These interactive flashcards on the US Civil Rights Women’s Lib, has been carefully designed to help students sharpen their focus on key terms and essential facts, transform the revision process into a vibrant and enjoyable social experience. With these flashcards, students can say goodbye to solitary study sessions. They encourage teamwork and peer assessment, significantly enhancing the engagement of the learning process. Regular use of these flashcards, combined with the effective strategies outlined in the accompanying PowerPoint, will improve memory retention and foster the crucial connections necessary for success in studying or revising the women’s civil rights movement 1950 - 1970, often referred to as Women’s Lib or Women’s Liberation. These versatile flashcards are perfect for starting lessons; they can serve as an exciting game at the beginning or as a mini plenary to assess understanding and reinforce learning at the end. Their convenient format allows for easy integration into revision booklets or printing on cards, making them easily storable in students’ pockets or envelopes. Furthermore, students can independently utilize these cards for their revision, promoting self-directed learning. Upon downloading this lesson, you will receive a Word document featuring flashcards specifically tailored for revising US Women’s Lib from 1950 to 1970, as well as an informative 18-slide PowerPoint that outlines effective methods for using these resources. In Game 1, one player reads key terms while the other guesses the corresponding topic, enhancing memory recall. Game 2 introduces a greater challenge, as players must describe the topic without using any key terms, adding an exciting twist. The lesson also includes other enjoyable and competitive activities such as Pictionary and Charades. The session concludes with strategic advice for conducting a one-minute class talk and tips for creating personalized flashcards, all supported by suggested homework tasks. Both documents are conveniently available as PDFs, making printing and sharing easy. If you find this lesson engaging, consider exploring our other resources on similar topics available in our TES shop. You can also follow The History Academy on platforms like Instagram, X, YouTube, and Facebook for the latest updates. We are committed to producing affordable resources priced comparably to a good cup of coffee, allowing you to dedicate more time to the activities you love. All our authors receive a living wage, ensuring that when you invest in our resources, you support our shared values of fairness and integrity. Enjoy your learning journey, and stay connected through social media for continuous updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube channel, featuring over 600 free videos: @historyacademy. Kind Regards Roy

This lesson aims to help students assess whether prison sentences work by looking at the experiences in the UK. This is a controversial subject with people from all sides advocating different solutions from longer sentences to rehabilitate prisoners to alternatives sentences based in the community. This card sort can be used with a range of abilities and has never failed to get my students excited, engaged, whilst improving their understanding of this difficult topic. The main activity involves getting students to cut out the cards in lesson, organise them into their most persuasive order under the two main headings and then sick them into their books. Once students have fed back their results to a class discussion, they can then have a go at the extended writing activity. Alternatively, they can create a key and then sort through the cards and then stick the sheet into their book or you could cut out the cards and place them into an envelope for them to sort prior to a discussion on the topic. This is a great resource that can be easily adapted to suit your classroom and expectations. When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download 19 slide PowerPoint which is designed to help facilitate the card sort which is in a separate single page Microsoft Word document. The Word document includes a learning objective, instructions, two headings cards labeled ‘Pros / Advantages’ and ‘Cons / Disadvantages’ as well as sixteen information cards to be sorted. . The PowerPoint contains aims, objectives, information slides, templates, tasks and activities to support the card sort. These are both fully editable documents which can be customized if necessary to suit your students. I have also uploaded them as PDFs. Once students have completed the main task, they then have the option of writing the script for a speech expressing their own point of view on the subject. The aims of this lesson / activity are: Theme: Crime and Punishment Know: How are people supported in prison? Understand: What are the advantages and disadvantages or sending people to prison? Evaluate: Does prison protect society from crime? WILF - What am I Looking For? Identify and describe - How are people treated in prison? Explain - What are the advantages and disadvantages or sending people to prison? Analyze - Does prison protect society from crime? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

