Our resources have been written to a high standard and fine tuned in the classroom. The History Academy's goal is to share best practice at an affordable price so that you can focus on your own priorities. During my 34 years in challenging schools, I have published resources for Heinemann, Pearsons, Hodder, Folens, BBC and Boardworks. If you would like to receive updates, create your own customised bundle or join our team, then contact us via our Facebook or Linkedin pages.
Our resources have been written to a high standard and fine tuned in the classroom. The History Academy's goal is to share best practice at an affordable price so that you can focus on your own priorities. During my 34 years in challenging schools, I have published resources for Heinemann, Pearsons, Hodder, Folens, BBC and Boardworks. If you would like to receive updates, create your own customised bundle or join our team, then contact us via our Facebook or Linkedin pages.
Thesegreat resources are a must have for every teacher starting back to school.
They include an intervention log for your form, a seating planner and finally a literacy mat which can be laminated and placed on each table. If you are a HOD, I’ve also thrown in my faculty review sheet.
Good luck with the new term and keep popping back to the History Academy for more good ideas. We don’t knowing overprice anything, but we do focus on quality. If you have any issues then please get in touch. We don’t sell anything more than the price of a good cup of coffee so if you decide to buy, thank you in advance!
This fantastic little speaking frame is designed to help students explain cause and effect by providing them with a series of prompts that they can use to develop their speaking and listening skills. It could be used in many different subjects from a history to science. Like all the resources in this series, its great strength is its simplicity. Please check out some of my other resources.
When you download this resource, you will be able access a a fully editable single page Word document with prompts to help students describe and explain cause and effect in a speculative talk. For your convenience, I have also uploaded this file as a PDF.
If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on other areas of writing from recount, explain, discuss, debate, persuade, speculate and many more. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy
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Roy
This free resource contains some useful phrases to help students give an exploratory or speculative talk as part of developing their speaking and listening skills. It is designed to be printed off and used as prompt sheet to help give students a range of different phrases.
When you download this resource, you will be able access a fully editable 1 page Word document with sentence starters to help students speculate and explore as part of their speech writing. For your convenience, I have also uploaded this file as a PDF.
If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on other areas of writing from recount, explain, discuss, debate, persuade, speculate and many more. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy
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Roy
These outstanding resources have been refined and carefully crafted to help students understand the critical role played by castles in help helping William keep control of England and how their design changed over time.
When you purchase this bundle you will be able to download a series of lessons which look a how castle design changed from the Norman Conquest onwards. Each lesson focuses on why the Normans built castles and this is the subject for the first lesson. The next two lessons look at Motte & Bailey and Square Keep Castles. Students knowledge and understanding of the topic is then built on through lesson number four by getting them to write a persuasive formal letter explaining to a Norman Lord why he should replace his Motte & Bailey Castle with a stone Keep. This lesson should generate some impressive display work.
The final lesson in the series is a market place activity which looks at how castle design changed over time. For more information, please click on the lessons to find out more. There is a good half terms worth of work in these lessons.
This bundle contains all of our resources that are currently available on the on the First World War. This is a work in progress as will will be adding more resources on this topic in the next few weeks and increasing the price respectively. We are currently offering you a discounted of at least 41%, but the early bird gets the worm so if you buy now ,you will get everything else that we add to this bundle for free when you check back for updates.
To find out more about each resource, simply click on it to find out about its aims, objectives and a brief description of how you could use it in the classroom.
If you like these resource then why not check out our other topics in our TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates.
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Roy
These excellent resources have bundled together to give you outstanding value. The over a range of social, moral, spiritual and cultural issues that relate to a number of subjects.
If you would like to know more then please click on each resource. They are aimed at the fully range of ability. You can cut them out and put them into an envelop for students to sort or you can get them to cut, sort and stick them into their books. Failing that they can create a key or use highlighters and stick the whole sheet into their books.
I have also produced an American version of these resources called Moral Philosophy, but this bundle is smaller and the resources included have been especially adapted for US schools.
If you would like some further updates, then please follow me on the TES or facebook.
This fun and interactive card sort has been designed a starter or plenary to a lesson on the highwayman Dick Turpin. Students are given a series of statements about his actions and how people have reacted to them and are instructed to sort them under the headings of hero or villain. This lesson is suitable for either a KS3 or KS4 history or an English lesson.
