A PowerPoint I put together to give to students with help for how to revise for Edexcel History GCSE. Includes links to online revision sites, videos, revision guides, how to answer every type of question, mark schemes and revision tips. Topics included are Crime & Punishment, Richard & John, British America and Weimar & Nazi Germany. PowerPoint is editable so you can delete/change topics as needed. Working document so will occasionally edit this resource with updates. If you have or know of more resources which can be added, please link/mention in the comments and I will update.

This Y8 lesson examines the Moroccan Crises as a cause of WW1. Full lesson available.

This Y8 lesson investigates the long-term causes of WW1. The main activity is sorting the cards into the MAIN causes. Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Originally designed for a higher ability group.

This Y8 lesson introduces WW1 by looking at the context of Europe in 1914. Students investigate what countries were worried about, what was important to them, what the friendships and rivalries were. By exploring this, students can start to come up with ideas about what might lead to a war. I’ve taught this for a number of years now and found that from this lesson, students are able to fairly accurately predict the causes of WW1.

This Y8 lesson introduces the idea of the Catholic and Protestant Churches in the 1500s, and the origins of the Protestant Church. Ideal as an introductory lesson for the Great Reformation or the Tudors.

Y7 lesson, looking at how much change and continuity there was after the Norman Conquest. Pairs with the lesson on life in Anglo-Saxon times, also available for free in my TES store.

Essay planning sheet to support Y7 at the end of the Norman Conquest unit. Essay title: “William only won the Battle of Hastings because he got lucky.” How far do you agree? The sheet supports students in structuring their answer. They will need a lesson looking for evidence to fill in the sheet, and then they can write up their full/part answers after.

Resources for a lesson looking at how William’s preparations helped him win the Battle of Hastings, designed for Y7. I pair this with the Norman Conquest story cards activity (also available in my TES store for free) so students can compare luck vs preparations as factors.

Activity designed for Y7 pupils on the Norman Conquest. While a teacher reads the story, students find and chronologically organise the story cards. Alternatively, you could cut up the picture cards and the word parts of the story and have students match them.

I taught this lesson ahead of the Norman Conquest unit in Y7, so students could have a point of comparison when they later considered how much change there was in the Norman Period. Could also be taught as a lesson in part of a unit on the Anglo-Saxons, or as part of a thematic study. Full lesson with resources included.

Lesson title: Why did it take 3 attempts for the Romans to conquer Britain? Lesson designed for Y7 pupils. Download includes lesson PPT, text resource and teacher notes (including subject knowledge).

Full lesson from the KS3 Jack the Ripper unit. Lesson title: Why was East London an ideal place for a serial killer in 1888? This is part of an overarching enquiry on why the Ripper was never caught. This lesson serves as an introduction to the Whitechapel area. Students use sources to investigate Whitechapel.

Crime and Punishment Whitechapel unit, full lesson. L23 in the full C&P unit. L6 for the Whitechapel unit. Police investigations of the Ripper murders. Includes PPT and a booklet which can be done independently.

Crime and Punishment Whitechapel unit, full lesson. L22 in overall C&P unit L5 in the Whitechapel unit Jack the Ripper murders. Lesson designed as a booklet which could be completed independently.

Crime and Punishment in Whitechapel L21 in overall unit L4 for Whitechapel section Tensions between different social groups in Whitechapel. Lesson designed as a booklet which can be completed independently. PPT included.

Crime & Punishment in Whitechapel L18 in overall C&P unit L1 for Whitechapel Introduction to Whitechapel. Lesson designed as a booklet so can be completed independently. PPT to go with booklet also included.

Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, overview table based on time period and theme.

Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, L17: conscientious objectors in the 20th Century. Lesson designed as a booklet which can be completed independently.

Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, L16: punishment in the 20th Century. Lesson designed as a booklet so it can be completed independently.

Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, L15: policing and law enforcement in the 20th Century. Lesson designed as a booklet which can be completed independently if needed.