Schools in the Welsh Mining Communities

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Reconstruction from a school in 1927.

Coal miners' children in school being taught arithmetic and their times-tables. Reconstruction from 1927.
From: Coal House Omnibus 2
First broadcast : 04 November 2007

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 7-9

Subject : History

Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain, Modern Wales and Britain

Keywords : Coal industry, History of education,

Notes : Useful clip when studying education in mining communities. It gives an insight into teaching methods of the period and could be useful for children to gain an insight as to what it would have been like to go to school in 1927.

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