$"$&f\&*34&,<$"
1965 S*2$&S$0*-#,3'&62-&*--$)A-$4&-,&,(-0*B&"*2#*0&4#'2"#)#3*-#,3&A(:0#2&A0*2$'
1968
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1961
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1967, BBC colour test card
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How the population has changed
How technology has changed
How popular culture has changed
U.$&1"'-&'(A$")*"C$-'&,A$3$4&[&)*#30+&-,B3&2$3-"$'MLots of new housing was built following the shortages after the
second world war – housing estates and highrise tower blocks.
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1970s
1971 176 million cinema tickets sold
1971 91% of families had TV
1972 Newsround started
1975 X*B0-+&U,B$"'&1"'-&'.,B3
1978 b"*3;$&^#00&'-*"-$4
1972 February Miners went on strike
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DEff& f&d(3$& &/($$3&2$0$:"*-$4&.$"&9#0<$"&Jubilee
DEff& F&]*+& &]*";*"$-&U.*-2.$"&:$2*)$&1"'-&woman Prime Minister
News events
1970 K>(*0&T*+&62-M&?,)$3&;,-&-.$&'*)$&"#;.-&-,&A*+&*'&)$3
1975 h,"-.&9$*&,#0&'-*"-$4&-,&:$&A()A$4&*'.,"$
1975 I\&,(-&,%&$<$"+&DJJ&A$,A0$&B.,&B$3-&,(-&-,&B,"C&B$"$&B,)$3
1979 fMZm&,%&A$,A0$&B$"$&'$0%&$)A0,+$4
1979 a3$&)#00#,3&A$,A0$&B$"$&(3$)A0,+$4&7B#3-$"&,%&4#'2,3-$3-8
1970 64% of homes had a washing machine
1971 Decimal coinage came in. Before this there was 12d in a shilling, and 20 shillings in a pound
1971 U.$&W*#0+&]*#0&2,'-&IA&A$"&4*+M&N-&2,'-&ZA&-,&'$34&*&1"'-&20*''&0$--$"
1974 X#"'-&4,)$'-#2&)#2",B*<$&2,,C$"&B*'&',04
1978 n^9&<#4$,&"$2,"4$"&B$3-&,3&'*0$
1979 9,3+&:$;*3&'$00#3;&-.$&?*0C)*3&A$"',3*0&'-$"$,
1971 Population of Britain = 54 million
1972 6&'$2,34&B*<$&,%&!"#-#'.&6'#*3'&*""#<$4&%",)&`;*34*&*%-$"&*&)#0#-*"+&2,(A&%,"2$4&-.$)&-,&0$*<$M&6'&2#-#_$3'&of a former British protectorate 27,000 came to Britain
1977 5,))#''#,3&%,"&S*2#*0&K>(*0#-+&'$-&(A
1970 The computer mouse was patented
1970 !,$#3;&fFf&d():,&d$-&$3-$"$4&2,))$"2#*0&'$"<#2$
1971 X#"'-&V,AA+&4#'2&.$04&DJJC&,%&)$),"+
1974 X#"'-&<#4$,;*)$&2,3',0$&%",)&6-*"#&*00,B$4&A0*+&,%&,3$&;*)$&[&T,3;
1975 !#00&b*-$'&*34&T*(0&600$3&'-*"-$4&]#2",',%-
Decade summaries 1970s
DEfGL&$*"0+&<#4$,&"$2,"4$"
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b,,4'&A",4(2$4&:+&!"#-#'.&%*2-,"#$'&2,'-&),"$&-.*3&%,"$#;3&,3$'M&],"$&*34&),"$&;,,4'&B$"$&imported from other countries. British factories closed down and a lot of people were out of work.
Lots of those who had jobs said they weren’t paid enough, and some went on strike.