When you purchase this lesson you will be able to download a 10 slide PowerPoint that has been designed to help facilitate the card sort. It contains aims, objectives, a brief introduction, a historical source, link to a video clip, tasks, activities, starters, plenaries and templates. Accompanying the PowerPoint is a single page Word Document file containing a learning objective, instructions, two heading cards labelled ‘Dick Turpin was a hero’ and ‘Dick Turpin was a Villain.’ The resource also contains 20 statements to be sorted by students and a second task instructing them to write an extended answer. Both documents have also been uploaded in PDF.
The aims and objectives of the lesson are:
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: Who was Dick Turpin?
Can You Explain: Why he is seen as either a hero or villain?
Can You Evaluate: Was Dick Turpin a popular hero or a villain?
If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar SMSC topics in our TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates.
Kind Regards
Roy
This fun and interactive card sort has been designed a starter or plenary to a lesson on the highwayman Dick Turpin for KS2 or a special needs class at KS3. Students are given a series of statements about his actions and how people have reacted to them and are instructed to sort them under the headings of hero or villain. This lesson is suitable for either a KS3 or KS4 history or an English lesson.
When you purchase this lesson you will be able to download a 10 slide PowerPoint that has been designed to help facilitate the card sort. It contains aims, objectives, a brief introduction, a historical source, link to a video clip, tasks, activities, starters, plenaries and templates. Accompanying the PowerPoint is a single page Word Document file containing a learning objective, instructions, two heading cards labelled ‘Dick Turpin was a hero’ and ‘Dick Turpin was a Villain.’ The resource also contains 20 statements to be sorted by students and a second task instructing them to write an extended answer. Both documents have also been uploaded in PDF.
The aims and objectives of the lesson are:
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: Who was Dick Turpin?
Can You Explain: Why he is seen as either a hero or villain?
Can You Evaluate: Was Dick Turpin a popular hero or a villain?
If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar SMSC topics in our TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates.
Kind Regards
Roy
This fun and interactive lesson is aimed at Key Stages 4 and 5 and looks at exploits of the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin. The aim of the lesson is to evaluate whether he was a hero or a villain.
The lesson begins with a series of starters designed to get students collaborating and working together as well as a card sort on some of the popular elements around the story of his life. This is then followed up by getting students to analyse a historical narrative of his life, along side various historical sources and to pick out actions and events that would support whether he was a hero or villain. This is then followed up with an extended writing exercise, which is supported with various templates, planning sheets and PEEL writing frames.
The extra resources section includes a heads and tails activity, word search, knowledge quiz with answers, wanted poster activity and a narrative & analysis activity aimed at sixth form students.
When you purchase this lesson you will be able to download a 28 slide PowerPoint which contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, historical sources, link to a video clip, tasks, activities, word, starters, plenaries, organisers, writing frames and templates. Accompanying the PowerPoint is a three page Word Document document containing the narrative account of Dick Turpin’s life along with historical sources, as well as a single page Word Document containing the card sort. All documents have also been uploaded as PDFs, just in case you do not have access to Office or require a smaller document size. Please see the detailed preview for a sample of the lesson.
The aims and objectives of the lesson are:
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: Who was Dick Turpin?
Can You Explain: Why he is seen as either a hero or villain?
Can You Evaluate: Was Dick Turpin a popular hero or a villain?
If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar SMSC topics in our TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates.
Kind Regards
Roy
The issue of freedom of speech and censorship continues to be a controversial subject in most democratic societies. Should radical groups be banned from spreading hate on the Internet through Social Media platforms. Should public morally be protected? Should children be shielded from violence and sexually explicit material? Should the government stop terrorist groups using social media to recruit and spread their ideology? How about freedom of speech or the issue of fake news?
This outstanding resource has been tried and tested in the classroom over many years and aims to help students understand some of the arguments for and against the use of censorship on the Internet and Social Media It can be used as a starter, plenary or main activity to accompany any main stream text book or resource on this topic. The nature of the task means that it appeals to the full range of ability.
