I am a History Teacher with a love for producing high quality and easily accessible history lessons, which I have accumulated and adapted for over 20 years of my teaching career. I appreciate just how time consuming teaching now is and the difficulty of constantly producing resources for an ever changing curriculum.
I am a History Teacher with a love for producing high quality and easily accessible history lessons, which I have accumulated and adapted for over 20 years of my teaching career. I appreciate just how time consuming teaching now is and the difficulty of constantly producing resources for an ever changing curriculum.
Migration Nation
The aim of this lesson is to evaluate the causes and consequences of Irish migration to Britain and its significance today.
The lesson is split into three sections: the consequences of the Irish famine, the impact of Irish navvies to the Industrial Revolution in Britain and Irish culture and significance in Britain today.
Students are given the context to Irish migration to Britain before they analyse the causes of consequences of the Irish famine. They can complete part of a GCSE style question if required.
They are then given information on the part played by Irish navvies in the Industrial Revolution and prioritise there impact.
Finally they study Irish culture in Britain today and evaluate how it has impacted upon Britain today through an extended writing task. They is help given with structure here if required.
There are video links to the lesson and an odd one out activity at the end to consolidate the learning of the lesson.
There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work.
The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit.
The lesson is differentiated, fully resourced and includes suggested teaching strategies.
Migration Nation
The aim of this lesson is to assess how influential the first settler were to Britain.
Students are given the context as to why Britain was a good place to settle before deciding which tools unearthed were used for what.
The main task is to assess what different tribes brought with them and their legacy today.
There is a differentiated extended writing tasks and video links to accompany the lesson.
The plenary is a family fortunes quiz which students have to decide the most common answers given from a survey of 100 people.
There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work.
The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit.
The lesson is differentiated, fully resourced and includes suggested teaching strategies.
Migration Nation
The aim of this lesson is to assess the significance of migration and its influence today.
Some key questions and misconceptions begin the lesson. This is extended by using some key words to students have to elaborate on, with help given if required.
There are also some Case Studies from various countries to analyse and study, as students give reasons for the migration from them.
There is also a chance to guess (with hints and prompts) which countries various people are from using modern day scenarios.
There is some extended writing to complete as well as links to video and images to consolidate understanding.
There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work.
The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit.
The lesson is differentiated, fully resourced and includes suggested teaching strategies.
Migration Nation
The aim of this lesson is to assess which individuals from the Caribbean had the greatest impact on British society before the Windrush generation.
This lesson is therefore the first part out of two focusing on Caribbean migration to Britain.
I have selected four individuals to discuss, address, highlight and evaluate: Mary Seacole, Mary Prince, Harold Moody and Walter Tull.
Each character is assessed using information given on their contribution to Britain, from autobiographies to sport, to medicine and changes in the law. Ultimately using some select criteria, students have to make a judgement on who had the biggest impact upon Britain at the time.
There are video links, source analysis as well as literacy and extended writing tasks on each person.
The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit.
The lesson is differentiated, fully resourced and includes suggested teaching strategies.
Migration Nation
The aim of this lesson is to evaluate the causes and consequences of Jewish migration to Britain and its significance today.
As this study focuses on Jewish migration from the Middle Ages to today, I have included a timeline for each topic studied. This lesson may be delivered over two sessions.
Students learn about the causes of anti-Semitism and persecution as well as judging how accepting Britons were when Jewish people were welcomed back into Britain in 1885 after having been expelled under King Edward I.
There is a focus on Oswald Moseley’s fascists and the Battle of Cable Street, as students question why anti-Semitism and prejudice declined following the events in the East End of London.
Students also analyse and are able to discuss the humanitarianism shown through the Kindertransport and the actions of Sir Nicholas Winton who was made famous on an episode of ‘That’s Life’ which has been included
The plenary multiple-choice quiz at the end will help to consolidate the learning from the lesson
There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work.
The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit.
The lesson is differentiated, fully resourced and includes suggested teaching strategies.