How home life has changed
How popular culture has changed
R PunkR&b0*)&S,2CR Disco
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How technology has changed
1975
Eggs cost
40p per
dozen1971
6&]*"'&:*"&cost 6p
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1980s
1981 Postman Pat started
1983 Breakfast TV started
1984 \Z&)#00#,3&2#3$)*&-#2C$-'&',04
1985 EastEnders started
1985 c#<$&6#4&%(34&2,32$"-&"*#'#3;&%(34'&%,"&6%"#2*
1981 29 July Prince of Wales married Lady
W#*3*&9A$32$"DEGI& F&]*+& & ]9&9.$%1$04&'*3C&4("#3;&
the Falklands War
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News events
1980 a30+&FZm&,%&2*"'&',04&!"#-*#3&B$"$&)*4$&-.#'&2,(3-"+
1980 6<$"*;$&B$$C0+&B*;$&%,"&)$3&B*'&eDIfMfJM&X,"&B,)$3&#-&B*'&ef\MfJ
1984 Three million people were unemployed
1986 ZEm&,%&$)A0,+$$'&B$"$&B,"C#3;&B#-.&2,)A(-$"#'$4&,"&*(-,)*-$4&$>(#A)$3-
1982 a<$"&\Jm&,%&.,('$.,04'&3,B&.*4&*&-$0$A.,3$
1981 T,A(0*-#,3&,%&!"#-*#3&l&7Q('-&,<$"8&\g&)#00#,3
1980 More than a million personal computers had been sold
around the world
1981 IBM PC was launched
1983 First CDs on sale
1984 6AA0$&]*2#3-,'.&0*(32.$4&*-&eFLJJJ&-,4*+O'&),3$+
1985 h#3-$34,&K3-$"-*#3)$3-&9+'-$)&0*(32.$4L&%$*-("#3;&9(A$"&Mario Brothers
1985 X#"'-&<$"'#,3&,%&]#2",',%-&?#34,B'&B*'&0*(32.$4
1988 50,000 computers connected to the Internet
1989 ^*34H.$04&h#3-$34,&b*)$&!,+&0*(32.$4
Decade summaries 1980s
1987, Early mobile telephone
How working life has changed
How home life has changed
How popular culture has changed
How the population has changed
How technology has changed
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R Early 80s – new romanticsR& & ,('$&)('#2&[&"*<$'&
],:#0$&A.,3$'-",4(2$4&7-.$+&B$"$&$@A$3'#<$&*34&0*";$8MX*@&)*2.#3$'&*34&*3'B$"#3;&)*2.#3$'&B$"$&<$"+&A,A(0*"&-.$&mid1980s due to a standard transmission rate being adopted.
Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
9
1990s
1992 W"&?.,&13#'.$4&7%,"&-.$&1"'-&-#)$8&*%-$"&gfE&$A#',4$'
1998 Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
1999 ]#00$33#()&W,)$&,A$3$4&,3&ZD&W$2$):$"
1991 gfm&,%&*00&A$,A0$&B,"C#3;&B$"$&'$"<#2$"('-"#$'
1992 56% of employees were working with computerised
,"&*(-,)*-$4&$>(#A)$3-
1993 DI&)#00#,3&B,)$3&B$"$&*-&B,"C&7D\&)#00#,3&)$38&H&more than half of all women went to work
1994 17,000 coal miners in Britain
1998 12% of people were self employed
1990 Three out of four children’s parents were married
1991 Virtually 100% of homes had a washing machine
1990 Population of Britain = 58 million
1990 6%-$"&4$2*4$'&,%&#))#;"*-#,3L&*0),'-&DJm&,%&-.$&!"#-#'.&A,A(0*-#,3&B*'&3,3HB.#-$&,"&,%&)#@$4&"*2$
1997 Dgm&,%&A,A(0*-#,3&B$"$&*;$4&g\&*34&,<$"L&fm&B$"$&f\&*34&,<$"&7)$4#2*0&#)A",<$)$3-'&)*#30+&"$'A,3'#:0$8
1991 Three million computers connected to the Internet
1991 ?,"04&?#4$&?$:&1"'-&*<*#0*:0$&-,&-.$&A(:0#2
1994 9,3+&T0*+'-*-#,3&0*(32.$4
1996 Ten million computers connected to the Internet
1998 DZJ&)#00#,3&B$:&('$"'&-.$&B,"04
DEEJ&&ZD&]*"2.& &T,00&U*@&"#,-'&London
1994 6 May Channel Tunnel
opened
DEEF& DE&h,<$):$"& &h*-#,3*0&c,--$"+&started
DEE\& Dg&6A"#0&& &h*-#,3*0&-$0$A.,3$&code change day –
Phoneday
News events
1990
6&]*"'&:*"&cost 20p
Decade summaries 1990s
1995, National telephone
code change day
