New Model Trade Unions & the origins of the Labour Party

This outstanding lesson follows on from our lesson on from why factory owners were opposed to the trade union movement and looks at the development of the New Model Unions, New Unionism , TUC and the the origins of the Labour Party. All the tasks and activities are designed to be fun and interactive and are aimed at the full ability range at KS3 and KS4. We have included a wide range of differentiated tasks and activities so that you can easily customise this lesson for your students.

When you purchase this lesson you will be able to download a 31 slide PowerPoint Presentation which includes aims, objectives, starters, plenaries, templates for photocopying, tasks, activities, word searches, knowledge quizzes, video links, heads and tails tasks, missing words activities, information slides as well as historical sources and questions. There should be enough work for two lessons. We have also uploaded the PowerPoint as PDFs, just in case you do not have access to Microsoft Office. In addition, we have also uploaded a worksheet and a wordsearch to work alongside the Powerpoint in both Word and as a PDF. We have included a wide variety of tasks and activities for you to sellect and customise for your students.

Please see the sample preview for further information. This lesson can also be purchased at a discount as part of a bundle on trade unionism. The aims and objectives of this lesson are:

Theme: The History of Trade Unionism in Britain
Know: What is a New Model Trade Union?
Understand: Why were they successful?
Evaluate: Why did the unions set up the Labour Party?
Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration

WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: What is a New Model Trade Union?
Can You Explain: Why they were successful?
Can You Evaluate: Why did the unions set up the Labour Party?

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Roy