Apedale Colliery Jobs Source Analysis Activity

This source analysis activity will give children the opportunity to learn about some of the jobs that people did in Apedale Colliery using a real source as a stimulus.

Jobs in a Coal Mine PowerPoint Presentation

This Powerpoint explains many of the jobs that were available for people working in a mine. It covers many of the different roles and explains what they entailed.

Apedale Mining Equipment Writing Activity

This resource contains 8 reference images of tools and equipment used by Miners, from which children will use their historical analytical skills to try and decide what each of the items would be used for and why.

Included within the download, we have added explainer cards for each of the equipment pieces mentioned. These could then be used to discuss with the class, use them on a display or on tables as writing prompts.

Apedale Mining Equipment Photo Source Analysis

This resource contains two photo sources, each giving an indication of the uniform, equipment and tools that a North Staffordshire Miner may have used. Children can use their analytical skills to spot the items, and then draw/label them on the sheet.

You could use this activity before going in to discuss the equipment that was used by Miners (we also have descriptive photo cards available to support this).

Coal Mining Miners Equipment and Quiz PowerPoint

This Powerpoint explains what some of the key equipment used by Miners would have been used for. It is presented as a quiz which can be played on your interactive whiteboard.

Diary Entry Mining Conditions Analysis Activity

This diary entry - adapted from a real source text - provides children with a taste of what life was like in a mine. The diary entry can be used with the analysis sheet to gather information about the conditions in a mine.

Apedale Disaster Concert Poster Analysis

This activity requires children to use their analytical skills on a source image. The image shows details of how the small village of Apedale came together after the mine disaster in their town, to host a concert so that they could raise money to support all the families whom were affected.

Apedale Accident Statistics Source Analysis

This resource contains a reference to a historical source which details all the accidents within North Staffordshire (West Midlands) based mines in the 1860s to 1890s.

Children can use the source to analyse why there were so many accidents in the mines. To help them, they can use the data to answer the supplied questions and create their own graph.

Apedale Disaster Report and Newspaper Article

This resource contains a reference to a historical source, detailing the events that took place during the Apedale mine disaster in 1878.

The news report has been carefully recreated for the children, to give an idea of how it would have original been presented in an old issue of the Colliery Guardian during that time.

Minnie Pit North Staffordshire Disaster Mine Poem

This resource contains a themed display version of Wilfred Owens, 1921 poem - Miners.

Rumour has it, Wilfred wrote the poem after a North Staffordshire mine disaster in the 1890s. You could read the poem together as a class, to gain an understanding of what the conditions were like inside the mine and how it felt to be a miner.

With plenty of descriptive writing to dissect together, it's a fantastic poem to look at in your english lessons whilst also teaching your local history.

Apedale Mines Closure Source Analysis and Debate Pack

This resource contains two, historical photo sources showing the effects of the Miners strike in the 1980's.

Children can use the photos to analyse why they think there may have been riots and protests, before looking into the history of the strike with the supporting information sheet.

This contains graphs and text which explains a bit about why the strikes took place - helping the children to build a picture about why the community felt so passionate about saving them.

Apedale Enquiry Question with Definitions Banner

This mini display banner features our overarching enquiry question for the Apedale local history topic.

Keywords have been highlighted within the banner, with definitions of these keywords to further assist children with their understanding.

Apedale Display Pack

This display pack contains everything that you could possibly need to make an engaging classroom display about Apedale Colliery and the mining industry. Included in this pack is: a display banner (including editable version), a set of enquiry question speech bubbles (including editable version)and a set of display cutouts.

Apedale Writing Frames

These writing frames can be used for some end-of-project write-ups ready to display. They are themed around the topic.