I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
A homework booklet with 21 pages for the first half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homeworks ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on Medieval England and includes:
Contents
Skills in History: Introduction to History, chronology of Medieval monarchs
Skills in History: Timelines, Sources and Interpretations
England in 1066
Background to England 1066 & contenders for the throne
Battle of Stamford Bridge and effects
Events of the Battle of Hastings
Outcomes of Battle of Hastings
Revision for assessment
Feudal System
Domesday Book
Revision for Fact test
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
A homework booklet with 28 pages for the third half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework is about Tudor England and includes:
Contents
Tudor Kings and Queens
Life in 1485 – comparison with 1066
King Henry VII’s problems & successes of his reign
What did Protestants protest about?
Why did Henry VIII break with Rome?
Religious changes under Henry VIII & Edward VI
How ‘bloody’ was Bloody Mary?
Elizabeth’s Middle Way
The Catholic & Puritan threats against Elizabeth I
To what extent did religion change under the Tudors?
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
A set of 42 flashcards based on all the key content on the spec - giving pupils the key information they need to revise. Knowledge based only they contain the key content from the spec in easy to learn bullet points. There are 22 pages in the resource and each page has two flashcards - I had them photocopied onto card, cut into two, hole punched in the corner and then put a treasury tag in to make a set of flashcards. Every flashcard deals with key content and the resources covers the whole spec for Elizabeth I.
I have also included the blank proformas for the flashcards useful for a revision activity for pupils to make their own before giving them the completed ones!
Based on the Elizabeth topic of entertainment and using the Eduqas textbook 'The Elizabethan Age' as a reference source, a bundle of worksheets for students to learn the necessary information needed for the exam. The following worksheets are included:
1. The popularity of cruel sports during Elizabethan times - table
2. Entertainment enjoyed by the rich and poor - For making notes
3. Entertainment in Elizabethan Times - CAP (Content, Authorship and Purpose) - using contemporary sources and interpretations
4. Entertainment in Elizabethan Times - listing different types of entertainment during the era
5. Five Men's Morris template board game
6. Leading playwrights of the Elizabethan era - Table
7. London theatres - table
8. Strolling players - Questions
9. The importance of William Shakespeare - spider diagram
10. What did an Elizabethan theatre look like? - label the picture
11. Who opposed and supported Elizabethan theatre and why? - Identifying arguments
12. Exam Question bear baiting with PLC
13. Conclusion – what was the impact of entertainment over the Elizabethan era? - Questions
14. History summary question ‘A visit to the theatre was the most popular form of entertainment during Elizabethan times.’ with PLC
Knowledge Organisers cover all the basic information in the topics taught for GCSE. These Knowledge Organisers focus on the GCSE History (Eduqas) syllabus for the Changes in Entertainment and Leisure in Britain, c.500 to the present day topic.
There are 7 KO's in total
1.What have been the main developments in sport over time?
2. How have holiday patterns and travel changed over time?
3. How was society affected by developments in theatre, stage and screen over time?
4. How have musical tastes and dance patterns changed over time?
5. How have changing patterns in entertainment affected the lives of children over time?
6. Why have blood sports and other forms of cruelty been seen as entertainment over time?
7. Historical environment study of Blackpool
The KO's comprise some or all of the following:
- a key comparison of the three main historical eras studied
- key vocabulary
- Timeline / Chronology
A concise revision tool for students as soon as they begin the course.
This is a 44 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Section 2: Part 1: Chapter 5 on the reigns of Edward and Mary.
Each page has tasks based on the information given, for example,
making specific notes
answering key questions
examining extracts based on the exam question stem
practice essay
completing tables
revising some relevant knowledge
spider diagram and mind maps
learning key words and key terms
At the end of the booklet is an interpretations question with mark scheme and an essay question with mark scheme.
This is a 44 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Part 2: Section 2: Chapter 7- Elizabethan England.
Each page has tasks based on the information given in the texbook, for example,
- making specific notes
- answering key questions
- examining extracts based on the exam question stem
- practice essay
- completing tables
- spider diagram
- recapping key words
- timeline
At the end of the booklet are the two mark schemes for the source and essay questions for students to refer to.
A homework booklet with 16 pages for the second half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on Medieval England 1066 and includes:
Contents
Motte & Bailey castles
Stone / Square keep castles
Medieval Church
Thomas Beckett
Magna Carta
Causes & symptoms of Black Death
Causes of Peasants revolt
Consequences of Peasants revolt
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
A homework booklet with 28 pages for the autumn first half term of year 8. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on the Industrial Revolution and includes:
Contents
Britain in 1750
Population explosion
Beginnings of Revolution: The Agrarian Revolution
Factory Fever: Steam power and new factory industries
Factory Fever: Children & working conditions in factories
Case Study: Ironbridge
Transport: Turnpike trusts, roads, canals & railways
What were the most significant inventions of the Industrial Revolution?
The overall impact of the Industrial Revolution
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
19 personalised learning checklists for a variety of the new GCSE exam style questions based on the Elizabethan Age 1558-1603. Each includes the question, mark scheme and targets for improvement on a cover sheet for ticking and circling to make marking easy. Allows opportunities for peer and self assessment as well as targets for improvement.
Questions include:
-8 Connections questions on poverty, government, local government, Puritans and religion
- Summary questions on 5 topics
- 3 'why' questions
- 3 question 5's worth 19 marks
This is a 121 slide quiz focused solely on the topic of The Elizabethan Age, 1558-1603- designed to make students think about their answers! There are four rounds:
Round 1 - What’s the connection?
Round 2 - What come’s fourth?
Round 3 - Missing vowels for keywords
Round 4 - Word Wall
Can be played as a whole class or for individual revision testing.
This is a 37 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Part 1: Section 2: Chapter 4 on Henry VIII’s last years
Each page has tasks based on the information given, for example,
making specific notes
answering key questions
examining extracts based on the exam question stem
practice essay
completing tables
writing an epitath
spider diagram
recapping key words
At the end of the booklet are the two mark schemes for the source and essay questions for students to refer to.
This is a 35 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Part2: Section 2: Chapter 8 – Conflict & Exploration under Elizabeth I.
Each page has tasks based on the information given in the textbook, for example,
- making specific notes
- answering key questions
- examining extracts based on the exam question stem
- practice essay
- completing tables
- spider diagram
- timeline
At the end of the booklet are the two mark schemes for the source and essay questions for students to refer to.
This is a 36 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder.
The booklet follows Section 2: Part 1: Chapter 6 on the beginning of Elizabeth’s reign.
Each page has tasks based on the information given, for example,
• making specific notes
• answering key questions
• examining extracts based on the exam question stem
• practice essays and interpretations questions
• completing tables
• revising some relevant knowledge
• learning key words and key terms
This is a 40 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Part 1: Section 2: Chapter 3 of the AQA A Level textbook – The break with Rome in the 1530s
Each page has tasks based on the information given, for example,
- making specific notes
- answering key questions
- examining extracts based on the exam question stem
- practice essay
- completing tables
- map task on Europe in 1520
- mind maps
- recapping key words
At the end of the booklet are the two mark schemes for the source and essay questions for students to refer to.
These practice questions on the Entertainment & Leisure exam paper for Eduqas came about after my pupils wanted past papers to help them revise! I have put together a selection of practice questions in the style of all seven questions on the exam paper.
Question 1 Use Sources A, B and C to identify one similarity and one difference in forms of _________ over time. (8 questions)
Question 2 Which of the two sources is the more reliable to an historian studying...? (5 questions)
Question 3 Describe the...? (16 questions)
Question 4 Explain why...? (12 questions)
Question 5 Outline how… (8 questions)
Question 6a Describe two (3 questions)
Question 6b Explain why (2 questions)
This will give pupils a chance to get a real feel for the new paper and practice their exam skills.
A homework booklet with 33 pages for the autumn second half term of year 8. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on The emergence of modern Britain and includes:
Contents
Queen Victoria
The British Empire: Definition, colonies, map work, trading goods with colonies
The British Empire: How was the British Empire a force for good & bad? Case studies of two colonies: Canada, Australia, India, Kenya, Jamaica or South Africa
Living conditions in towns: Poverty & workhouses
Crime and Punishment: Law & Order / Prisons
Medical developments & advancements
Votes for women: Situation in 1884, reasons for votes for women
Votes for women: Campaigning and protesting
Votes for women: key people like the Pankhursts, Emily Davidson etc.
Votes for women: Reactions to campaigning: Men, Cat & Mouse Act, impact
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
A homework booklet with 28 pages for the summer first half term of year 8. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on ‘The Georgians 1714-1830’ and includes:
Contents
Georgian Kings
‘Bought and sold for English Gold.’ The Act of Union
George I, the elephant and the maypole: society under George I
A very modern government?
The Jacobite threat
Gin Lane
Crime and Punishment
Are you a Luddite?
Mad King George
What did the Georgians ever do for us?
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
A full scheme of work for the Elizabeth unit. Includes:
a cover page with general information like assessments, assessment objectives, key questions
specification
a skills page with all skills for every lesson identified
a space to write changes for each lesson as you go along - working document
all lessons to be taught (23 lessons) with key lesson objectives, resources, suggested teaching activities and skills
assessments at the end of the SOL
Revise the 2017 exam paper with at least three practice questions for each exam paper question. Covers the whole paper and the whole specification.
Question 1 covers problems and challenges.
Question 2 focuses on the economy
Question 3 covers culture and society
Features a PowerPoint presentation with all questions, sources and evidence.
Includes an answer booklet with writing frames for students to format all questions clearly and simply.
An excellent revision tool for the unit.