Hi there, I am a head of History based in South Yorkshire.
My strengths and passion are in teaching and learning. I enjoy making my lessons as engaging as possible as it is this, which I believe, to be the most effective behaviour management strategy and the key to helping students achieve excellent results and become engaged and excited about history and learning.
Hi there, I am a head of History based in South Yorkshire.
My strengths and passion are in teaching and learning. I enjoy making my lessons as engaging as possible as it is this, which I believe, to be the most effective behaviour management strategy and the key to helping students achieve excellent results and become engaged and excited about history and learning.
This resource has been created for the new AQA Spec.
Paper 1: Section A: Period Study: America, 1920-73.
This lesson covers life for Native American Indians as one of the people who didn’t benefit from the 1920s/US treatment of immigrants.
The lesson covers exam technique and practice for 4 & 8 mark questions with mark schemes and peer assessment.
Fantastically produced, detailed resources.
Links to videos to watch.
Lesson on Sacco & Vanzetti. Looking at guilty or not guilty in order to obtain information about the case and allow students to understand the unfairness/prejudice against S&V based on their political beliefs and nationality.
The lesson includes new exam technique from AQA Paper 1D (new spec)
Videos included
8 Mark Exam practice
Revision of the topic (with video links included)
This lesson looks at who Elizabeth I was and the ways in which she wanted herself to be viewed by her public.
Students get to decode hidden messages in Elizabethan portraits.
As always the lesson is presented in an excellent way and designed for maximum student engagement.
This lesson covers part of the ‘Mid Tudor Crisis’. It explores the boy king Edward VI as a ruler of England and the problems he causes with regards to the succession.
Lady Jane Grey - his choice of successor is included and offer students the opportunity to find out her fate also. Students are to assimilate an idea that Henry’s children’s religious beliefs are de-stabalizing England and will therefore cause problems for Elizabeth when she becomes monarch.
This lesson looks at William the Conquerors problems when he initially became King of England on 25th December 1066.
The lesson considers solutions to each of his problems and allows students to practice 4 mark detail questions.
Same style as all my previous lessons to ensure maximum student engagement.
This is the 2016-17 Scheme of work which has been produced for Y8.
The lessons I plan and sell on here correspond perfectly with the SOW. This is a SOW which has been honed, changed and improved over my years of teaching.
The SOW offers a week by week breakdown (using 2016/17 dates) of each lesson (based on a 2 lesson a week average). It is easy and comprehensive for the non specialists to use and works well for us keeping track as we have many split classes in lower school.
Suggested homeworks included and a column to enter the annual data collections can be added which can make planning assessments easier.
Lessons for this SOW can be bought in bulk as well as individually. Please message me any requests if I havent yet uploaded any units and I will endeavour to upload them ASAP.
This lesson is designed for my current Y11 students starting AQA Paper 1 (Old Spec).
It covers what is on the paper, basic exam technique and sentence structure and allows students to practice and self mark a 4 mark question. Printable mark schemes are provided for easy self assessment.
The lesson content covers Hitler’s Foreign Policy aims (post 1933). The main activity can be done as a carousel or on group tables.
Homework is set and a homework sheet provided to support Flipped Learning for the next lesson.
A variety of AFL checkpoint slides to insert into you lessons to make them Ofsted/observation ready!
AFL activities include:
True/False
3 - 2 - 1
Gimme 5
Odd one out
complete the sentence
Plenary Pyramid.
All resources are finished to a high standard of presentation and are ready to copied and pasted into your ppt.
This resource looks at the concept of Pals Battalions (locally in Barnsley but can easily be adapted to other Pals Batallions). It looks at the reasons men were convinced to sign up to the war through Pals Battalions and the attraction/ pit falls of these battalions.
Activities include: Settling activity, link to previous lesson (propaganda), Media from National Archives, Scaffolded exam technique and extension tasks.
Resources are hidden slides at the bottom of the Powerpoint.
This resource is a** bundle of 4x 20 question tutor time/ form time quizzes** created on Microsoft Powerpoint suitable for KS3 and KS4 secondary students.
Included in this bundle are the 4x September Tutortime Quizzes each being sold separately for £1.49.
September Week 1
September Week 2
September Week 3
September Week 4
With printable A5 Answer sheets and a leadership points board on Excel.
I publish a new 20 question quiz weekly during term time; This bundle of quizzes were created for the month of September, however they can be used at any date as the questions are not time/season dependent. I love doing a weekly quiz with my tutor group at the end of the week on a Friday morning - so its a great activity to start in formtime as we go back to school for the start of the new academic year!
There are 20 general knowledge questions in each quiz varying from geography to history, science. maths, literacy and world trivia.
Weeks 1 & 3 are general knowledge Q&A format whereas Weeks 2 & 4 are multiple choice format.
The answers are provided across 2 slides at the end of the quiz - each answer is revealed per click.
I would recommend for this quiz students get into groups of no more than 4 and the activity should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete.
Please keep an eye out for my weekly quizzes and review/leave feedback if possible. Also if you prefer the terminology ‘form time’ to ‘tutortime’ then I have provided an alternate title you can swap in at the side of slide 1 on the Powerpoint.
Also if you are preparing to celebrate seasonal events with your tutor group then check out these 30x themed quizzes:
European Day of Languages Quiz
Black History Month Quiz
Celebrate the 2022 FIFA World Cup this winter with your secondary students with this 45 question World Cup quiz for 2022 themed around the event complete with answers This resource is a 45 question quiz spread across 4 different rounds. It is created on Microsoft Powerpoint and suitable for KS3 and KS4 secondary students.
