Year 8 History Reading List: The Industrial Revolution by Jill Fenton https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu en-us 2023-05-19 08:33:00 UTC 2023-05-24 13:07:09 UTC hello@padlet.com The Industrial Revolution jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2596425218 2023-05-18 15:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2596425218 Victorian Work Song (Horrible Histories) jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2596507643 2023-05-18 16:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2596507643 The Industrial Revolution (BBC Bitesize) jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2596508418 2023-05-18 16:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2596508418 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597534808 With a hungry, timid request of 'Please, sir. I want some more', orphan Oliver Twist takes his first step on a terrifying journey.

In the dark, dangerous streets of Victorian London Oliver enters the world of people so poor and desperate that they will take any risk and know no mercy. Relentlessly pursued by the menacing criminal world, who should Oliver trust? Are his true friends strong enough to resist the determined plotting of desperate villains?

In this gripping tale of kidnapping, shooting and murder, Charles Dickens shows the threats to a vulnerable boy's existence and asks the eternal question: which is more powerful, good or evil?]]> 2023-05-19 11:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597534808 Lightning Mary jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597535645 A fictionalised account of Mary Anning's life and her work as a fossil hunter in 19th century Dorset.

One stormy night, a group of villagers are struck by lightning. The only survivor is a baby - Mary Anning. From that moment on, a spark is lit within her.

Growing up poor but proud on the windswept Dorset coast, Mary follows after her father, hunting for fossils uncovered by waves and landslips: ancient creatures, turned to stone. Ignoring other people's taunts, Mary faces danger to bring back valuable treasures to help feed her family. But tragedy and despair is never far away.]]> 2023-05-19 12:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597535645 Cogheart - Peter Bunzl jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597536873 When 13-year-old Lily's inventor father vanishes after a Zeppelin crash, Lily's determined to hunt down the truth behind his disappearance, helped by Robert, the local clockmaker's son, and her wily mechanical fox Malkin.

But shadowy figures are closing in and treachery lurks among the smoky spires of London - along with a life-changing secret.]]> 2023-05-19 12:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597536873 The Elephant Thief - Jane Kerr jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597537650 When pickpocket Danny buys an elephant at auction, he's swept up on an unforgettable adventure. Offered a job by a zoo owner, all he has to do is ride Maharajah from Edinburgh to Manchester in one week. Everyone is watching, even Queen Victoria, but the journey is filled with drama and danger, and it's soon clear that not everyone wants them to arrive in time ... Based on the incredible true story of one elephant's journey from Edinburgh to Manchester An unlikely yet touching friendship between boy and elephant at its heart A story of resilience, overcoming adversity and achieving the impossible]]> 2023-05-19 12:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597537650 Street Child - Berlie Doherty jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597539766 The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes.

When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls.

Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends... only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe.
]]> 2023-05-19 12:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597539766 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597542141 A retelling of Emily Bronte's classic gothic novel of doomed obsessive love, from Cathy's point of view.

The night that Heathcliff, an unkempt orphan, arrives at the Heights, Cathy's life will change for ever ... but theirs will not be a happy love story. From a harsh childhood to a foolish marriage, a troubled path of pain and punishment lies ahead. Yet no matter how they suffer, they cannot stay apart - for whatever souls are made of, Cathy's and Heathcliff's are the same. After all these years, will Cathy's ghost find the peace that life denied her?]]> 2023-05-19 12:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597542141 Sawbones - Catherine Johnson jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597543737 Sixteen-year-old Ezra McAdam has much to be thankful for: trained up as an apprentice by a well-regarded London surgeon, Ezra's knowledge of human anatomy and skill at the dissection table will secure him a trade for life. However, his world is turned on its head when a failed break-in at his master's house sets off a strange and disturbing series of events that involves grave robbing, body switching... and murder.]]> 2023-05-19 12:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597543737 Vile Victorians jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597544328 Gives foul, funny and fascinating facts about life in Victorian Britain.

All the foul facts about the Vile Victorians are ready to uncover, including what vile Victorian parents called their children, when the first public loo was flushed and who had a gruesome glass eye for every occasion?

Refreshed with a fantastic new design, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.]]> 2023-05-19 12:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597544328 Black and British jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597545110 When did Africans first come to Britain?
Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings?
Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution?
These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history: from the Roman Africans who guarded Hadrian's Wall right up to the present day.]]> 2023-05-19 12:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597545110 Victorians jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597545877 What did the Victorians invent? Was this a peaceful era? How many children did Queen Victoria have? Find out in Eyewitness Victorians and discover this peaceful and prosperous era which produced huge developments in technology and engineering, alongside voting reforms.

]]> 2023-05-19 12:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2597545877 Modern Britain 1760 - 1900 jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2599925899 Go to unit 3 (p32) for an excellent summary of the Industrial Revolution.]]> 2023-05-22 11:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2599925899 Encyclopedia Britannica: Industrial Revolution jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2599929871 If you are accessing this site outside the Cheney network, please use the username "cheney" and the password "school". ]]> 2023-05-22 11:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2599929871 Civilisation: A History of The World in 1000 Objects jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2599939059 Presents a potted history of key world events using various artefacts. 

Go to page 272: The Birth of the Industrial Age]]> 2023-05-22 11:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2599939059 DK Findout - Victorian Britain jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2603284589 2023-05-24 13:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/alamzgm3fea40lwu/wish/2603284589