• Locate Ebbw Vale on a map of Wales.
  
• Talk about the different ways in which people earn their living. Introduce the concept of an industry - a particular kind of work undertaken by large groups of people.

While viewing

• Look out for all the many ways in which the coal and steel industries affected the lives of people who lived in Ebbw Vale in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

After viewing

• Why did the coal and steel industries develop in Ebbw Vale and not in Cookstown?
  
• How did people earn their living in your area in the nineteenth century? To find out, look at census records, street directories and newspapers of that period.