12 Months Out: Wales and the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike (Virtual Workshop)
In March 1984, over 25,000 miners in South Wales went on strike and would stay out for 12 months.
Learn more about the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike, and discover more about one of the most important events in Welsh coal mining history.
What was life like for a striking miner and their families? Who was involved? Who were the support groups that helped the striking miners?
To enquire about available dates and cost, please send your school’s name, number of pupils, year group and preferred dates to bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk or call (029) 2057 3650
Curriculum
Humanities: Informed, self-aware citizens engage with the challenges and opportunities that face humanity, and are able to take considered and ethical action.
Health and Well-being: Our decision-making impacts on the quality of our lives and the lives of others.
Learning Objectives
• Build up a body of knowledge and have the skills to connect and apply that knowledge in different contexts through learning the skills of an historian and studying the history of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike.
• Think creatively to reframe and solve problems by investigating the complex history of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike.
• Develop knowledge about their culture, community, society and the world, now and in the past by learning about the history of the protest in Wales.
• Understand and exercise their human and democratic responsibilities and rights, by discovering more about the politics behind the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike.
Booking information
To make a booking and talk to someone about this session phone (029) 2057 3650
