Market Place Activity - Why did Great Britain want to build an Empire?

This beautifully illustrated lesson has been designed to help students understand why Great Britain wanted to build an empire, This can be quite a challenging topic to teach in an interesting and engaging way, but this tried and tested lesson has been refined in the classroom over many years by experienced teachers. It is suitable for the full ability range and includes eight additional activities to the market place task, which can be mixed and matched to suit your curriculum time and students.

There are a number of different ways to deliver a market place activity. This resource has a mixture of activities that are designed to be a proactive lesson to get students up, moving around and working collaboratively. If you are not comfortable with that, they can always get them to pass the information slides around the classroom. The slides themselves are beautifully illustrated and are worthwhile printing off in colour and putting into a plastic wallet

When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a twenty six page PowerPoint Presentation. It includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, tasks, activities, information slides, historical sources, pictures, maps, diagrams, templates, feedback sheets and a homework exercise. Once students have completed the market place activity they can use the table or the thinking skills review triangle to prioritise the different factors before completing either a mind map or extended written answer to the core question. For further information, please see the preview slides.

The aims and objectives of this lesson are:

Theme: Industrial Revolution 1750 - 1900
Know: Why did Great Britain build an Empire?
Understand: Why did the British Empire become the largest?
Evaluate: Which factors were the most important?
Skills: Cause, Consequence & Collaboration

WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Identify & describe: Why did Great Britain build an Empire?
Explain: Why did the British Empire become the largest?
Analyze: Which factors were the most important?

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Roy