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KS3/4 English: Songs of the Coalfields (1957)
 
AuthorGemma Starkey
 
TopicIndustrial Folksongs - developing speaking, listening and reading skills
 
Key Words Mining, folk, ballad, music, industry, heritage, coal, Ewan MacColl, class, work, protest, tradition
 
Curriculum links NC KS3 English Speaking and Listening: Students will be encouraged to listen carefully to the songs, responding to the poetry and musical style and contributing their observations to a discussion about the significance of context and tradition on form.
 
Media Literacy Opportunities At the end of the lesson students should be able to identify the unique qualities of industrial folk music and link them to their historical context by comparing and contrasting sound, form, text and film.