KS3 lesson on 'Do the Vikings deserve their bloodthirsty reputation?' easily adaptable across the Key Stages and abilities

KS3 Lesson which can be easily adapted to KS4/KS5 and across all exam boards. Full lesson with resources focussing on how far the Angl-Saxon period was a 'Golden Age'. Lesson focusses: What a Golden Age is Are we in a Golden Age now? Diamond 9 activity - explaining which is the biggest reason we call it the Golden Age.

Mini assessment based on the Anglo-Saxons (Vikings, Alfred the Great etc.) great as a mid topic test

KS3 Lesson which can be easily adapted to KS4/KS5 and across all exam boards. Full lesson with resources focussing on should the Anglo-Saxon period be known as the Dark Ages Lesson focusses: What the Dark Ages mean Judgement lesson with sources and graphs to track how dark the Dark Ages actually work. Group or pair work

KS3 History - Topic: The Holocaust. Based on my Holocaust Knowledge Organiser which can be purchased in my shop. Knowledge Quiz based questions with a word fill of a paragraph - good for testing knowledge and modelling how to structure a paragraph using specific knowledge

KS3 Holocaust Knowledge Organiser with additonal quizzes to test students’ knowledge

Lesson focussing on the biggest event of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s: Brown vs Board of Education Emmett Till Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott Little Rock Arkansas Students work out the impact of the events on the Civil Rights Movement and how it helped the cause progress. They then make a judgement as to which had the biggest impact and the smallest impact. There is also source work - analysing a source and putting it into historical content

Lesson focussing on the black experience in America after the Civil War up till the Second World War. It covers the Jim Crow Laws and life in the South for African Americans. Primary and Secondary sources are used for students to categorise the different ways African Americans were discriminated against. Great for KS3 or KS4

First lesson in a SOW about the change of power in England during Henry VIII’s reign. This lesson concentrates on what religion looked like in England before Henry’s change. It looks at the control the Catholic Church had on the people of England. Really good introduction into the topic. It allows the students to understand the religious aspects in England, to be able to understand why the changes were later so significant.

KS3 appropriate - great judgement lesson with exams skills

The second lesson in a SOW about the change of religion in England in the 1500s. This lesson concentrates on the reason behind Henry VIII’s Break from Rome and whether it really was because he loved Anne Boleyn. Source work is incorporated into the lesson

Scheme of work for KS3 on Henry VIII and the religious power struggle in his reign. Lessons include: L1 - What did religion look like in England in 1500? L2 - What’s love got to do with it? Did he break from Rome because of love? L3 - Did money and power drive Henry to break from Rome? L4 - What was the real reason Henry broke from Rome? L5 - Assessment All lessons have higher order themes, questions and concepts throughout. Planned to a high standard. Multiple historical concepts used - focus on source/intepretation skills.

8 Rounds. Christmas themed - suitable for all ages. Answers and quiz sheet are included Rounds: Christmas Knowledge Guess the Celeb Famous Places General Knowledge Observation Music Historical Figures Christmas Films

Good Christmas quiz for all abilities - lots of different rounds

A great homework activity, cover work or home learning worksheet. The students have to research Edith Cavell using the links at the bottom of the page to complete the acivities. Meanwhile she are a great way to broaden students’ understanding of the topic they are studying.

A great homework activity, cover work or home learning worksheet. The students have to research Joan of Arc using the links at the bottom of the page to complete the acivities. Meanwhile she are a great way to broaden students’ understanding of the topic they are studying.

History end of year quiz - seven rounds, seventy questions. One round is ‘your year in history’ so this would need to be adapted to your curriculum Nice and easy way to end the year

lesson based on the reasons the Nazis lost WW2 with a focus on D-Day, Stalingrad, Nazi resources and Hitler's leadership. well resourced with primary and secondary sources, videos, map and pictures. suitable for KS3 - easily adapted at KS4/KS5 and all abilities.

The reasons slavery divided America in the early 1800s - brilliant introduction to the start of the American Civil War!

Look at the 13th Amendment - freeing of the slaves and whether they received true freedom - videos to accompany