The Miners' Strike 1984-85 KS3, Lesson 3 - The Battle of Orgreave

The third lesson in a unit on the 1984-85 miners’ strike designed for more able year 8 students. This is based upon the old style Edexcel B Unit 3 ‘Protest, law and order in the twentieth century’ and was meant as an introduction to GCSE studies.Students are first expected to take notes on the Battle of Orgreave using a video that is linked in the PowerPoint. They have then the choice of option A (more challenging), a source evaluation task. Students are provided with a sheet to support them in completing their source evaluation using the acronym ‘COAP’ (Content, Origin, Audience, Purpose). Option A is to write a script for a contemporary news report of the Battle of Orgreave, which might be filmed on an iPad or a phone. For those attempting option A there is a writing frame and markscheme provided. There is an excellent documentary on Channel 4 entitled ‘When Britain Went to War’ which proved very useful to use alongside the PowerPoints https://www.channel4.com/programmes/when-britain-went-to-war/on-demand/36247-001