How working life has changed
How home life has changed
How popular culture has changed
How the population has changed
How technology has changed
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6:,(-&,3$&)*""#*;$&-."$$&B*'&$34#3;&4#<,"2$M
R& !"#-&A,A&7!0("&Y&a*'#'8R Bhangra (The New Pardesi Music ]*2.#3$&Y&!*00+&9*;,,8
R& & #A&^,A&7S(3&W]5&Y&b"*34)*'-$"&X0*'.8
R& &N34#$&79-,3$&S,'$'&Y&^*AA+&],34*+'8&
Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
10
Decade summaries 2000s
2000s
2004 h$*"0+&.*0%&7Fgm8&,%&0,3$&A*"$3-'&B$"$&3,-&employment
2005 G\JLJJJ&A$,A0$&20*#)#3;&d,:'$$C$"O'&600,B*32$
2005 88% of workingage people with a degree or
$>(#<*0$3-&-.$&`i&B$"$&$)A0,+)$3-L&2,)A*"$4&B#-.&,30+&FGm&,%&-.,'$&B#-.&3,&>(*0#12*-#,3'
2008 h():$"&,%&A$,A0$&20*#)#3;&d,:'$$C$"O'&600,B*32$ hit 1.07 million
2000 25 July Concorde crashed in
Paris
IJJD&DD&9$A-& &U$"","#'-'&*--*2C$4&6)$"#2*L&4$'-",+#3;&the World Trade
Center
IJJI&ZJ&]*"2.& &/($$3&],-.$"&4#$4IJJZ&IJ&]*"2.& &!"#-#'.&',04#$"'&
:$;*3&1;.-#3;&N"*>
2005 6 July London chosen to
.,'-&IJDI&a0+)A#2'2005 7 July Terrorists attacked
trains and a bus in
London
2006 11 July Many die in
terrorist attacks on
trains in Mumbai
IJJf&If&d(3$& b,"4,3&!",B3& became Prime
Minister
IJJG&F&h,<$):$"& !*"*2C&a:*)*&B,3& & & `9&T"$'#4$3-#*0& Election
News events
How working life has changed
How popular culture has changed
How the population has changed
How home life has changed
2004 FIm&,%&B,)$3&;#<#3;&:#"-.&B$"$&(3)*""#$4
2005 h$*"0+&D&F&2.#04"$3&0#<$&,3$HA*"$3-&%*)#0#$'
2005 gfm&,%&`i&.,)$'&.*4&*&WnW&A0*+$"
2008 ZJm&,%&.,('$.,04'&*"$&)*4$&(A&,%&Q('-&,3$&A$"',3
2000 !"#-#'.&",B$"&9-$<$&S$4;"*<$&B,3&.#'&1%-.&2,3'$2(-#<$&;,04&)$4*0&*-&-.$&a0+)A#2&b*)$'&9+43$+
2000 !#;&!",-.$"&:",*42*'-&%,"&-.$&1"'-&-#)$
2003 England won the Rugby World Cup
2005 c#<$&G&2,32$"-&^+4$&T*"CL&c,34,3
2005 N3&2"#2C$-&K3;0*34&:$*-&6('-"*0#*&U.$&6'.$'L&-.$&1"'-&-#)$&since 1987
2006 9C+&'#;3$4&4$*0&-,&'.,B&T"$)#$"'.#A&%,,-:*00&;*)$'
2007 d*4$&b,,4+&-,,C&A*"-&!#;&!",-.$"&f
2008 ?*-2.#3;&Un&B*'&-.$&),'-&A,A(0*"&0$#'("$&*2-#<#-+&%,"&),"$ than eight in ten adults
2008 U.$&IE-.&9())$"&a0+)A#2&b*)$'&-,,C&A0*2$&!$#Q#3;L&5.#3*
2004 DIm&,%&-.$&`i&A,A(0*-#,3&B*'&*;$4&G\&,"&,<$"
2004 UB,H-.#"4'&,%&-.$&`iO'&A,A(0*-#,3&;",B-.&B*'&:$2*('$&,%&#))#;"*-#,3
2007 U.$"$&B$"$&),"$&A$3'#,3$"'&-.*3&-.$"$&B$"$&-$$3*;$"'&-.$&`i
20046&]*"'&:*"&2,'-&Z\A
2008 Population of
Britain was
almost 61
million
Unit
13
2000s 72,3-#3($48
Key Stage 2 History
Decade summaries 2000s
Connected Earth Founded by BT
11
How technology has changed
2000 200 million computers connected to the Internet
2001 6AA0$O'&#HT,4&0*(32.$4
2003 6",(34&Fm&,%&$0$2-"#2#-+&A",4(2$4&-.$&`i&2*)$&%",)&"$3$B*:0$&',("2$'
2005 a<$"&\Jm&,%&`i&.,)$'&.*4&N3-$"3$-&*22$''
2005 DLJDG&)#00#,3&7,<$"&D&:#00#,38&B$:&('$"'&-.$&B,"04
2005 U.$"$&B$"$&),"$&),:#0$&A.,3$'&-.$&`i&-.*3&-.$"$&B$"$&A$,A0$
2006 ZE\&)#00#,3&2,)A(-$"'&2,33$2-$4&-,&-.$&N3-$"3$-
2006 !",*4:*34&*<*#0*:0$&-,&EEMfm&,%&`i&.,)$'&*34&:('#3$''
2007 9*0$'&,%&5W'&-.$&`i&B$"$&4,B3&DDm&'#32$&IJJg
2008 DL\Eg&)#00#,3&7,<$"&DM\&:#00#,38&B$:&('$"'&-.$&B,"04
2008 Gfm&,%&`i&.,)$'&.*4&*&4#;#-*0&Un
2008 \fm&,%&`i&.,)$'&.*4&*&:",*4:*34-$"3$-&2,33$2-#,3
IJJgL&EEMfm&,%&`i&2*3&.*<$&:",*4:*34
Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
12
During the period between 1948 and today, the world of work in Britain has changed a great deal.
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'$"<#2$"('-"#$'L&)*3+&Q,:'&"$>(#"$&-.#3C#3;&'C#00'L&*34&-.$&*:#0#-+&-,&;$-&,3&B$00&B#-.& other people.
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In the 1970s it was clear that goods made in British factories cost more than the same things
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were imported. This meant that a lot of British factories had to close down so many people became
unemployed.
Many coal mines closed because the need for coal in Britain was no longer as great as it had once
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The reduced need for coal came at the same time that the workers in the coal mining industry were
disagreeing with their bosses. In 1972 the coal miners went on strike, leading to huge problems
in British working life, including the temporary introduction of a threeday working week so that
electricity could be ‘rationed’.
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How working life has changed
since 1948
9())*"+&,%&?,"C#3;&c#%$
Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
13
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In the 1960s, tower blocks were considered a solution to the housing shortage caused by second
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1948
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Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
14
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Football has been popular in Britain throughout the decades since 1948 but was particularly so
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Popular culture has changed a lot as the population of Britain has changed. Immigrants from the
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How popular culture has changed
since 1948
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Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
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By the 1950s racism was widespread in Britain. Those who had been born in this country were
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Beginning in the 1960s, race relations laws were brought in to being to make it illegal to
discriminate against people because of their nationality.
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Emigration from Britain was at its height in the 1970s and 1980s when thousands of families left to
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How the population has changed
since 1948
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15
Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
16
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How technology has changed
since 1948
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Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
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R Why is there much less manufacturing in Britain today than there was in 1948?
R Why were there strikes in the 1970s?
R How has technology changed the world of work?