The main activity involves getting students to cut out the cards in lesson, organise them into their most persuasive order under the two main headings and then sick them into their books. Once students have fed back their results to a class discussion, they can then have a go at the extended writing activity or add additional ideas from the class discussion. Alternatively, they can create a key and then sort through the cards and then stick the sheet into their book or you could cut out the cards and place them into an envelope for them to sort prior to a discussion on the topic. This is a great resource that can be easily adapted and edited to suit your classroom and expectations.
When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a single page Word Document which contains a learning objective, instructions, two heading cards as well as sixteen statements that can sorted.
The aims of this lesson / activity are:
Know: What is censorship?
Understand: What are the arguments for and against censorship of the Internet and Social Media?
Evaluate: How far should media be censored in a democratic society?
WILF - What am I Looking For?
Identify and describe - What is censorship?
Explain - the arguments for and against censorship of the Internet and Social Media?
Analyse - How far should teh Internet be censored in a democratic society?
If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more quality time with the people who matter.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates.
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Roy
These resources have been bundled together by the History Academy to provide you with the tools you will need to help improve your students progress in history.
We have included classroom displays on PEEL as well as free assessment for learning tasks that you can use to help improve your students extended writing skills.
More importantly, we have also included our resources on how to improve your source based answers in history in GCSE and A Level exams as well as how to structure your answers using the CCCJ model.
I have been a head of humanities and examiner for all the exam boards over my 30 years of teaching experience. If you look carefully at all the exam board mark schemes, they all use the same language in their source analysis questions comment, content, context and judgement. A L1 one answer will always be a simple comment, whilst a level 2 will involve discussing or giving examples from content, whereas a Level 3 to 4 will always require discussing the context of the source, with the better answers using the context of a source to make a judgement on the question.
If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage for their work so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates or if you have any questions or requests. Do check out our YouTube Channel: @historyacademy
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Roy
This resource bundles together our growing resources on Medieval African History. This exciting topic is often overlooked due to the pressures of the curriculum time or because colleagues are simple not aware of the rich tapestry of African history.
The first lesson on why study Medieval African History is a free lesson which sets the scene and the nature of the historical debate. The following lesson gives an overview of the history of the African Empires and Kingdoms during the medieval and early modern periods.
The second lesson comes in two formats, the first is an all singing and dancing market place activity which is designed to get students out of their places and collaborating and sharing. The second version is less active and follows the traditional PowerPoint and Worksheet working in tandem.
The third lesson looks at why Mali became a powerful Medieval African Empire. It comes in two forms, again market place activity and a more traditional PowerPoint with worksheet. Both lessons include a wide range of activities to suit learners from across the spectrum of ability including an essay, heads and tails, word search, missing word activity, knowledge recall questions and a quiz.
The overall aims and objectives of these lessons are:
Theme: Medieval African History
Know: How rich and powerful were African empires and kingdoms?
Understand: How have historians interpreted African Medieval History in the past?
Evaluate: How advanced were Medieval African Kingdoms?
Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: How rich and powerful were African empires and kingdoms?
Can You Explain: How historians have misinterpreted African Medieval History?
Can You Evaluate: How advanced were Medieval African Kingdoms?
If you like these resources then why not check out our TES shop, where you can find similar resources that have been bundled to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy on Facebook and YouTube for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. However, we do not compromise our values and pay all our contributors the living wage for their work.
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Roy
Engage your students with this fun, dynamic and interactive marketplace activity, specifically designed to encourage them to delve into the debate surrounding the legendary highwayman Dick Turpin. By collaborating in this activity, students will have the opportunity to critically examine and discuss whether Dick Turpin should be regarded as a hero or a villain, fostering a deeper understanding of historical perspectives and ethical considerations, whilst practicing their critical thinking and essay writing skills.
The lesson begins with either a snowball, whiteboard or source analysis starter, before moving onto the main task which gets them to analyse a historical narrative about different stages of his life that has been broken up into different information slides. These can be posted around the classroom or shared amongst groups. Students record the key facts on whether he was a hero or a villain in their exercise books or in one of two specially designed summary sheets that can be previewed below. Once they have completed the market place activity, they are presented with a number of different tasks that you can choose from to help them consolidate their knowledge and form a judgement.
