Quality resources developed for Home Schooling, International Schools and online education in sub-Saharan Africa, suitable for students planning to write Cambridge International Examinations.
Quality resources developed for Home Schooling, International Schools and online education in sub-Saharan Africa, suitable for students planning to write Cambridge International Examinations.
KS 3 - A 7 page worksheet containing information about Wangari Maathai, questions which practise historical skills; a glossary and suggested answers
International Curriculum for Africa Year 7
Useful as an EcoSchool topic for History
KS 3 - A 5 page worksheet with information, questions, glossary and suggested answers; asks whether feudalism existed in Africa; compares with European feudalism
International Curriculum for Africa Year 7
KS 3 - A 16 page unit containing information, tasks and suggested answers.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartholomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Kilwa
Angola
Mozambique
(International Curriculum for Africa)
KS 3 - A 34 page unit of work containing information, tasks and suggested answers.
Slavery
Slave life on a plantation
Slavery at the Cape of Good Hope
Consequences of the slave trade
The foundation of Sierra Leone and Liberia
International Curriculum for Africa
KS3 - Year / Grade 9 Suitable for printing or projecting, this unit contains background information on Adolf Hitler; notes which can be completed while watching a PowerPoint presentation (or issued without gaps for students to complete); a quick multiple choice activity; and a source based task in which students are introduced to totalitarian vs democratic forms of government - useful for continuous assessment. Suggested answers are included for the tasks. Suitable for Cambridge, International Curriculum for Africa, CAPS Senior phase and anyone wishing to introduce the topic to students who have no prior knowledge of the topic.
KS 3: A 6 page worksheet discussing witchcraft in History with an exercise on the Salem Witch Trials; glossary and suggested answers
International Curriculum for Africa Year 7
KS 3 Worksheet containing instructions for students to create a PowerPoint presentation about Princess Diana. Students expected to answer a "to what extent" question.
KS 2-3: An 8 page worksheet containing information, questions and a Formal Assessment Task:
Introduction
Tools used by African farmers
Land use in Africa
Labour in African society
Formal assessment task
International Curriculum for Africa Year 7
KS 3 A full 64 page module which covers early agricultural societies
Land and labour in African society
Feudal societies Europe, France, China, Africa
Agriculture in Britain - Peasants Revolt and Agrarian revolution
Food production in Africa
International Curriculum for Africa Year 7
KS 3 (UK) Gr 8-10 (SA) - A unit of work, suitable for whiteboard or for printing as a worksheet, which uses two films to study the topic. Includes background reading; worksheets; suggested answers (also on PowerPoint). Introduction – using film to study history
How the war began
The Battle of Isandlwana (Zulu Dawn)
The Battle of Rorke's Drift. (Zulu!)
The aftermath of these battles
Discussion – use of propaganda techniques by the British government
KS 3 - Module containing information, tasks and suggested answers
Events in Nguniland prior to the Mfecane
King Shaka Zulu
The Mfecane
Mzilikazi flees to Matabeleland
The Bambatha Rebellion
(International Curriculum for Africa) - a topic found in the syllabus of many African countries
Useful for whiteboard projection and tablet use.
KS 3 - An 8 page worksheet about the establishment of Sierra Leone and Liberia, short multiple choice activity
International Curriculum for Africa Year 8
KS 3 - 8 pages of reading material, tasks, suggested answers;
The first explorers
Burton and Speke
The end of the story?
Write a speech
International Curriculum for Africa Year 8
KS 3: Instructions and guidelines for students to carry out a Depth Study on human migration in Africa. PowerPoint presentation which enables teachers to give a brief overview of the suggested topics. Suitable for IB, Cambridge and International Curriculum for Africa Year 8. Possible topics for this task include:
1. Jews to Ethiopia
2. The Bantu migration to (Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, etc.)
3. Migration of the (Nilotes / Cushites) to Kenya
4. The origin and migration of people from Central Sudan to Nigeria.
5. The migration of the San / Nama / Damara / people of Namibia
6. The Great Trek in South Africa
7. The migration of English settlers to the Eastern Cape in the 1820s.
8. Maasai migrations in East Africa
9. Migrations of people into Mali and Songhay
10. The Matabele of Mzilikazi
11. Indians to the colony of Natal
12. Somali migrants to Europe
KS3/ 9 A 14 page unit which introduces students to the importance and work of the UN and AU. Includes a section on the role of peacekeepers. Includes assessment tasks with suggested answers. Can be printed or projected. In one task, students use written and video resources (internet links supplied) to make their own study notes.
- gain an understanding of the roles, objectives and organs of the two organisations
- know what the role of peacekeepers should be
- assess the effectiveness of their contributions in specific situations
- use evidence to support the conclusions reached
KS 3 - A 21 page unit of work suitable for international / multi-cultural schools
Introduction to Women in History
A famous Asian woman - Sorghaghtani Beki
A famous African woman – Wangari Maathai
A famous British woman – Princess Diana
Women and witchcraft
An investigation into a gender issue
International Curriculum for Africa Year 7
KS 3-4 A resource which examines how events in Africa affect the rest of the world (or are ignored by the rest of the world). Contains information, tasks, suggested answers, mark schemes and examples. Introduces students to CIE requirements for extended writing; History essay writing skills. Includes PowerPoint slides needed for the tasks and links to websites I use in teaching - suitable for Year/Grades 9-11.
The Arab Spring and the consequences for Syria
Islamic extremists in Africa
The Central African Republic
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Ebola in West Africa (updated 2018)
Social Sciences; Year /Grade 7 Includes history skills - sources
International/ Homeschool/ IEB/ South Africa
Includes memorandum (Word doc or Blendspace https://www.tes.com/lessons/t3rCF9T28U_rTg/the-kingdom-of-mali)