This engaging and purposeful lesson is the third in a series of lessons in which children develop an in-depth understanding of Ancient Greece. There is a particular focus on the achievements of the Ancient Greeks and how these have influenced the world. In this lesson, children learn about Ancient Greek democracy and law, with a particular focus on Ancient Athens. By the end of the lesson, they: -Understand the difference between monarchies, dictatorships & democracies; -Explain how matters were decided by democracies in Ancient Athens; -Describe the similarities and differences between democracy in Ancient Greece and today. The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey: -Knowledge recall of basic history skills and prior facts about the Ancient Greeks; -Understanding key information about different types of leadership (monarchies, dictatorships and democracies) and how they vary; -Understanding that Greek city-states had different forms of leadership and that Athens formed one of the world’s first democracies; -Understanding the different roles and procedures within Ancient Athenian democracy and law; -Comparing and contrasting Greek systems to modern-day democracy, and evaluating to what extent they feel that the Athenian system was fair/ effective; -Demonstrating their knowledge of democracy and law in Ancient Athens through completing a ‘Bloom’s Taxonomy’ style worksheet, with questions requiring progressively more difficult skills and depth of knowledge; -Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective. Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (23 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson, and worksheet for the main task (provided in both Word and PDF). In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4), however this was an advanced class and these resources could easily be used with upper KS2. The key learning is aligned with KS2 curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful lesson is the fourth in a series of lessons in which children develop an in-depth understanding of Ancient Greece. There is a particular focus on the achievements of the Ancient Greeks and how these have influenced the world. In this lesson, children learn about the Ancient Olympic games. Specifically, they: -Learn and recall key facts about the Ancient Olympic Games; -Use a range of information to develop their knowledge of Ancient Olympic events and values; -Explain how the ancient games influenced the modern Olympic Games. The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey: -Knowledge recall of basic history skills and prior facts about the Ancient Greeks; -Understanding key information about how, when and where the Ancient Olympic games took place; -Watching an interesting, age-appropriate video (hyperlinked) about the different events and values of the games, and demonstrating their understanding of this through comprehension questions; -Understanding how the Ancient Olympic games ended and the Modern Olympic Games started; -Explaining how the Modern Olympic sports and values are influenced by the Ancient Olympic Games; -Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective. Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (23 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson, and the worksheet for the further research activity (provided in both Word and PDF). In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4), however this was an advanced class and these resources could easily be used with upper KS2. The key learning is aligned with KS2 curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Richard the Lionheart (Richard I), either as a part of their history study of ‘Significant Individuals’, or as part of a wider study of The Crusades. It contains comprehensive sections entitled: -Overview; -Times in His Life; -Important Vocabulary; -Richard the Lionheart Timeline; -Answers to the Important Questions; -Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Robert the Bruce as a part of their history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled: -Overview; -Times in His Life; -Important Vocabulary; -Robert the Bruce Timeline; -Answers to the Important Questions; -Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful lesson is the first in a series of lessons in which children develop an in-depth understanding of Ancient Greece. There is a particular focus on the achievements of the Ancient Greeks and how these have influenced the world. In this lesson, children learn and understand foundation information about the Ancient Greeks. In particular, they: -Learn when and where the Ancient Greeks lived, and learn basic facts about their civilization; -Understand and order the major Ancient Greek periods chronologically. -Understand and order different significant events in throughout the Ancient Greek era. The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey: -Knowledge recall of basic history skills and key terms; -Defining what the Ancient Greek era was, and understanding exactly where and when the Ancient Greeks lived. -Connecting this learning with what was happening across the world at the time; -Considering what enabled the Ancient Greeks to be powerful and successful; -Following clear guidance to understand and order the major Ancient Greek periods. -Placing key events from the Ancient Greek period on their own timelines (again, clear and comprehensive guidance for this is given); -Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective. Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (23 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson, and the information cards to be stuck onto the timeline -provided in both Word and PDF format. In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4), however this was an advanced class and these resources could easily be used with upper KS2 also. The key learning is aligned with KS2 curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful lesson is the second in a series of lessons in which children develop an in-depth understanding of Ancient Greece. There is a particular focus on the achievements of the Ancient Greeks and how these have influenced the world. In this lesson, children learn about Greek City states and how they were formed. In particular, they: -Understand why seafaring was essential for Ancient Greek civilizations; -Describe the seafaring skills that helped City-States to form and thrive. -Name Greek City States and recall key facts about daily life in them. The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey: -Knowledge recall of basic history skills and baseline information about the Ancient Greeks; -Understanding key information about the Greek terrain and it necessitated the advancement of seafaring knowledge and skills; -Discussing and understanding the advantages gained by the Greeks by developing seafaring skills, and how this led to the development of city-states; -Learning what ship-building and navigational skills they developed; -Following navigational instructions to find and label the major Greek city states (the map for this is included, as both Word and PDF documents) -Watching an engaging video (hyperlinked) to find out more about life in city-states and how it relied on the sea; -Recalling key information about housing, food, education and work in Greek city-states; -Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective. Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (23 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson, and the maps required for the navigation activity. In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4), however this was an advanced class and these resources could easily be used with upper KS2. The key learning is aligned with KS2 curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and detailed lesson enables students to gain a deep understanding of the Greek Myth ‘Theseus and The Minotaur.’ In doing so, students learn to interpret and infer the key meanings in a myth, analyse the descriptive language in a myth, and use descriptive language to describe their own ancient Greek monster. The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards differentiated learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to: - Define the key terms ‘adjective’ and ‘synonym’ and use these appropriately and imaginatively to describe an image of the Minotaur; - Read the story ‘Theseus and The Minotaur’ and interpret the key meanings; - Identify, understand, and analyse the descriptive language in ‘Theseus and The Minotaur;’ - Apply their understanding of descriptive techniques by creating and describing their own mythical beast, using a model example, a success criteria, and a scaffold; - Peer assess each other’s descriptive attempts. This resource pack includes: - A visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation; - Paper copies and online links to the extract needed for the lesson; - Understanding Descriptive Language worksheet; - Creating a Beast Template, and model example; - A detailed lesson plan, complete with what the teacher and students should aim to achieve at each stage of the lesson. All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoint.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Aneurin Bevan as a part of their history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Times in His Life; Important Vocabulary; Aneurin Bevan Timeline; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

In this engaging and purposeful lesson, children develop an understanding of the Apollo 11 mission and Neil Armstrong, as a part of their study of significant explorers. In particular, they: -Learn who Armstrong was and what he is best-known for; -Understand how his achievements impacted the world; -Use their researching skills to find out more about Armstrong and his mission. The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey: -Knowledge recall of basic history skills, key terms, and the meaning of exploration; -Gaining a background understanding of the Space Race and the drive to put humans on the Moon; -Learning about the risks and difficulties involved with the mission; -Watching an engaging, age-appropriate video to learn key details about the mission; -Using a research template to find out more information about the mission; -Empathising with Armstrong, through a hot-seating activity; -Self-reflecting on the extent to which they believe they have met the learning objective. Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (20 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson. Also included is the template for the research activity. In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) but they could easily be used with upper KS2 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

In this engaging and purposeful lesson, children develop an understanding of the well-known aviator Amelia Earhart, as a part of their study of significant explorers. In particular, they: -Learn who Earhart was and what she is best-known for; -Understand the context of the world in which she lived; -Explain what made her achievements so inspirational; -Evaluate how she demonstrated the characteristics of a successful explorer. The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey: -Knowledge recall of basic history skills, key terms, and the meaning of exploration; -Gaining a background understanding of the world in which Amelia Earhart lived, including technological developments and gender expectations; -Learning about her life and her key achievements, and discussing which they feel are most impressive and why; -Discussing how Earhart was an inspiration, through discussing her achievements, legacy and key quotations; -Evaluating how Earhart demonstrated the key characteristics of successful explorers, through a ‘Diamond 9’ activity. -Self-reflecting on the extent to which they believe they have met the learning objective. Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (21 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson. Also included are the templates for the Diamond 9 activity. In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) but they could easily be used with upper KS2 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