Whats included?
Within this resource there are 45 questions spanning 4 rounds.
Round 1: General Knowledge
Round 2: Match the player with their country
Round 3: Match the flags to the country
Round 4: Who am I?
Delivery and timings
The answers can then shared as a class either by going through each question individually (ensure you are in present mode for the correct answer to colour blue) for students to peer or self mark.
If you choose to deliver this in a single session - it should take around 30 minutes to complete. However, the rounds have been sectioned off within the Powerpoint so that you could potentially delivered a round or two at a time with your tutor groups/classes over the course of the week.
I really hope you enjoy this quiz activity. If you get the time, please leave a review - for a limited time I am offering a FREE Dingbats resource for every review left. So please leave your email address in the review so I can be sure to get this across to you!
I made this for a quick fix to fill a lesson at the end of term. Included is a word search/crossword and poster/leaflet activity comprising of Medieval England studied so far by my Y7 groups.
I have quickly put together this resource to commemorate the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The intention of this resource is solely to share and discuss the Queens significant passing with tutor groups using this powerpoint and get students sharing their thoughts and feelings.
The powerpoint covers a brief overview of the Queens early life up until her ascension and then looks at some of her successes and achievements as monarch. I have also included a link to CBBC Newsround at the end of the powerpoint as they have currently a video covering the Queens reign and news of her passing.
The resource was created with secondary students in mind, however, that is not to say the content is not appropriate for younger audiences - the language may be a little tricky though.
I hope this is helpful
This assembly resource has been created with KS3 and KS4 secondary students in mind to be delivered on Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January). This resource has been created on Microsoft Powerpoint Teacher Notes have been added to the notes section underneath each relevant slide on the Powerpoint to support with the delivery of the content. I am a history teacher and the content of this assembly resource is an extension of a type of activity that I would deliver to my history students when teaching the holocaust.
This assembly resource offers a brief exploration using skills of inference of a historical artefact and relies upon student contributions through teacher questionning. A link to a Youtube video has been provided as part of this resource (please ensure you have access to youtube prior to use) This resource also makes reference to the 2024 Holocaust Memorial Day theme of ‘Fragility of Freedom’.
The utmost care has been taken to ensure this resource has been created with the utmost respect to the victims of the holocaust and to ensure that students have the opportunity to connect and empathise to the human beings to whom the attrocities of the holocaust were committed. There a no images or corpses in this resource - however the murder of victims is discussed.
I really hope you enjoy delivering this assembly and that your students find it engaging and valuable. If you are able to leave a review once you have taught it, I would be really grateful.
Teaching Holocaust in history? Check out lessons from my scheme of work!
Lesson 1: Ordinary Things
Lesson 2: Challenging stereotypes
Celebrate Christmas this winter with your secondary Geography students with this 54 question xmas quiz for 2023 themed around the event complete with answers in both quick and question by question format. This resource is 54 question Xmas quiz spread across 5 different rounds. It is created on Microsoft Powerpoint and suitable for KS3 and KS4 secondary students.
Whats included?
Within this resource there are 54 questions spanning 5 rounds. A mixture of multiple choice, general knowledge and picture quiz questions. Topics range from Christmas traditions from around the world, flag picture round, capital city and country matchups, Christmas themed Geographical knowledge in addition to skyline picture round.Your learners will have so much fun engaging with this quiz.
Delivery and timings
The answers can then shared as a class by going through each question individually (ensure you are in present mode for the correct answer to colour yellow and the transitions to work) for students to peer or self mark. Additionally, answers to each individual question can be found on the notes section of each individual PowerPoint slide.
If you choose to deliver this in a single session - it could take upto (but not in excess of) an hour to complete depending on how much thinking time you decide to give your students. However, the rounds have been sectioned off within the Powerpoint so that you could potentially delivered a round or two at a time with your classes or tutor groups over the period of a week or two.
I really hope you enjoy this quiz activity. If you get the time, please leave a review - for a limited time I am offering a FREE copy of my Christmas Dingbats resource for every review left. So please leave your email address in the review so I can be sure to get this across to you!
Looking for more Christmas resources?
Check out this Christmas anagram worksheet activity
Christmas 2023 Tutor time Quiz
Christmas Dingbats resource
FREE Seek and Find Christmas resource
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A free Christmas seek and find resource to share with your students in your tutor groups or even primary classes this xmas. There are 8 seek and find activities to put on the board in total complete with answers on the next slide.
If you enjoy, please review and check out my other seasonal resources in my Tes Shop!
Christmas Quiz
Christmas Dingbats
Christmas Anagrams
This assessment draws conclusion to the Year 7 topic of castles.
The assessment is interpretations based (new AQA spec) and wholly GCSE style questions. This resource includes the student question booklet/materials and support materials are included as well as the mark scheme (which can be customised if necessary to suit your schools flightpath models).
Please review if downloaded! I hope this is helpful for you in your lessons!
Christmas anagram worksheet activities to share with your students.
Included in this resource is a PowerPoint with 10x Christmas themed anagrams - 1 per slide. Students need to unscramble the letters to find the word. This resource is on PPT format and completely editable and the answers to each anagram are at the bottom of each slide and also on a slide at the end of the presentation.
This resource is also accompanied by a printable worksheet if you would prefer students to work independently.
I really hope you enjoy this resource - please review and check out my other festive resources to share with your students.
Christmas Dingbats
Christmas Quiz