A Scheme of Work I do with my Yr9's that mixes the political and social history of the Cold War. They explore how political events panned out during the decades of the Cold War and then in the following lesson investigate what life was like for teenagers at the time. This pack also includes: - A SOW with lesson objectives/outcomes and suggested activities with links. - Resources that can be used with a number of the lessons To help resource this further; get hold of some teenager magazines from the 80s (i.e. BJ magazine) and photocopy them, the BBC documentary box set called the Twentieth Century and some items such as Walkman's and records. These are great to use as discussion points during lessons. I got hold of most from other (older) teachers and TA's. Also a good excuse to go hunting around family lofts for toys, board games, newspapers and defunct electronics. I can't stress how much pupils and you will enjoy this unit. It's a nostalgic journey into a key era of world history. Also still very relevant now.

2 tasks for pupils studying Charles I: - A two sided internet research worksheet - A starter task to get pupils discussing why Charles I aggravated some elements in society

A detailed SOW that includes: - Lesson Objectives and outcomes - Key questions to use for lessons - Coherent sequence of lessons that build up to an assessment - Suggested activities to use in every lesson

A selection of revision activities (from the old spec), exercises and lessons to help you in the final build up to the exam. Easily adaptable for the new Edexcel spec. Includes: - An exploration of the exam paper questions - Group and individual revision topics - A pre-exam quiz to test knowledge

A collection of resources that could be used with your SOW: - A simple internet search activity to be used at the end of a study on slavery and the CRM - A statements sheet with comments about slavery and equal rights which promote classroom discussion - A PowerPoint and worksheet lesson in which pupils listen to some tracks (links to You Tube audio tracks on PP) and then come up with their own album of the CRM including designing the cover and choosing the tracks. This worksheet is better blown up to A3 so pupils have a good area in which to create their album design.

An overview of the GCSE History exam boards covering Edexcel, AQA, OCR and WJEC. I have put key details in tables that show you how each is assessed, the weighting of marks and topics. Each exam board overview is printable and easily comparable so departments can select the best choice for your school. I have also included a link to each spec for each exam board.

Use this with your History, Geography and RE classes to help them remember key spelling, punctuation and grammar areas to look for in their work. Easy to remember in time for the exam or get them practicing in KS3 in readiness. Print them off and laminate them. Distribute after any extended writing task and give them just five minutes to use it to check their work. By the time the exam arrives they should remember some of the key areas to watch out for when they read through their answers.

A detailed SOW that includes: - Lesson Objectives and outcomes - Key questions to use for lessons - Coherent sequence of lessons that build up to an assessment - Suggested activities to use in every lesson This is a skills unit. You can easily weave the activities into your own lessons or use it as an introductory unit at the beginning of the year.

A detailed SOW that includes: - Lesson Objectives and outcomes - Key questions to use for lessons - Coherent sequence of lessons that build up to an assessment - Suggested activities to use in every lesson

A simple marking assessment sheet that attaches to pupils work with criteria based on life after levels - emerging, secure and mastery. Easily adaptable to suit each schools criteria. Also has: - areas for peer and self assessment - suggested next steps for the pupil

A two page homework task that gets pupils to attempt a series of inference questions based on posters from WWI and WWII. This is good as an introductory homework which can then be followed up the next lesson with some self and peer marking.

A video data capture sheet that links to the Sky Atlantic 'British' series. I use this as an introduction to British society 1900 - 1953.

A resource to be used in a computing suite but does not need internet access. All sources are in the document and the lesson contains 3 tasks to complete on either MS Word or PowerPoint. Easily adaptable to whatever platform you use.

A fantastic way of revising rationing in WWII. How you play: - Each pair of pupils needs one learning grid and two dice - One pupil roles both dice and counts the number along the bottom and then up the grid. This gives them the first image. The pupil then repeats the process again to get another image. It is then down to them to explain how the rationing images are linked. Imagination time! - The other pupil then does the same. - The best explanations can be written down after around fifteen minutes. This task is a great way to revise key topics and help develop explanations. There is also a simpler grid for lower ability pupils.

A revision exercise that brings together the main ideas about the role of government during both world wars.

A worksheet that should be produced in A3 and used as a revision activity to capture the main aspects surrounding women in both world wars. Pupils can then compare the similarities and differences between the two wars.

A history themed set of activities that can completed with classes over the festive period. Includes: - A quiz about the traditions of Christmas - An answer sheet for teachers - A timeline task for pupils to complete in the classroom and in the computer suite I have extended this activity by: - With KS2 groups I would advise using computers to research more facts and then get groups of pupils to present a short news broadcast about different time periods, e.g. Christmas in Medieval times , Christmas in Tudor times and Christmas in Victorian times. You can then have discussions about similarities and differences between the periods. - With older KS3 groups I am getting the pupils to place lots of facts about Christmas on the timeline and then getting them to put them in groups, e.g. facts about traditions, facts about rulers and highlighting these. Then we are looking for any turning points or times of continuity through history.

An activity whereby pupils use the internet or textbooks to compare censorship and propaganda in WWII and WWI.

Two starter activities that think about control and the Medieval Norman Conquest of Britain: - One activity gets pupils to guess the method of control William used. This can be followed up with a discussion about how useful each of them were. - The second activity is an SEN task based on the P level system.

A lesson that explores the reasons why British society changed between 1900 and 1953. The main activity involves pupils populating an A3 sheet about three main factors of change at the time - The government, Media and Industry. The lesson was supplemented by the British Society 1900 - 1953 textbook but you can easily adapt the resources to make them how you want.