Blaenavon - Children of the Revolution - Newport City Council and National Museum and Galleries of Wales

Teacher Notes - Evaluation Grids for Each Activity

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Task 1 Activity 1Evaluation - The 1841 Census

Trainee Inspector	Assistant Inspector	Senior Inspector

I can find information from the census and answer some of the questions in the activity.	I can find information from the census and answer most of the questions in the activity sheet. I can sometimes give reasons for my answers.	I can find information from the census and answer all of the questions in the activity sheet and give reasons for my answers.

Task 1 Activity 2Evaluation - The Job Description Exercise

Trainee Inspector	Assistant Inspector	Senior Inspector

I can write at least one simple Job Description for workers in Blaenavon in 1842.	I can write three basic Job Descriptions for workers in Blaenavon in 1842.	I can write three detailed Job Descriptions for workers in Blaenavon in 1842.

Task 2 Activity 1 Evaluation - The Virtual Reality Tour

Trainee Inspector	Assistant Inspector	Senior Inspector

I can explore the house using the virtual tour and I can recognise some of its features.	I can explore the house using the virtual tour and I can answer many of the questions in the activity sheet.	I can explore the house using the virtual tour and I can answer all of the questions in the activity sheet. I can give reasons for my answers.

Task 2 Activity 2 Evaluation - Making Ends Meet Exercise

Trainee Inspector	Assistant Inspector	Senior Inspector

I have some understanding of how a family found it difficult to make ends meet in Blaenavon in 1842.	I have spent within my budget for all three families. In answering the questions, I have at times given reasons for my choices in how to spend the money.	I have answered all the questions correctly and given reasons for my choices in how to spend the money. In making comparisons between the families, I understand that not all families could be well fed, warm and clean.

Task 2 Activity 3 Evaluation - 'Babies, Boils and Burials'

Trainee Inspector	Assistant Inspector	Senior Inspector

I can find out the ages at which most people died in Blaenavon in 1842.	I can use a speadsheet to analyse a graph and answer questions about health in Blaenavon in 1842.	I can identify causes for the high death rates of children in 1842 and I can give reasons to explain these.

Task 3 Activity 1 Evaluation - 'Now and Then' Log Book Exercise

Trainee Inspector	Assistant Inspector	Senior Inspector

I have watched the two video clips and I have some understanding of school life in 1842.	I have watched the video clips and I can complete the log book records in the role of a headmaster in 1842 and today.	I have watched the video clips and completed the log book exercise. Through answering questions about the log book records, I can identify differences between school life 'now and then' and suggest reasons for the changes.

Task 4 Activity 1 Evaluation - Mapping and Imaginative Writing

Trainee Inspector	Assistant Inspector	Senior Inspector

By using the date list, I can complete the 'drag and drop' exercise which shows how Blaenavon grew.	By completing the 'drag and drop' exercise and studying population figures, I understand that Blaenavon grew considerably in the 19th century. I can suggest some reasons why this is so.	I can imagine that I am a person returning to Blaenavon in 1842 and I can make observations about the growth of the town and how and why it has changed.