In this engaging and purposeful lesson, children develop their understanding of different explorers from over time. In this lesson, children sequence exploration events and compare explorers from over time. Specifically, they: -Recall the achievements of different explorers from across history; -Place significant exploration events in chronological order; -Consider how the role of explorers has changed over time. It was originally taught as the final lesson in a sequence of lessons focusing on different explorers. Please note that to complete the final written task, it does help if children have either been taught the prior lessons in this sequence (available on this platform) or have other prior understanding of at least two explorers. The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey: -Knowledge recall of basic history skills, key terms, the meaning of exploration, and the achievements of different explorers; -Following clear instructions and utilising given resources to produce their own timelines of different exploration achievements from between 1400 to the present day. -Using information and prompts to compare and contrast different explorers from across time; -Self-reflecting on the extent to which they believe they have met the learning objective. Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (20 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson. Also included are the event cards for the timeline activity. In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) but they could easily be used with upper KS2 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging, comprehensive lesson aims to improve students’ understanding of Wilfred Owen’s WWI power and conflict poem ‘Exposure’ with particular focus upon the language, structure, and subject matter used within the poem. By the end of the lesson, students demonstrate their knowledge of the text analytically, through assured, appropriate, and sustained interpretations. The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through: Considering the meanings of the word ‘exposure’ and inferring what this may suggest about the meaning of the poem; Securing contextual understanding of the conditions and weather faced by WWI soldiers; Reading and interpreting the poem, using a provided line-by-line analysis, and interactive group activities; Developing their understanding through inferring and analysing key language and structural choices; Analysing how the themes of suffering and misery are conveyed through Owen’s language and structure choices; Self/ Peer assessing each other’s learning attempts. Included is: Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and substantial; (including hyperlinks to informative and videos) Copy of poem (freely available online); Deeper thinking worksheet; Analysis template with success criteria for creating well-structured responses; Comprehensive lesson plan. All resources are provided as word documents (for easy editing) and PDF documents (to ensure consistency of formatting between computers). There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. This was originally taught to middle-ability year 10 and 11 groups, but can easily be differentiated for groups of different ages and abilities. All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.

In this engaging and purposeful lesson, children develop an understanding of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In particular, they: -Learn who Hillary and Norgay were and what they are known for; -Explain what made their achievements so incredible; -Learn more about the personality traits of both Hillary and Norgay; -Evaluate how both climbers were recognised after the climb. The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey: -Knowledge recall of basic history skills, key terms, and the meaning of exploration; -Gaining a background understanding of the dangers of climbing extremely high mountains; -Watching an engaging video (hyperlinked) to gain a base understanding of the key details of the climb; -Considering the key details and personality traits of both climbers; -Evaluating how the recognition for Hillary and Norgay differed after the successful climb, reflecting on how fair they feel this was; -Self-reflecting on the extent to which they believe they have met the learning objective. Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (19 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson. Also included are the images for the character profile activity. In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Dorothy Hodgkin, either as a part of their history study of ‘Significant Individuals’, or research into famous scientists and inventors. It contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Times in Her Life; Important Vocabulary; Dorothy Hodgkin Timeline; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about John Logie Baird, either as a part of their history study of ‘Significant Individuals’, or research into famous scientists and inventors. It contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Times in His Life; Important Vocabulary; John Logie Baird Timeline; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Clement Attlee as a part of their history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Times in His Life; Important Vocabulary; Clement Attlee Timeline; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Alfred the Great. It is particularly useful for those completing a history study of the monarchy in England, learning about the Anglo-Saxons, or studying significant individuals in historical societies. It contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Times in His Life; Important Vocabulary; Alfred the Great Timeline; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Lewis Carroll, particularly those studying his works in English or completing a history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Times in His Life; Important Vocabulary; Lewis Carroll Timeline; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about William Wordsworth, particularly those studying his works in English or completing a history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Times in His Life; Important Vocabulary; William Wordsworth Timeline; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images are licensed for commercial use.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Virginia Woolf, particularly those studying her works in English or completing a history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Times in Her Life; Important Vocabulary; Virginia Woolf Timeline; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A4 or A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images are licensed for commercial use.