I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
Personalised learning checklists for a variety of the new GCSE exam style questions based on Germany breadth study 1919-1991. Each includes the question, mark scheme and targets for improvement on a cover sheet for ticking and circling to make marking easy. Allows opportunities for peer and self assessment as well as targets for improvement.
Questions include:
- The German economy greatly improved after Hitler came to power in 1933. Arrange the three reasons in order of their significance in improving the German economy in the 1930s. Explain your choices. (9 marks]
- After World War 2 relations between the two Germany’s changed. Arrange the reasons in order of their significance in demonstrating the worsening relations between East and West. Explain your choices. (9 marks]
- Coordination was an important part of how Hitler and the Nazis controlled Germany. Three ways Hitler tried to control society was through 1. Women 2. Workers 3. Children. Arrange the three groups in order of how significant they were to the Nazi policy of coordination in the 1930s. (9 marks]
- How far did the economic status of the German people change between 1923 and 1929? (6 marks]
- How important was the impact of the Enabling Act in Hitler`s consolidation of power? [12 marks]
A 36 slide PowerPoint which goes through every GCSE exam question which could feature in the 2017 exam for the Germany 1919-1991 outline paper for WJEC.
Includes:
- At least three practice questions for each exam question
- plans and answers for the essay question
- a word document student answer booklet with writing frames for each question.
- source and non source questions
20 homeworks for the Germany 1919-1991 topic. Each week focuses on a different topic from the specification and also includes 'Round Up' homeworks to consolidate all prior knowledge. The focus is on the student to LEARN their key facts by answering 10 questions and then learning the 10 questions ready for a quick factual recap test next lesson. This test can be used as part of exit strategies or king or queen of History knowledge tests. Each homework uses the same format and the same question stems - they are very easy to mark and can easily be marked as a starter at the beginning of the lesson.
The questions follow the following format:
- Give 2 reasons why / Give 2... (2 questions)
- Name two ... (2 questions)
- Explain...
- What...
- Where...
- How...
- A true or false statement
- A key word anagram
Answers to the true / false statement and anagram can be found for each homework on the final slide of the download.
The topics tested are:
- Weimar
- Stresemann
- Rise of the Nazi Party
- Consolidation of Power
- The Police State
-Economy
-Women and children
- Jews up to 1939
- The Homefront
- Opposition
- Jews until 1945
- Defeat
- Round Up 1
- Berlin Blockade and Airlift
- Life in West Germany
- Life in East Germany
- Post 1960
- Reunification
- Round Ups 2 & 3
A student work booklet comprising 32 pages of questions and activities covering all 7 key questions. The booklet focuses on the key knowledge needed to pass the exam and covers the entire specification. When printed the booklet is ready for students to fill in and use as a revision tool.
Focus on the USA 1910-1929 unit for the new Eduqas GCSE History exam. Includes:
- knowledge organisers for the whole unit
- student workbook for the whole unit which can be used as part of teaching or revision
- weekly learning homeworks for the whole unit
- a USA practice exam question PLC
This document shows what students need to do to achieve each grade for the new GCSE. Can be used by teachers for devising lesson objectives and criteria for KS3 and KS4 assessments. Helps provide a guide for teachers and students as to where students are at and how they need to improve. Can also be used for KS3 at the beginning of the students journey.
Includes
- grade descriptors in detail for grades 1-9
- Notes for teachers
- sub grades with a key for how to use
- A final comment with an indication of what grades students in all year groups should be hitting. Easy to adapt for use with your own students in wither key stages.
Focus on the changing style of music and different styles of music between 1951 and 1979.
Includes:
- PowerPoint on changing music styles with YouTube links to hear the changing face of music
- How people listened to music PowerPoint - this is content information only
- worksheets to consolidate
- Where people listened to music PowerPoint - info with a task
- Changing trends in popular music with two case studies on Cliff Richard & the Beatles - info only PowerPoint
This is a 35 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Part2: Section 2: Chapter 8 – Conflict & Exploration under Elizabeth I.
Each page has tasks based on the information given in the textbook, for example,
- making specific notes
- answering key questions
- examining extracts based on the exam question stem
- practice essay
- completing tables
- spider diagram
- timeline
At the end of the booklet are the two mark schemes for the source and essay questions for students to refer to.
This is a 92 slide quiz focused solely on the topic of Germany 1919-1990 - designed to make students think about their answers! There are four rounds:
Round 1 - What’s the connection? (35 questions)
Round 2 - What come’s fourth? (14 questions)
Round 3 - Missing vowels for keywords (28 questions)
Round 4 - Word Wall (5 word walls)
Can be played as a whole class or for individual revision testing.
A set of 42 flashcards based on all the key content on the spec - giving pupils the key information they need to revise. Knowledge based only they contain the key content from the spec in easy to learn bullet points. There are 22 pages in the resource and each page has two flashcards - I had them photocopied onto card, cut into two, hole punched in the corner and then put a treasury tag in to make a set of flashcards. Every flashcard deals with key content and the resources covers the whole spec for Elizabeth I.
