A barrier game is a game with a barrier in between the two players so that they cannot see the other person’s side. The aim of barrier games is for the players to use their talking and listening skills to make both sides match, learning key facts along the way.
This one is designed to introduce key points about the end of WW1 and the Armistice. It can also be used for any Remembrance Sunday activities.
Revision Table for France, 1774–1814 (CIE A Level 9489)
I give this out at the beginning of the course and ensure the students fill it out as they go along. They find it helps them categorise significant events and to deal with the overwhelming amount of content.
American Civil War Copperheads Gap Fill worksheet
21 keywords to solve, all about who the Copperheads were and why they were opposed to the American Civil War.
American Civil War Grant’s Campaign Gap Fill Worksheet
19 keywords to solve, all about Grant’s Overland Campaign. Includes:
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
2nd Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
18 Google Earth locations that tell the story of the Renaissance and The Middle Ages, along with quiz questions as they go along.
Great starter, recap or simply for some knowledge acquistion for homework.
American Civil War Fort Sumter Gap Fill Worksheet
19 keywords to solve, all about how the First Battle of Fort Sumter helped to trigger The American Civil War.
Includes key figures, causes and main events.
American Civil War - Life in the Confederate States Gap Fill Worksheet
19 keywords to solve, all about the south’s economic, political and social problems towards the end of the American Civil War.
Includes:
Causes of food shortages
Inflation
Impact of Emancipation Proclamation
Confederates abandoning their posts
American Civil War Civil Liberties Gap Fill Worksheet
30 keywords to solve, all about the controversial limitations on civil liberties during the American Civil War.
Includes:
Suspension of habeas corpus
Vallandingham, Merryman, Milligan cases.
American Civil War Foreign Influence Gap Fill worksheet
20 keywords to solve, all about British and French influence during The American Civil War, including relations before the war, the Trent Affair, CSS Alabama and French cotton prices.
American Civil War General Grant Gap Fill Worksheet
Over 30 key words to solve, including generals before Grant and how Grant came into Lincoln’s favour.
I created this resource in 2021 when Cambridge had decided to use the American Civil War and Reconstruction topic as Component 1. Unfortunately they had not provided any bespoke past papers, so I created this. Hopefully it’s handy at some point in the future.
Each topic for this course is categorised along with handy links and essential knowledge the students need to smash the Paper 4 exam.
I give this out at the beginning of the course and ensure the students fill it out as they go along. They find it helps them categorise significant events and to deal with the overwhelming amount of content.
Revision Table for The Russian Revolution, 1894–1921 (CIE A Level History)
I give this out at the beginning of the course and ensure the students fill it out as they go along. They find it helps them categorise significant events and to deal with the overwhelming amount of content.
Split by topic, this revision wheel is great to hand out to students at the beginning of each unit so they can keep up to date with main points. Kept in one folder with other units, a very hand revision resource for students in the lead up to their Paper 1 and 2 exams.
American Civil War Border States Gap Fill Worksheet
25 keywords to solves, including:
What were the border states
Why Lincoln needed them in the Union
Political difficulties
Emancipation Proclamation controversy
Split by topic, this revision wheel is great to hand out to students at the beginning of each unit so they can keep up to date with main points. Kept in one folder with other units, a very hand revision resource for students in the lead up to their Paper 1 and 2 exams.