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Memories of work & industry in Nuneaton and Bedworth
A 20th Century Oral History

Teaching Pack
  • an exciting Teaching and Learning Resource, based on the Working Lives Project, for teacher's to use in schools with Key Stage 2 children
  • easy to use lesson plans, based on the Primary Framework for Literacy and the National Curriculum area of History
  • oral histories
  • photos
  • copyright free local maps
All of the Working Lives material is available for use in schools and is free to download. (Please see the Conditions of Use page.)

link to Teaching and Learning Resource (Introduction, backgorund and contents) pdfTeaching and Learning Resource (introduction, background and contents)
Adobe PDF
  • introduction
  • background
  • contents
  • link to Literature Lesson Plans and ResourcesUsing Working Lives for Literacy
  • lesson plans
  • resources
  • link to History Lesson Plans and ResourcesUsing Working Lives For What Was It Like To Live Here in the past
  • lesson plans
  • resources
  • old maps
  • link to Working Lives Support Materials (PDF)Support Materials
    Adobe PDF
  • places to visit
  • glossary of terms
  • notes on three local companies
  • Working Lives
    “They used to have the kids about fourteen, that was their first job running up and down these flues, cause they used to be hot, the flues had you know.."
    Arthur Brittain (brick and tile making)

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