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9-3 Industry and Change Industry - Rise and Fall

Geog123 book 3

pages 36-37 3.3 The rise and fall of the coal industry

pages 38-39 3.4 When an industry declines

pages 40-41 3.5 The growth of new industries

mining in the Staffordshire coalfield

When an industry declines

The Local Government website of Ashfield, with a very good description of the Ashfield Partnership

The above is a hotlink to the site of the Ashfield partnership - and opens to good news stories. Try opening The Pulse newsletter.

The rise and fall of the coal industry

The British coal industry was once the greatest in the world, and our Industrial Revolution was based upon the power produced by burning coal.

On the printed sheet: Rise and fall of the coal industry, answer question 5 page 35.

Rise and fall of the coal industry graph in format

On lines paper and using the title for qn. 1 answer question 6 page 37.
Watch the video G38 or G40 Coal -The Future, which covers the industry at the time of the 1984 Miner's strike. Dividie a page into 2 colums to put the arguments for and against closure.

Ashfield- reviving a declining area.
The Ashfield Partnership

From page 39 answer questions 1 & 2.
Create a Consequences map to answer question 3 page 39.
Qn. 5 page 39.
Using all of the information you can get, answer qn.6 - to create a page for a website, entitles: Ashfield; a great location for your business.

Economic regeneration - the Teversall Trail with hotlink to the Trail's own site.

Multimap link to Teversall Example consequences map for Teversall Trail

New Craighall a mining village moves forward after pit closure

9-3 1 Economic activity

9-3 2 Industry - Rise and Fall

9-3 3 case study - Silicon Glen

Year 9 work

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