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.
Celebrate World Space Week this October (UK) with your classes or tutor groups with this 50 question quiz themed around the event complete with answers. This resource is a 50 question World Space Week quiz created on Microsoft Powerpoint suitable for KS3 and KS4 secondary students.
There are 50 multiple choice questions in this quiz covering facts and knowledge about space and the solar system, picture matching with keywords, spacial ‘firsts’ and astro achievements as well as space in music, tv and film!
The answers are then to be shared as a class either by going through each question (ensure you are in present mode for the correct answer to colour green) for students to peer or self mark. You could alternatively use the quick answer quiz sheet variation of this quiz if you would prefer to speed things up!
I would recommend for this quiz students get into groups of no more than 4 and the activity should take no longer than 50 minutes to complete.
Check out my World Space Week crossword and wordsearch activity pack here
Please keep an eye out for my weekly tutor time quizzes which are 20 question quizzes created in a similar fashion and please review/leave feedback if you enjoyed this resource and where you have time!
Weekly tutor time quiz -October 1
Weekly tutor time quiz - October 2
Black History Month Quiz
Celebrate Halloween this October with your secondary students with this 78 question quiz themed around the event complete with answers and an accompanying crossword This resource is a 78 question Halloween quiz created on Microsoft Powerpoint suitable for KS3 and KS4 secondary students.
Whats included?
Within this resource there are 78 questions spanning 5 rounds. A mixture of multiple choice and general knowledge question types are included. Topics range from fantastic facts about Halloween and all spooky association to general knowledge questions, literary works, song lyrics and spooky TV and film favourites. Your learners will have so much fun engaging with this quiz.
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 green) for students to peer or self mark. You could alternatively use the quick answer quiz sheet variation of this quiz if you would prefer to speed things up! Additionally, answers to each individual question can be found on the notes section of each individual PowerPoint slide.
An answer sheet has been created for students to use with this quiz to ensure they stay on track. There are 2 bonus point anagrams on the sheet for students to workout where they find the opportunity. The answers to these are provided within the same powerpoint.
**Consolidation crossword **
Once students have completed the quiz, they can demonstrate their learning by completing the 20 question crossword puzzle included in this resource. All questions and answers for the crossword will have been covered in the quiz. There are 2 variations of the same crossword, one with and one without a word bank to help differentiate for pupils. A completed teacher answer sheet has also been provided.
Delivery advice
I would recommend for this quiz that students get into groups of no more than 4 and the quiz activity should take no longer than 50 minutes to complete in a single sitting. Alternatively, the rounds could be split up to complete in tutor time over the course of the week.
To view the ‘long answers’, the powerpoint must be downloaded and displayed in present mode. Answers will turn green upon clicking at the end of the quiz.
Please keep an eye out for my weekly and event themed quizzes which are created in a similar fashion and please review/leave feedback if you enjoyed this resource and where you have time!
Halloween anagrams
Black History Month quiz
Black History Month bundle
Weekly Tutortime Quiz October Week 1
Weekly Tutortime Quiz October Week 2
Celebrate Halloween this October with your primary pupils with this 45 question quiz themed around the event complete with answers. This resource is a 45 question Halloween quiz created on Microsoft Powerpoint suitable for KS2 primary and KS3 secondary students.
Whats included?
Within this resource there are 45 questions spanning 4 rounds. A mixture of multiple choice and general knowledge question types are included. Topics range from fantastic facts about Halloween and all spooky association to general knowledge questions, literary works, song lyrics and spooky TV and film favourites. Your pupils will have so much fun engaging with this quiz.
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 green) for students to peer or self mark. You could alternatively use the quick answer quiz sheet variation of this quiz if you would prefer to speed things up! Additionally, answers to each individual question can be found on the notes section of each individual PowerPoint slide.
An answer sheet has been created for students to use with this quiz to ensure they stay on track. There are 5 bonus anagrams on the sheet for students to workout where they find the opportunity. The answers to these are provided within the same powerpoint.
Once students have completed the quiz, they can demonstrate their learning by completing the 16 question crossword puzzle included in this resource. All questions and answers for the crossword will have been covered in the quiz. There are 2 variations of the same crossword, one with and one without a word bank to help differentiate for pupils. A completed teacher answer sheet has also been provided.
Delivery advice
I would recommend for this quiz students get into groups of no more than 4 and the activity should take no longer than 50 minutes to complete.
