1913 in Wales
Wales in 1913
Carousel lesson plan
Preparation
You need 4 workstations for this carousel task. You can download the iBook/PDF from addysg.llgc.org.uk/ww1 or use the worksheet below.
Introduction
The students will be history detectives for the day. You will explain that good detectives take notes while investigating to help them remember. What can they discover about life in 1913? There will be 4 tasks in a carousel activity to discover more about the year before the war.
Show photos from the period – addysg.llgc.org.uk/ww1 - discuss
Explain what each group will be doing at each table. Explain that money was also different in 1913, and one table will be investigating this.
10 minutes for each task
Task 1 – If £1 in 1913 = £85 today and there are 20 shillings in £1 in 1913, what is the value of a shilling today? Worksheet provided to exchange the value of goods in 1913 to today’s value.
Task 2 – What kind of work did people in Wales do? The students will interpret facts about 1913 and make notes.
Task 3 – Watch a video from 1913 and make notes
Task 4 – Describe the photograph(s) and make notes.
Compare answers at the end of the lesson. Discuss how was life different in 1913.
The National Library of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
1913 in Wales
Task 1
Money in 1913
The National Library of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
1913 in Wales
Task 2
A changing Wales
Flintshire Anglesey Denbighshire Caernarfon
Meirionethshire
Montgomeryshire
Radnorshire
Cardiganshire
Brecknockshire Pembrokeshire Carmarthenshire There were many coal Monmouthshire mines in Glamorgan by Glamorgan 1911.
The National Library of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
1913 in Wales
Task 4
Describe the coal miners
Answer sheet
The National Library of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
1913 in Wales
Money in 1913
What is the value of the car today? What is the value of the £11 piano today?
The value of a shilling today?
A Changing Wales
How did Wales change between 1801 and 1913?
The National Library of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
1913 in Wales
Video
Photo(graphs)
Young coal miners
Coal miners
The National Library of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales