A timeline showing all the key events that happened around the British Empire between these dates.
The task asks students to shade/border each event in a different colour to show whether it is a political, social, international or event involving an individual or group.
The second timeline shows the answers. This could be used as a task to start an entire unit of work or, perhaps more appropriately, as a revision exercise.
This resource contains:
An 11 minute video tutorial where I explain the reasons for the Labour election victory in 1945, the subsequent policies they introduced and the establishment of the NHS.
An accompanying powerpoint.
The resource contains -
A powerpoint which includes a starter task which asks students to imagine a playground scenario as an analogy for international relations in the 1930's. It then details the countries and territories taken over by Nazi Germany and references Neville Chamberlain. There are also links to video clips within the powerpoint.
The source sheet contains four sources and the accompanying grid asks students to analyse each source and decide whether it is positive or negative about appeasement.
The resource comes with a complete lesson plan and a mini knowledge check plenary card.
The aim of this activity is for students to find out about some of the most successful and daring pilots of the First World War.
This resource contains 9 individual factfiles containing information about 9 different World War One flying aces from different countries including the Red Baron Von Richthofen along with British, French and American counterparts. Each factfile is individually designed with a couple of "shorter" ones for the purpose of differentiation.
Students could go around the room individually or in pairs and try to fill in the grid. Alternatively, you could perform a "marketplace" activity.
Students take on the roles of individuals living in a German town in the 1930's, shortly after the Wall Street Crash.
Give each student a person and ask them to fill in the accompanying worksheet based on the information provided on their card.
Ask all students to walk around the room, exchanging information about their character and asking each other the question; "how did the depression impact you?".
Ask all students to feedback their findings.
Two starters for students reviewing their work on the medieval era. Can be used towards the end of Year 7 to recap on prior learning.
Both activities also contain the answers for easy self correction. Students simoly match the number with the correct letter. Activity can take between 10 and 20 minutes depending on how you decide to do it.
Contains useful factual recall on Kings, Parliament, the Magna Carta, the murder of Becket, the Peasants Revolt and key dates. The second one focuses more on medieval life and leisure.
A collection of 16 flashcards covering the period between 1919 and 1934 in Germany. The flashcards include information on the Weimar Republic, the Munich Putsch, the Hyperinflation crisis, the SA, Goebbels, the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Law and the Night of the Long Knives.
Each card asks why each person or event was important. Students can use the flash cards for revision, quizzing each other or simply by placing them face down on the table and turning each one over in turn, trying to explain the factor.
A complete scheme of work for the following topics:
1. Hitler's Rise to Power 1919-1933
2. Changing Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1939
3. Germany during WW2 1939-1945
The schemes of work were designed for use with GCSE students with WJEC, however, they can be adapted for any exam board easily.
I also include:
A possible assessment level descriptor and assessment plan.
These SOW's were up to date for 2015/2016.
A set of three simple sheets with selected key facts from the following units:
Hitlers Rise to Power
Life in Nazi Germany
Germany during WW2
Students should learn each set of facts in preparation for their GCSE exam. They could form the basis of a series of "points tests" in class for revision.
A lesson (or series of lessons) on what it is to be British and how the idea of Britishness has changed. This lesson is perfect as an introduction to the idea of British values. Students consider the impact of different factors on British identity.
A resource pack containing:
A list of genuine "cures" prescribed by Plague Doctors
A selection of more than 10 sources detailing the different consequences of the Black Death on Medieval Society
A selection of more than 10 sources detailing the different ideas people had about what caused the Black Death
This resource contains 9 carefully selected written sources which each give reasons why Caesar was assassinated.
Students could be asked to move around the room, studying each source and deciding what reason it gives for the killing.
An activity asking students to identify the tactics used the British to keep India in the British Empire. Includes some helpful hints for students to trigger research and a cartoon for analysis.
An extensive lesson by lesson interactive resource for students studying or revising Nazi Society between 1933 and 1939. Students can work their way through the activities within each lesson using the linked videos, interactive quizzes and other downloads. All the resources are self contained within the document.
Share with students electronically - Perfect for GCSE History revision!
The resource pack contains a series of resources that can be used to teach this unit.
It includes:
Several maps and images that are perfect as lesson starters or as illustrations.
Powerpoint presentations on the Crimean War and the Mehemet Ali Crisis.
A blank map of Africa when looking at colonisation.
An extensive set of key words for pupils to find the definitions (intro lesson).
Several mix and match key word activities (match word with definition).
*UPDATED FOR 2015/16
Pack Contains
USA in Transition 1930-2000 SOW (complete with workable hyperlinks)
Black America 1930-2000 SOW (complete with workable links)
Student Assessment Grid
Assessment Plan Template
A worksheet which asks students to study three primary sources and use them to explain what life was like on a slave plantation. There are five tasks plus an extension activity for students to complete.
A differentiated version of the resource is also included (text in sources has been adapted).