These interactive flash cards cover all the key aspects that your students will need to revise on US Women’s Lib or Civil Rights from 1960 - 1970. Dingbats are interactive flashcards meticulously designed to help students sharpen their focus on key terms and essential facts, transforming the revision process into a vibrant and enjoyable social experience. With Dingbats, students can say goodbye to solitary study sessions. These flashcards encourage teamwork and peer assessment, significantly enhancing the engagement of the learning process. Regular use of Dingbats, combined with the effective strategies outlined in the accompanying PowerPoint, will improve memory retention and foster the crucial connections necessary for success in studying or revising the US Women’s Civil rights Movement, often referred to as Women’s Lib or Women’s Liberation. These versatile flashcards are perfect for starting lessons; they can serve as an exciting game at the beginning or as a mini plenary to assess understanding and reinforce learning at the end. Their convenient format allows for easy integration into revision booklets or printing on cards, making them easily storable in students’ pockets or envelopes. Furthermore, students can independently utilize these cards for their revision, promoting self-directed learning. Upon downloading this lesson, you will receive a Word document featuring Dingbats specifically tailored for revising US Women’s Lib from 1950 to 1970, as well as an informative 18-slide PowerPoint that outlines effective methods for using these resources. In Game 1, one player reads key terms while the other guesses the corresponding topic, enhancing memory recall. Game 2 introduces a greater challenge, as players must describe the topic without using any key terms, adding an exciting twist. The lesson also includes other enjoyable and competitive activities such as Pictionary and Charades. The session concludes with strategic advice for conducting a one-minute class talk and tips for creating personalized Dingbats, all supported by suggested homework tasks. Both documents are conveniently available as PDFs, making printing and sharing easy. If you find this lesson engaging, consider exploring our other resources on similar topics available in our TES shop. You can also follow The History Academy on platforms like Instagram, X, YouTube, and Facebook for the latest updates. We are committed to producing affordable resources priced comparably to a good cup of coffee, allowing you to dedicate more time to the activities you love. All our authors receive a living wage, ensuring that when you invest in our resources, you support our shared values of fairness and integrity. Enjoy your learning journey, and stay connected through social media for continuous updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube channel, featuring over 600 free videos: @historyacademy. Kind Regards, Roy

This literacy mat can be printed off back to back in A3 colour and laminated to use with your students in lesson to help them structure their work using the correct sentence starters and connectives. The literacy mat also includes guidance on spelling, punctuation, structuring paragraphs using PEE and PEEL as well as the correct then, their and they’re. This is a must have resource for any humanities teacher. The idea of a ‘mat’ is UK idea where you stick or place a resource like this one on the desks of your students to help them structure their work and avoid common mistakes. This resource was created in partnership with Lesley Anne who also has her own TES shop so please check it out as well. Please note, it might be an idea to run this resource through your own US spell checker to avoid any common errors. E.g. we spell words like colour and neighbours slightly differently to you guys across the pond. I have posted this resource at a low price as I believe that it is a must have - give it and go and enjoy. It will impress your principle. In terms of PEE, I always get me students to structure their paragraphs using either PEE or PEEL which stands for Point - Examples - Explain - Link. If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding KS3 lesson looks at the impact that the Miners’ Strike had women in the period 1984 - 1985. It has especially commissioned by the History Academy as part of a series on to help mark the 40th Anniversary in 2024. We would like to publically thank Martin Shakeshaft for allowing us to use his photograpghs in our resources. The lesson begins by looking at attitudes towards women in before the strike, how they reacted and how it changed their lives both in the short and the long term. It uses interviews and historical sources which have been interlinked with our oral history data base on YouTube. We have thrown the kitchen sink and included a very wide range of differentiated resources. When you purchase this lesson, you will be able to download a 46 slide PowerPoint and an accompanying 7 page Microsoft Word worksheet. The PowerPoint contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, historical sources, video clips, information slides, questions, tasks such as a heads and tails, missing words, a compare and contrast Venn diagram activity and word search. The worksheet has been designed to accompany the PowerPoint and mirrors both the information and activities, Both resources have also been uploaded as PDFs, just in case you don’t have access to MIcrosoft Office. For more information, please see the sample preview. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: The Miners’ Strike 1984 - 1985 Know: What were expectations of women living in pit communities before the strike? Understand: How did the Miners’ Strike change the lives of women? Evaluate: What were the short and long term effects of the Miners’ Strike? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: The expectations of women living in mining communities in 1984? Can You Explain: How the Miners’ Strike changed the lives of women? Can You Evaluate: What were the short and long term effects of Miners’ Strike? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on ‘X’, ‘Threads’, ‘LinkedIn’, ‘You Tube’ and ‘Facebook’ for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our dedicated You Tube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy We also have a dedicated YouTube Channel on the MIners’ Strike 1984: @MinersStrike1984 Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding lesson looks at the impact that the Miners’ Strike had women in the period 1984 - 1985. It has especially commissioned by the History Academy as part of a series on to help mark the 40th Anniversary in 2024. We would like to publically thank Martin Shakeshaft for allowing us to use his photograpghs in our resources. This version is aimed at KS4 and KS5 students. The lesson begins by looking at attitudes towards women in before the strike, how they reacted and how it changed their lives both in the short and the long term. It uses interviews and historical sources which have been interlinked with our oral history data base on YouTube. We have thrown the kitchen sink and included a very wide range of differentiated resources. When you purchase this lesson, you will be able to download a 46 slide PowerPoint and an accompanying 7 page Microsoft Word worksheet. The PowerPoint contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, historical sources, video clips, information slides, questions, tasks such as a heads and tails, missing words, a compare and contrast Venn diagram activity and word search. The worksheet has been designed to accompany the PowerPoint and mirrors both the information and activities, Both resources have also been uploaded as PDFs, just in case you don’t have access to MIcrosoft Office. For more information, please see the sample preview. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: The Miners’ Strike 1984 - 1985 Know: What were expectations of women living in pit communities before the strike? Understand: How did the Miners’ Strike change the lives of women? Evaluate: What were the short and long term effects of the Miners’ Strike? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: The expectations of women living in mining communities in 1984? Can You Explain: How the Miners’ Strike changed the lives of women? Can You Evaluate: What were the short and long term effects of Miners’ Strike? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on ‘X’, ‘Threads’, ‘LinkedIn’, ‘You Tube’ and ‘Facebook’ for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our dedicated You Tube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy We also have a dedicated YouTube Channel on the MIners’ Strike 1984: @MinersStrike1984 Kind Regards Roy

This thought provocative resource aims to help students assess whether prison sentences work by looking at the experiences in the UK. This is a controversial subject with people from all sides advocating different solutions from longer sentences to rehabilitate prisoners to alternatives sentences based in the community. This card sort can be used with a range of abilities and has never failed to get my students excited, engaged, whilst improving their understanding of this difficult topic. The main activity involves getting students to cut out the cards in lesson, organize them into their most persuasive order under the two main headings and then sick them into their books. Once students have fed back their results to a class discussion, they can then have a go at the extended writing activity. Alternatively, they can create a key and then sort through the cards and then stick the sheet into their book or you could cut out the cards and place them into an envelope for them to sort prior to a discussion on the topic. This is a great resource that can be easily adapted to suit your classroom and expectations. When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download 19 slide PowerPoint which is designed to help facilitate the card sort which is in a separate single page Microsoft Word document. The Word document includes a learning objective, instructions, two headings cards labeled ‘Pros / Advantages’ and ‘Cons / Disadvantages’ as well as sixteen information cards to be sorted. . The PowerPoint contains aims, objectives, information slides, templates, tasks and activities to support the card sort. These are both fully editable documents which can be customized if necessary to suit your students. I have also uploaded them as PDFs. Once students have completed the main task, they then have the option of writing the script for a speech expressing their own point of view on the subject. The aims of this lesson / activity are: Theme: Crime and Punishment Know: How are people supported in prison? Understand: What are the advantages and disadvantages or sending people to prison? Evaluate: Does prison protect society from crime? WILF - What am I Looking For? Identify and describe - How are people treated in prison? Explain - What are the advantages and disadvantages or sending people to prison? Analyze - Does prison protect society from crime? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy