LESSON AIM: TO KNOW WHY IRON AND STEEL

DECLINED ON TEESSIDE

Can you find today’s key words in the word search?

Least Cost Location

Timeline of Teesside 1945 – demand for iron and steel

gradually increased, needed in construction and replenishment of the armed forces.

1950 – Teesside produced 30% of the UKs iron

1960s – demand for steel was high, Teesside was the ‘industrial centre for the future’. A large integrated steel works was opened at Redcar. Shell oil refinery opened, ICI expanded.

The tide turned

By 1970 – world oil price soared. The chemical industries began to close and move abroad

Global demand for steel fell so the workforce fell from 30,000 in 1975 to under 5,000 in 1990.

By 1987 25% of people on Teesside were unemployed.

TASK: explain what the effects of 25% unemployment were on the people of Teesside.

The Recovery In 1987 the Teesside Development Corporation

(TDC) was set up to improve Teesside and bring new jobs.

They did the following: £500 million pounds of offices, houses,

shops and leisure including Teesside Park, MFC and the Barrage

Cleaned up pollution on the river Tees, salmon and seals are now common

New jobs created now means unemployment is at 12%. How has this made things better for the people of Teesside?

Plenary

Write down 3 problems losing your job can have on your family.

Are their any benefits to losing your job?