R What sort of work has replaced manufacturing?
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R What was life like for a woman who stayed at home as a housewife in the 1960s rather than going out to work?
Home life
R How has the way that people eat changed?
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R In what ways has shopping changed since 1948?
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R Why do you think children in the past played in different ways than they do today?
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R Why do you think so many less people go to the cinema today than they did in 1948?
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R What was it like in Britain when England won the World Cup in 1966?
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17
Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
Population
R What was Windrush? When did it happen?
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R Why is the population of Britain growing?
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R Where did they go?
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R Why has the need for public payphones reduced so much?
R What types of message were sent by telegram?
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R What changes in work led to changes in the population?
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R How did changes in technology lead to changes in food?
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R What changes in popular culture led to changes in types of work people do?
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18
Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
Patrick
Hello. My name is Patrick and I’m calling you from the year 1968. I was born in Notting Hill in
London in 1958 which makes me ten years old. My mum and dad weren’t born in this country
though they came here from Jamaica in the West Indies a few years before they had me. My dad
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and keeping our house looking nice. My best friend John at school, though, he’s different. I like
him. He says that underneath we’re all the same. It really doesn’t matter what colour your skin is.
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R Why do you think Patrick wanted to be an astronaut? Would that be a popular ambition for children today?
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Voices from history 1
Transcripts and discussion topics
19
Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
Penny
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Questions to follow up with
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R What was the reason for Penny needing to keep her call short? Why did her Nan want her to get off the phone?
R Do you know someone who is 25 now? Do you think they are old enough to become a Queen ,"&i#3;q
Voices from history – 2
Transcripts and discussion topics
20
Unit
13 Key Stage 2 History
Connected Earth Founded by BT
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1948Radio Luxembourg, the only source for popular music, launched its hit parade
1948Empire Windrush brings people from the Caribbean beginning large scale immigration to Britain
1948National Health Service began
1948Olympic Games held in Britain
1953Queen Elizabeth II crowned at Westminster
1954First transistor radio went on sale in America
1954Roger Bannister ran !"#$%&'!$($)*+,!#$mile
1955Commercial television started
1957Soviet Union -.,+/"#0$!"#$%&'!$satellite
1958Silicon chip invented, making computers smaller
1959M1 motorway opened (Britain’s %&'!$)1!1&2.34
1962First communications satellite Telstar is launched
1963Beatlemania started when ‘She Loves You’ sells a million
1966England won the World Cup at Wembley (93,800 in !"#$/&1204
1967Colour television started in Britain
19675"#$%&'!$".+06"#-0$calculator developed
1969ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet connected ($/1)7,!#&'$*+$!"#$USA
1969First landing on the moon
19695#'!$8*9"!$:1&$;&*!*'"$Concorde
1970;1#*+9$<(<$Jumbo Jet entered commercial service
1970The computer mouse was patented
1971Decimal coinage introduced
1974First videogame console from Atari allowed play of one game – Pong
1977Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee
1977Margaret Thatcher =#/.)#$%&'!$21).+$Prime Minister
1978VHS video recorder went on sale
1979Sony began selling the Walkman personal stereo
1981IBM PC was launched
1981Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer
1982>?@$@"#:%#-0$'.+A$during the Falklands War
1983CDs on sale for the %&'!$!*)#
1984Apple Macintosh launched in the US
1985First version of Microsoft Windows was launched
1985EastEnders started
1985Live Aid concert raising funds for Africa
1986Reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded
1990Poll Tax riots in London
1991World Wide Web %&'!$.B.*-.=-#$!1$!"#$public
1994Sony Playstation launched
1994Channel Tunnel opened
1994National Lottery started
1995National telephone codes changed on Phoneday
1998Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
2000Air France Concorde crashed in Paris
2001Terrorists destroyed World Trade Center in New York
2002Queen Mother died
2003England won the Rugby World Cup
2005Live 8 concert
2005London chosen to host 2012 Olympics
2005Terrorists attacked trains and a bus in London
2006Many killed in Mumbai terrorist attacks
2007Gordon Brown became Prime Minister
2008Barack Obama became US President
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