When you purchase this lesson you will be able to download a 36 slide PowerPoint which contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, information slides, historical sources, extended writing task, templates, writing frames and video links. The extra resources section includes a heads and tails activity, word search, knowledge quiz with answers and a wanted poster activity. This lesson has also been uploaded as a PDF, just in case you do not have access to Office.
The aims and objectives of the lesson are:
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: Who was Dick Turpin?
Can You Explain: Why he is seen as either a hero or villain?
Can You Evaluate: Was Dick Turpin a popular hero or a villain?
If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar topics in our TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy
Kind Regards
Roy
This bundle contains a series of interactive lessons that look at Queen Boudica’s rebellion. Depending upon the ability of your class you can opt for a simple chronology lesson using the card sort lesson or you can go for a full on middle to stop set lesson on why did her rebellion failed? If you have a top set class or want to extend your students by looking at historical interpretations, then you can go for the source analysis lesson on the causes of the rebellion which does a full NOP lesson on the different interpretations of Tacitus and Dio Cassius.
Whatever lesson you opt for, they have all been made to a high standard and have been field tested and finely tuned over many years in the classroom by our team of committed history teachers.
If you like these resources then why not check out our TES shop, where you can find similar resources that have been bundled to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy on Facebook and YouTube for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. However, we do not compromise our values and pay all our contributors the living wage for their work.
Kind Regards
Roy
If you are looking for a lesson to inspire and engage your students, then this play designed to be read out or performed in lesson on the challenges facing a young physician, his family and servants during the Great Plague of London 1664 - 1665, is just what the doctor ordered. The play and the support materials that have been uploaded are suitable for the full range of ability in a mainstream secondary or high school.
Using drama role play or the medium of a play to explore detailed and complex ideas and historical situations can be a particularly effective tools for engaging students of all abilities. This resource was written to be used in a history lesson with students at KS3 or studying GCSE Medicine Through Time, but it is also suitable for use in an English or Drama lesson. To this end, I have created additional tasks and activities that could be used in those subjects.
The plots and story line in the play of the Plague Doctor have been written to help students understand the medical knowledge that people used at this crucial moment in history when Britain was on the threshold of the Age of Science. As the story line unfolds, students will learn how people believed that diseases were spread and what attempts they made to try and avoid catching them. They will also learn how people reacted during an outbreak of an epidemic and the problems that this create for medical and civil authorities.
When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a nine page Word Document which contains the play, as well as a sixteen slide PowerPoint Presentation. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, historical sources, pictures, diagrams, links to appropriate video clips as well as starters, plenaries, tasks and activities to help support the delivery of the play. Please see the preview for more information.
The aims and objectives of this lesson are:
Theme: Stuart England 1660 - 1714
Know: How did people react to the outbreak of the plague in London 1664-65?
Understand: How did people believe that diseases were spread at this time?
Evaluate: How successful were attempts to treat plague victims?
Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Identify & describe: How did people react to the outbreak of the plague in 1664?
Explain: How did people believe that diseases were spread at this time?
Analyse: How successful were attempts to treat plague victims?
These literacy cards are designed to be printed off and used by students to help guide them through different types of writing.
These cards can be printed off as a worksheet or cut up, laminated and kept in an envelop. Each card contains a sentence starter appropriate for that topic in an extended piece of writing.
Each resource is designed to take them through the various stages of constructing their writing from the introduction to the conclusion. For your convenience, I have also uploaded these file as a PDFs along side fully editable Word Documents.
We have also added to these bundle our Humanities Literacy Mat, which can be adapted for all subjects as well as our Persuasive Speech Mat. Both can be printed off in colour, given out as required, laminated, stuck to the desk or used as a classroom display.
If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on other areas of writing from recount, explain, discuss, debate, persuade, speculate and many more. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy
Kind Regards
Roy
This bundle of resources looks at the life and times of the famous highwayman, Dick Turpin. It includes card sorts, market place activities, a drama role play about a mail coach to Doncaster which as suitable for a range of abilities at KS3 and KS4. I have also included a KS2 version of the card sort for SEND students at KS3.
Please click on the individual resources to find out more information.
The aims and objectives of the lesson are:
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: Who was Dick Turpin?
Can You Explain: Why he is seen as either a hero or villain?
Can You Evaluate: Was Dick Turpin a popular hero or a villain?