I have also included the blank proformas for the flashcards useful for a revision activity for pupils to make their own before giving them the completed ones!
This lesson focuses on students learning what it was like to live in 1485. Included the following tasks:
Task 1 - Pairwork with one student reading a description of life in 1485 and describing it to partner to draw
Task 2 - Choose a person from the picture of 1485 and imagine their life. Write a short diary entry from their point of view
Task 3 - Travel to the future with your character from task 2 and discuss the differences between then and now
Task 4 - A drama task acting out a scenario!
Task 5 - Answering the question about ‘what was life like in 1485’?
Six revision activities to help revise Germany 1919-1991
Practice exam questions
Blank spider diagrams
Guess who game - I laminate mine so they can be reused
Blank Knowledge organisers for students to complete for revision
Revision card template for students to fill in
Knowledge test
A complete list of key words for the Germany 1919-1991 topic including definitions. Also includes an extra two files where either the key word or definition column is blank for revision tasks.
Includes 7 revision clock templates for students to revise the topic of Depression, War & Recovery.
Topics are:
Clock 1 – The coming of the Depression
Clock 2 – Life during the Depression
Clock 3 – The coming of war
Clock 4 – Life during war time
Clock 5 – Keeping up morale
Clock 6 – Life after the war
Clock 7 – Rebuilding the country after 1945
Printing off in A3 is best for writing space. Spend 5 minutes on each section and one clock lasts a 60 minute lesson or use for students to revise individually.
Includes 8 revision clock templates for students to revise the topic of the USA 1910-1929.
Topics are:
Clock 1 - USA general
Clock 2 – Immigration
Clock 3 - Race and Religion
Clock 4 - Crime and Corruption
Clock 5 - Economic Boom
Clock 6 - End of Prosperity
Clock 7 - Entertainment
Clock 8 - Women
Printing off in A3 is best for writing space. Spend 5 minutes on each section and one clock lasts a 60 minute lesson or use for students to revise individually.
I originally made this as a guide for new students who came into the school part way through the course. Now all students complete it when we are doing the USA topic.
It is 83 pages long, includes tasks, exam practice, second order concept skills practice and key word opportunities. It covers the entire USA topic and has tasks related to every section like comprehension exercises, filling in a table, case studies, diamond 9 and designing an advert for a Jazz speakeasy. Every exam question on the paper is planned and practiced with mark schemes and room for student improvements. It can be used hand in hand with the free book resource from Eduqas on their website. At the end of the book is a PLC on the whole topic for students to check their knowledge and set targets. https://resources.eduqas.co.uk/Pages/ResourceByArgs?subId=17
There are three files:
(1) sources relating to the USA 1910-1929
(2) Interpretations to the USA 1910-1929
(3) Knowledge check
(1 & 2) Designed to be used as part of intervention sessions with GCSE History students but can also be good revision.
Each file gives examples of all the source / interpretation questions on the exam paper and includes a table with each source / interpretation to help students plan how to answer the questions. The table is based on the mark scheme so requires student to work out for each source / interpretation specifics such as ‘what is the content’? ‘what context would you use?’ ‘what about the author?’ ’ who is the audience of the source?’ etc.
After the exam questions are practice questions for students such as…
What other interpretations are there to:
The First World War was the main cause of the boom.
Or
What contextual knowledge would you use to evidence…
… corruption in government
… black people were segregated etc.
OR
How reliable is a source written by a …?
… flapper?
… Republican? etc
The sources file has 26 pages
the interpretations file has 14 pages
(3) The Knowledge check files asks students to plan their answers to all the key questions for USA 1910-1929 - there are revision tables to help students plan and write out. it is used as a aid for revising content information.
Hope you find this useful!
A revision PowerPoint on the each of the questions on the Entertainment & Leisure c500 to present day exam paper - Unit 4. Can be easily adapted for other unit 4 papers by changing content and names. For each question, advice is given on:
how long to answer
examples of questions
sentence starters
demands of the question
Included is a table for students to record information from the PowerPoint - enlarge to A3 for best results. Can be used as part of ‘drop down’ or ‘exam cram’ revision session for real or mock exams.
Two Y7 assessments for the Autumn term based on the medieval topic. Uses GCSE question starters and includes both markscheme.
Assessment 1
Section A
Background to the Battle of Hastings – True or False task
The Battle of Hastings – Circle the Word / Multiple Choice
Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? Tick & link reasons task
Bayeux Tapestry task
What if… task
Section B
Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? (12)
Assessment 2
Section A
Describe a Motte and Bailey castle.
Section B
What can be learnt from sources A and B about life in the Middle Ages? (4)
Section C
Use Source C and your own knowledge to describe the Domesday Book. (5 marks)
Student assessment sheets also include tips on how to answer the questions
Mark schemes include indicative content as well as bands for marking
A full scheme of work for the Entertainment & Leisure c500 -present day unit. Includes:
a cover page with general information like assessments, assessment objectives, key questions
specification
a skills page with all skills for every lesson identified
a space to write changes for each lesson as you go along - working document
all lessons to be taught (31 lessons) with key lesson objectives, resources, suggested teaching activities and skills