History · GCSE · The 20th-Century World
Booth, Rowntree and the Liberal social reforms
gcse-hist-2aa-4-3aFree0:45Heddy Score 2 of 7, below the standardPlays from youtube-nocookie.com. No YouTube cookies until you press play.
What you need to know
- Booth and Rowntree surveyed poverty and its causes.
- Many Boer War recruits were too unhealthy to serve.
- The Liberal reforms from 1906 brought pensions, school meals and national insurance.
In this clip
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- Trusted source · passed. The creator's own upload, live and playable here.
- On the map · not judged yet. A teacher watched it: it mainly teaches this map topic.
- Spec-true · not judged yet. Accurate, and right for the current UK specification.
- Focused · passed. One idea, short enough to watch in one go.
- Accessible · not judged yet. Good captions, clear sound and pictures.
- Safe for children · not judged yet. Right for 11 to 16 year olds, with no sales pitch.
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Our students
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Our own students' answers. These are what move ★7 Proven.Why we picked it
Run-through of the key individuals in the GCSE medicine thematic study; very useful for quick revision of who did what.
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