History GCSE
Industrial and economic change
What Industrial and economic change means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Industrial and economic change
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Reference: OCR
A change in local industry that drew or displaced workers, as a significant event in the area's migration history.
Topics that use Industrial and economic change
- Urban Environments: Patterns of Migration (J410/11) - Key events in local migration history (OCR GCSE)
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- Arrival and settlement events
- Contested remembrance
- Evidence-based location
- Local migration history
- Place and locality
- Public history and memorials
- Site versus commemoration
- Community institutions and their founding
Using Industrial and economic change in the exam
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