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25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history. Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
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25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history.
Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
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A LEVEL - THE PRESIDENCIES OF HARRY TRUMAN AND DWIGHT EISENHOWER.
Everything that you need to teach the A Level specifications on Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower included within this resource bundle.
Particularly useful for AQA unit 2Q The American Dream, but can be used for any A Level specification. Tasks included witin.
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A LEVEL - THE PRESIDENCY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER.
These resources have been created to teach the Presidency of Eisenhower at A Level. They have been produced for the AQA American Dream Unit but can be used for any course on post war America.
They involve detailed source analysis and pay particularly close attention to Eisenhower’s foreign policy as detailed on the specification. It would take about 10 lessons to deliver the work contained in these resources.
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V.E. DAY IN THE HISTORY OR ENGLISH CLASSROOM
These resources covers skills required for success in English and Historycontain everything you need to help students understand the significance of VE Day.
The first resource contains an assembly (approx 20 mins) and an extended writing task for a lesson. The whole power point would take about an hour to teach and involves drawing on historical and literacy skills.
The second resource is a n alternative lesson which investigates the morality behind the bombing of Dresden - students use a wide range of historical source material to carry out an investigation and reach a judgment.
The final resource can either be used in a history lesson or a tutorial as a starter or fun activity to test knowledge in the form of a quiz/wordsearch for VE Day.
GCSE - MASTERING EVALUATING INTERPRETATIONS
This lesson focuses on how to attain a high level on the GCSE history paper when evaluating interpretations of history.
The lesson is taught by looking at potential questions and through teacher modeling and then students copying. It demonstrates how to structure answers and differentiates between information lifted from interpretations and presentation of own knowledge.
GCSE - MASTERING INTERPRETATIONS OF HISTORY QUESTIONS
This lesson has been created to help GCSE students to answer questions which require them to explain how interpretation differ, and give valid reasons why they differ.
It is taught through explaining the concept of interpretations of history; understanding the role of an historian; examples of model answers and opportunities to practice examples of GCSE questions.
This is particularly useful to consolidate higher prior attaining students conceptual understanding and to provide a logical route to accessing the marks for these question types for lower prior attaining students.
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A LEVEL TUDOR GOVERNMENT BREADTH STUDY
These A Level lessons trace the changes and continuity in Tudor government and are useful as either a breadth study or to teach for a NEA on Tudor government. They include:
Henry VII’s personal government and consolidation of power after Bosworth
Henry VIII’s government under Wolsey and Cromwell
Edward VI’s royal authority
A historiography of Mary Tudor
The historiography of Elizabethan government.
All resources included.
A LEVEL - THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETHAN GOVERNMENT
This is an A level double lesson (2 hours) which explores the key historical debate regarding Queen Elizabeth I and her relationship with Parliament as required by the Tudors A Level courses.
It contains starter activities which link Elizabeth to previous Tudor Monarchs; historiographies; and resources containing summarised but very detailed key information needed for answering an interpretation question on this topic.
The lesson enables the teacher to work through the planning of an A level historiography answer, and then allows the students to write their own independent answer. All resources needed are included.
REMEMBERING VE DAY - LESSON - WAS DRESDEN JUSTIFIED OR A WAR CRIME?
This lesson has been created to recognise VE Day, and to help students look at source materials to reach a value judgment. It is suitable for most ages but particularly useful for either key stage 2 or 3.
It starts with information about VE day and the background to the war in the air with clips; images and statistics. It then presents the students with a wide range of source material which they have to categorise by making inferences and tabulating information. The main task is a piece of writing in the form of a newspaper report where students are judged on how effectively they communicate the conclusions they have drawn from the sources. The lesson ends with a class discussion which can be differentiated.
This is an appropriate lesson for VE Day, and takes about 1 hour to complete all activities.
A LEVEL - THE IMPACT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I'S EARLY LIFE ON THE TYPE OF QUEEN SHE BECAME
This lesson is an introduction to Queen Elizabeth I made for A level history. It can be used for any board and investigates the experiences in her early life and her preparation for becoming queen. It also focuses on her attitude to religion. This includes various tasks, but the key focus is on helping students to evaluate interpretations and presenting relevant evidence as required by all examination boards, .
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ASSEMBLY; LESSON; QUIZZES; WORDSEARCHES AND TIMELINES FOR VE DAY
VE Day on May 8th. It is suitable for primary and secondary school and contains:
An assembly/lesson - the first part of the ppt is an assembly containing images/clips/explanations about the significance of VE day and the aftermath of the war (approx 20 mins). If it is used as a lesson there are tasks incorporated in the 2nd part of the presentation to support building on writing evaluative answers (in this case weighing up the consequences of the aftermath of the Second World War). The lesson will take approximately an hour to teach, but students may need time to complete the work for homework.