To view the ‘long answers’, the powerpoint must be downloaded and displayed in present mode. Answers will turn green upon clicking at the end of the quiz.
Please keep an eye out for my weekly and event themed quizzes which are created in a similar fashion and please review/leave feedback if you enjoyed this resource and where you have time!
This is a lesson which develops students skills of team work and independent enquiry. Students begin with a team quiz!
Students pose their own enquiry (or choose from 2 enquiry questions on the board) based on the ‘hook’ (video).
As a team of detectives. Students explore different elements of organised crime with constant focus on their enquiry question. High quality resources (maps/written pieces/statistics) make up the 6 sources. I have printed mine on A3 in colour and laminated.
Students use their enquiry research to answer an 8 mark question (this could also be done as a team/in pairs).
As alwasy please review!
Video of the youtube link included in the pack.
This lesson is designed for my current Y11 students starting AQA Paper 1 (Old Spec).
It covers the content to the event through a detailed piece of writing which students work on independently at first.
Students then use the resources to complete the table explaining how each event made WW2 more likely in preparation to answer a 10 mark question.
Students then answer a 10 mark question using their tables and previous experience to guide them. A plan is provided on a word doc to help structure their answer.
Finally students make a judgment on whether or not the collapse of Czech was inevitable following the Munich Agreement linking their ideas about appeasement.
Please review!
This lesson focuses on exam technique - specifically planning and writing a 12 mark answer to what is always a popular topic with examiners but one students struggle to remember and explain.
This has been designed for AQA Paper 1D - the new 2016 start spec. This follows on from the causes of the wall street crash lesson. Plan and detailed markscheme provided.
A full lesson to share with your KS3 and KS4 students for Black History Month.
This lesson has been created on Microsoft PowerPoint and is designed to be taught for an hour, however, the tasks can be adapted to speed up or slow down the lesson and some of the tasks included could be taught as stand alone activities. All accompanying information sheets/ worksheets have been provide and additional supportive student materialsfor the starter and plenary have been provided on the PowerPoint as hidden slides to help deliver the lesson quicker should you require.
The lesson includes keywords & definitions, a brief overview of what Black History Month is and why we celebrate it, scaffolded teaching, information sheets to search and categorize key information. Students are then to use the information they have extracted to complete profile pages on significant figures in black history. I have provided single A4 information sheets on 4 key figures from varying periods of history in addition to blank profile pages (black and white to save on colour printing and provide students with more opportunities to get creative!)
There is an AFL check point built into the lesson and to consolidate the learning students can attempt an exam style question which is great for practicing and developing point & evidence writing. The accompanying mark scheme to self-assess has also been included (this is currently styled as a 4 mark AQA history ‘describe’ question). Alternatively, this can easily be tweaked to meet the language and style of your own subject/exam board questions.
I really hope your students enjoy this lesson for Black History Month. If you get the opportunity, please review!
Looking for a Black History month quiz to share with your tutortime/students? Check out this one here.
This resource has been created for the new AQA Spec.
Paper 1: Section A: Period Study: America, 1920-73.
The lesson provides an overview of the course (amend to suit the topic choices you have made). Its a nice way to gauge prior knowledge, get students to get a feel for the USA as the majority of their studying at KS3 will have been within Europe.
This covers the basics of the 2 leading US political parties.
The role of the US government.
Intro to 4 mark questions ( for the new spec) with peer assessment of a new style mark scheme.
Lesson resources are included with lesson ppt at the correct points of use. They are on hidden slides.
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 resource has been created for the new AQA Spec.
Paper 1: Section A: Period Study: America, 1920-73.
The lesson is designed to be taught over 2 lessons.
This lesson covers the roaring 1920s and looks at the different social causes of the economic boom, exploring how and why the 1920s in the USA was considered a period of excitement and social prosperity.
The lesson covers exam technique for 4 & 8 mark questions with mark schemes and peer assessment.
This lesson provides resources for HAP/MAP students which can easily be adapted to suit.
Fantastically produced, detailed resources.
Links to videos to watch.
Celebrate World Space Week this October (UK) with your classes or tutor groups with this resource bundle which is a combination of my 50x question quiz, Crossword puzzle (much of the content is covered in the quiz) and Wordsearch. These resources are themed around the event and all three resources come complete with answers.
