Staffordshire – Stoke on Trent
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Why is Stoke-on-Trent known as ‘The Potteries’?
You are currently looking at our local history resources for Stoke-on-Trent. Here we focus on how the pottery industry shaped and moulded the local area.
Children will learn about the natural resources that made a pottery industry viable in the area, about the first potteries, how the six towns grew and developed, how Josiah Wedgwood influenced the industry, what it was like to work in a pottery and how the industry has changed over time.
Why not check out our Child Labour in Stoke Potteries video to give children an idea of the conditions that children their age would have faced at the height of the pottery industry?
This completely FREE local history pack includes everything that you need to complete a local history study in your school based on the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent!
The downloaded pack is broken down into easy to follow folders so you can pick and choose which areas you wish to focus on with your class. We also provide an complete teaching overview, so if you wanted to use the whole pack with your class, it could easily be included in your teaching and planning.