A VE Day Quiz and discussion opportunity - useful for a tutorial or a history lesson. The quiz is on a ppt - so can be delivered to the whole class at the samr time - it is followed up with a discussion about VE Day.
VE Day timeline - this timeline contains 20 key events of 1945 leading to victory in Europe. Each event is on a separate sheet and contains an explanation and a colourful image - will need space for 20 sheets of A4 to go around the classroom.
VE Day wordsearch/quiz - can be used as a starter or an extension activity.
An alternative lesson - was Dresden justified or was it a war crime? Using sources and extended writing.
VE DAY TIMELINE
A colourful timeline containing 17 key events leading up to Victory in Europe in 1945. This can be laminated and displayed in the classroom to aid learning aimed at understanding the events leading up to the defeat of fascism.
Each event contains a date; an event; a brief explanation of the event and a representative picture. Suitable for all age groups.
VE DAY QUIZ AND CLASS DISCUSSION
This is a quiz/discussion to use tohelp student’s knowledge and understanding of VE Day on the 8th of May. It would take about half an hour to complete, and is suitable as a tutorial activity and to stimulate evaluative thinking.
VE DAY WORDSEARCH AND QUIZ FOR TUTORIAL OR HISTORY
This wordsearch/quiz has been created for a VE day activity for the 8th May. It can be used as an activity in either tutorial or history lessons. It can be used either on its own or as a follow up to a lesson.
Suitable for most ages.
HUMANITIES ICE-BREAKING TRANSITION LESSON
This resource has been created for either key stage 2 students transitioning to secondary school, or key stage 1 students moving into middle school.
It has a humanities theme and contains tasks; ice-breakers and games to help the students relax; build confidence and make relationships while they learn.
It begins with an ice-breaker.
The students then learn about chronology - a paper task in pairs, and then a challenge where they have to move around the room talking to each other.
It end with a geography and RE game where again all of the new students can learn about each other.
You will need about an hour to do all of the activities, however some can be cut out if time does not permit.
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THE COLD WAR FOR KEY STAGE 3 PLUS A COLD WAR DISPLAY
8 powerpoints and resources containing approximately 12 x 1 hour lessons which introduce key stage 3 students to the key concepts and events of the Cold War. They contain opportunities to gain knowledge and practice key historical skills in preparation for GCSE. The activities are varied and include games; role play; source evaluation; clips; evaluative writng and much more.
This bundle also contains a Cold War display - simply cut out the lettering; events and pictures and match them up!
A LEVEL REVISION NOTES - HENRY VII AND HENRY VIII
Save hours with this full set of A Level revision notes on Henry VII and Henry VIII. Key people; key dates; key events; key knowledge.
All you need to write essays and evaluate interpretations.
A LEVEL REVISION NOTES - HENRY VIII
Save hours with this full set of A Level revision notes on Henry VIII. Key people; key dates; key events; key knowledge.
All you need to write essays and evaluate interpretations.
A LEVEL REVISION NOTES - HENRY VII
Save hours with this full set of A Level revision notes on Henry VII. Key people; key dates; key events; key knowledge.
All you need to write essays and evaluate interpretations.
HISTORY CHALLENGE WALL - GOOD TRANSITION ACTIVITIES
This display/activity can be put on a wall and when pupils have completed their work they can try the challenges. Good for transition time, Useful for corridor display too - my students try to work out the answers while they are waiting to come into the lesson There are 4 challenges:
Odd one out
Heads and Tails
Who am I?
Which era?
The display is colourful and can be changed keeping the same lettering. The challenges span a range of historical events/people/periods etc and can be recreated many times.
A LEVEL HISTORY - THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH AND HENRY TUDOR'S CONSOLIDATION OF POWER
These lessons take approximately 5 hours to teach and are the introductory lessons to any A Level Tudors course, however were initially created for AQA Unit 1C. The resource is complete and contains all of the necessary resources for students to gain a good overview and detailed historiographical understanding into why Henry Tudor was able to gain power. They contain numerous activities all incorporated in the power point or as separate resources.
The whole of Henry VII section is also available as a bundle either with or without revision resources. Other bundles this resource is incorporated into are Henry VII and VIII, or Henry VII; Henry VIII and the Mid Tudors.
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