A simple knowledge organiser for World War 1 that introduces some of the major countries involved, some of the key events and dates and a map of 1914 Europe.

An activity that requires children to label a Roman soldier, labelling up different parts of clothing/ equipment.

An activity that requires children to find some of the European countries involved in the First World War. There are two sets of differentiated maps, with a set of blank maps of 1914 Europe and a set of blank maps of modern day Europe. Also included is a labelled map of 1914 Europe to support children. This is a useful activity for beginning to look at the First World War as it gives children the opportunity to explore countries involved and consider the proximity to one another whilst providing the chance to see how much the European map has changed in the past 100 years.

Attached is a page with the Viking Runes for letters and five different activities that children can work through to practise changing writing into runes or vice versa that includes writing messages to one another, writing a Viking attack message and decoding the names of Norse Gods.

A knowledge organiser for Ancient Egypt. Included within this is a timeline for the period as well as a key vocabulary section for some of the words children may come across during the topic. These are useful for either sticking in books at the start of the topic to refer back to or to enlarge and have on display.

Two fact files that show key dates of measures against the Jewish people in Nazi Germany. They run from 1933-38 and from 1939 to 1945, focussing on key dates and key vocabulary that is involved. Useful for revision/ introducing the overview as they show key events over the 12 year rule of the Nazi party.

Six lessons that focus on the geography of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Included are all the resources needed to run the lessons including the presentations, differentiated resources and unit of work planning.

A fact file about Julius Caesar that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 15 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Julius Caesar at the same time.

Attached are mini-skill sessions for History. These are 30 minute sessions planned for mixed Year 5/6 children but are easily adaptable to Year 7. Each week a new session will be added that looks at a particular skill or area of knowledge that is then followed up by a differentiated mini-activity/ assessment activity for children to complete. 1st session - Time - Look at the different ways of judging time, ordering these before then looking at a timeline. Finish by looking at the years that make each Century. 2nd session - Sources - Looking at the difference between primary and secondary sources as well as then briefly looking at bias and getting children to look at example sources. 3rd session - Sources - Analysing sources for validity and also what they literally show us and what we can infer from them. 4th session - Sources - Analysing sources with prompt sheets to help children. 5th session - Chronology - Being able to place events in chronological order on a timeline/ consider when events may have happened.

A collection of schemes of work and resources for KS2 History in one easy place. Included so far are schemes of work for: Maya Industrial Revolution (Combined with Geography) Battle of Britain Local Study of Nottingham Castle Skills sessions The Interwar Years Also included are assessment grids that work as best fit and a range of fact files/ knowledge organisers that can be stuck in books at the start of a topic.

The Christmas Truce Poem and three differentiated reading comprehension activities related to this that check children's comprehension skills.

A range of potential activities linked to key images and information about hill forts in the Iron Age. Included is a text about hill forts that can be read through and discussed (information and images courtesy of BBC Bitesize) with four potential activities including: Quiz Multiple-choice quiz Mind-map activity Changes from the Neolithic period to the Iron Age at Maiden Castle There is also a document that includes images of Maiden Castle and Old Oswestry (again courtesy of BBC Bitesize) with three different choices for a comparison activity with a table, Venn diagram or more graphically organised version of a Venn diagram that has less responses.

A ten lesson sequence of lessons for a unit on the Stone Age through to the Iron Age that are fully planned and resourced. Lessons include: Lesson 1 -Introduction to prehistory Lesson 2 -Middle Stone Age Lesson 3 -Late Stone Age Lesson 4 -Skara Brae and Stonehenge Lesson 5 -Bronze Age Lesson 6 -Compare Stone and Bronze Age Lesson 7 - Iron Age Lesson 8 -Comparing the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age Lesson 9 -Roman invasion of Britain Lesson 10 - Review Lesson PowerPoints are included as well as a booklet that includes supporting information and all the activities for the ten lessons. Also included are three recap tasks for the different periods as well as a knowledge organiser for the period. Lots of information, images and video links are courtesy of BBC BItesize.

Roman reading task cards that include a mini fact file for children to read before having five questions to answer linked to the text. These are great for warm-up exercises, quick read tasks or an activity for children to do as they come in at the start of the day/ lesson. Included are 15 different cards that link to a range of topics including: Gladiators Colosseum Roman Empire Mount Vesuvius Roman Currency Roman Emperors Augustus Arch of Titus Roman Baths Roman Roads Invasion of Britain - Julius Caesar Invasion of Britain - Caligula Invasion of Britain - Claudius Hadrian’s Wall Iceni Rebellion Each fact file also has an answer sheet provided.

A PowerPoint that looks at how Remembrance Day began and why we 'celebrate' it. It also looks at Remembrance Sunday and why we have the poppy as our symbol.

A word mat with examples of hieroglyphics that can be used for children to write their own messages in hieroglyphics. The sheet has two sets on so can be divided up to create two sheets from the one sheet.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Queen Victoria that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 12 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Queen Victoria at the same time. The full resource can be found at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/queen-victoria-reading-comprehension-11754618

An activity that gives children the opportunity to create their own Viking shield. Included is a design template that includes the iron boss on already and two pages of design ideas that might help children decide what they want to do.

A knowledge organiser for the Industrial Revolution. Included within this is a timeline for the period as well as a key vocabulary section for some of the words children may come across during the topic. These are useful for either sticking in books at the start of the topic to refer back to or to enlarge and have on display.

A mini biography/ fact file that introduces Queen Victoria's life for KS2 children.