If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar SMSC topics in our TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates.
Kind Regards
Roy
This engaging and interactive card sort activity is specifically designed to help GCSE English students explore the complexities of Shakespeare’s Macbeth character. Set against the theme of disorder, confusion and order, this lesson facilitates a discussion of Macbeth’s moral dilemma and its impact on the dramatic action of the play.
Key Features:
Snowballing Starter: Students begin by engaging in a snowballing starter activity using key words related to Macbeth’s character. This activity encourages critical thinking and helps students establish a foundation for further exploration.
Heroic and Villainous Traits: After the starter activity, students are prompted to decide which adjectives match the heroic and villainous sides of Macbeth’s character. This exercise allows students to analyse Macbeth’s motivations and actions, fostering a deeper understanding of his complex nature.
**Matching Quotes: ** The main task of this lesson involves matching quotes with Macbeth’s key characteristics. By analysing key quotes from the play, students gain insight into Macbeth’s moral confusion and the disruption and disorder it creates.
GCSE and A Level Focus: This lesson is suitable for both GCSE and A Level students, providing valuable insights and analysis for students at different levels of study.
By using this resource, students will enhance their understanding of Macbeth’s character and the central message of the play. They will develop critical thinking skills, analyse complex themes, and strengthen their ability to interpret Shakespearean literature.
When you purchase this resource you will be able to download two documents, a single page Word document and a PowerPoint. The Word document contains the various headings, statements and quotes that are to be sorted, whilst the PowerPoint contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, tasks, activities, plenaries and continuums to help facilitate the lesson. Both documents have also been uploaded as PDFs. Please see the detailed preview.
The aims and objectives of this lesson are:
Theme: Macbeth
Know: What are the key elements of Macbeth’s character?
Understand: How Shakespeare uses conflict and disorder to drive the dramatic action?
Evaluate: Whether Macbeth was a hero or a villain?
Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: The key elements of Macbeth’s character?
Can You Explain: How does Shakespeare use conflict and disorder to drive the dramatic action of his plays?
Can You Evaluate: Was Macbeth a hero or a villain?
These literacy cards or writing frames are designed to be cut out or used as worksheet to help students write an argument four and against a topic. They are designed to be cut out and kept in envelops or if you prefer they can be printed off as a worksheet. Each card contains a sentence starter appropriate for arguing a case in an extended piece of writing.
When you download this resource, you will be able access a a fully editable 7 page Word document with sentence starters to help students argue a case ‘for’ or ‘against’ in a piece of extended writing. The resource is designed to take them through the various stages of constructing an argument from the introduction to the conclusion. For your convenience, I have also uploaded this file as a PDF.
If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on other areas of writing from recount, explain, discuss, debate, persuade, speculate and many more. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy
Kind Regards
Roy
The History Academy has commissioned this resource on the Benin Bronzes as part of our attempt to try and fill the curriculum gap on African history. For far too long the history of Africa has been neglected and relegated. Its time to address this and restore African history to its rightful place alongside other civilisations.
The debate over whether the Benin Bronzes should be returned to Nigeria has divided opinion across the World. Unlike the Elgin Marbles, there can be no doubt that the Benin Bronzes they were stolen by the British Army in 1897. However, returning them is no simple matter for a combination of factors which have been summarised in this fun and interactive card sort exercise.
When you purchase this lesson, you will be able to download a single page Word document which contains, a learning objective, instructions two heading cards and sixteen information cards that can be sorted under them. You will also be able to download a sixteen slide PowerPoint which has been designed to facilitate the main activity and provide an optional follow up persuasive speech writing task. It contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, information slides, templates, links to video clips, tasks and activities. Please see the preview for more information.
The aims and objectives of this lesson are:
Theme: British Empire and the heritage industry
Know: Why are the Benin Bronzes in a British Museum?
Understand: The arguments for and against returning them?
Evaluate: Should the Benin Bronzes be returned?
Skills: Compare & Contrast, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: Why are the Benin Bronzes in a British Museum?
Can You Explain: The key arguments for and against returning the Benin Bronzes?
Can You Evaluate: Whether they should be returned and justify your opinion?
If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency.
Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates.
Kind Regards
Roy
