Blog for Mr Wilkinson's History and Geography classes at Haileybury Almaty. Posts by Mr Wilkinson and his students.

Monday 20 November 2017

Life in the Cotton Mills: Form 2 Story Project

Throughout this term Form 2 have been learning about the Industrial Revolution in History. As a final task they had to create a story about life in the cotton mills for child labourers. Their stories had to use real life information from historical sources that we had analysed earlier in the term. Students then got into groups and created a video for one of their stories.

The video was set and marked using a marking rubric. All students were given the rubric before they started the task allowing them to know what was expected of them. The outcome has been fantastic and the class have been very creative, using a number of techniques to convey the conditions of child labourers including animation, green screens and acting.

Have a look at their work below. I think you will agree, for a class of EAL learners, some of whom are studying in English for the first time this year, they have done a fantastic job.

Catherine, Ben and Yee Rou

Kai Xin, Johaier and Renee


Kah Wei, Juno and Nate

Ban, Kam Jun, Yun and Vanessa


Jason, Ray and Henry


Ting Ting, Army and Miki

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