This resource for World Space Week quiz created on Microsoft Powerpoint suitable for KS3 and KS4 secondary students.
Quiz
There are 50 multiple choice questions in this quiz covering facts and knowledge about space and the solar system, picture matching with keywords, spacial ‘firsts’ and astro achievements as well as space in music, tv and film! The answers are then to be shared as a class either by going through each question (ensure you are in present mode for the correct answer to colour green) for students to peer or self mark. You could alternatively use the quick answer quiz sheet variation of this quiz if you would prefer to speed things up!
Crossword
Also included is an 18x question crossword complete with answers. Most of the answers to questions within the crossword worksheet are covered in the Quiz so I would recommend the quiz is completed first! The answers to the crossword make up the wordbank students will need to complete the wordsearch activity!
Wordsearch
Finally, there are 3x worksheets included in this resource - all have the same words to find. 2 wordsearches do not have a wordbank as students need to first complete the crossword puzzle and use the answers from the crossword to discover which words to find in the wordsearch. These are differentiated as Medium and Hard in the files. There is an additional wordsearch with a wordbank if you wish for students to complete the wordsearch as a standalone activity.
Please keep an eye out for my weekly tutor time quizzes which are 20 question quizzes created in a similar fashion. Also check out some of my other events based resources (including Black History Month) and please review/leave feedback if you enjoyed this resource and where you have time!
Black History month Quiz
Black History month crossword
Black History month Lesson
Black History month bundle
Weekly tutortime quiz October 1
Weekly tutortime quiz October 2
Enclosed in the bundle is a Jack the Ripper mini scheme of work (4 lessons).
Next year I am intending to enhance this and make it into 6 lessons (jacks letters & source skills). Exam technique practiced is for the new spec (9 - 1) GCSE, AQA Paper 1 style questions.
Lessons include the following:
Lesson 1 - Introduction/Keywords/Literacy focus
Lesson 2: Victim profiles
Lesson 3: Suspects & exam technique 12 mark
Lesson 4: Why couldn’t JTR be caught & exam technique 8 mark
All resources are produced to a high quality and attention to detail has been paid. Lessons follow the 4 part structure and follows the same consistency as my other lessons using familiar icons etc. Audio clips, video links etc are all embedded.
This is designed and has been taught to both Y7 &8 and has been their favorite lessons all year!
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 October Tutortime Quizzes each being sold separately for £1.49.
October Week 1
October Week 2
October Week 3
October 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.
September quiz bundle
Also if you are preparing to celebrate seasonal events with your tutor group then check out these themed quizzes and formtime activities:
European Day of Languages Quiz
World Space Week Quiz
Black History Month Quiz
Remembrance Day
Christmas Quiz
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 themed quizzes and formtime activities:
European Day of Languages Quiz
World Space Week Quiz
Black History Month Quiz
Remembrance Day
Christmas Quiz
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
Black History Month is celebrated in October in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands and February in America and many other countries.
To help you celebrate Black History Month with your KS3 and KS4 secondary students I have pulled together a bundle of 3 resources for you to share.
This resource is a bundle of 3 resources I have in my shop, combined together to be sold at cheaper price than they would be purchased individually - saving £1.50. A 30x question quiz, a whole lesson & a 24x question crossword puzzle
*Completing the lesson and the quiz with the students prior to them completing the crossword will aid them in completing the crossword without the use of the wordbank.
**Resources included **
Black History Month Quiz x30 questions (with both the long answer and short answer versions included)
Black History Month Quiz Answer Sheet
Black History Month 1x whole lesson and accompanying resource sheets
Black History Month Crossword (24 questions differentiated with and without a word bank with completely Black History Month crossword answer sheet.
The first 6 lessons on the 1066 Hastings SOW.
1) Keywords
2) Who were the British?
3) Life in 1066.
4) Edward the Confessor.
5) 3 Contenders to the throne in 1066.
6) King Harold Godwinsons' problems.
Please note these are all sold individually in my shop but are reduced for bulk purchase. This is 3 weeks worth of lessons! Save yourself some work. As per usual all resources produced to an outstanding quality.
This bundle incorporates History lessons for the new spec AQA Paper 1D
20 Lessons in total covering from 1919 economic boom to the 1930s US depression valued at over £55 if bought individually.
Save over 50% of the cost by buying in bulk!