I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time/ Medicine in Britain course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources and students generally prefer this topic the most! The lessons cover:
1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
● Supernatural and religious explanations of the cause of disease.
● Rational explanations: the Theory of the Four Humours and the
miasma theory; the continuing influence in England of Hippocrates
and Galen.
2 Approaches to prevention and treatment
● Approaches to prevention and treatment and their connection with
ideas about disease and illness: religious actions, bloodletting and
purging, purifying the air, and the use of remedies.
● New and traditional approaches to hospital care in the thirteenth
century. The role of the physician, apothecary and barber surgeon
in treatment and care provided within the community and in
hospitals, c1250–1500.
3 Case study:
● Dealing with the Black Death, 1348–49; approaches to treatment and attempts to prevent its spread.
A lesson on the Atlantic Slave Trade covering: causes, stages and consequences. The lesson has different activities and covers both primary and secondary sources. This lesson was made for KS3 students but can be adapted for any year group.
A lesson explaining Black History Month in Britain and it’s importance. The lesson looks at key figures, and uses both videos, activities and news articles to help students understand the importance of Black History Month. This lesson can be used for an assembly.
Mussolini’s Italy - follows Paper 4 Cambridge International History European Option. Can be used for any exam board.
Why did Mussolini gain power in 1922?
To understand the appeal of Fascism.
To evaluate Mussolini’s aims in government and his leadership.
To understand the establishment of a dictatorship, repression of opposition.
To evaluate propaganda and foreign policy
To understand the nature of Mussolini’s economic aims and the corporate state
To understand dealings with the Church
To understand social policies
These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 2 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. It has a range of resources and is great for students!
The lessons cover:
● Hitler’s early career: joining the German Workers’ Party and setting
up the Nazi Party, 1919–20.
● The early growth and features of the Party. The Twenty-Five Point
Programme and the role of the SA.
● The Munich Putsch: Events
● Putsch Significance
● The Lean Years
● Reasons for limited support for the Nazi Party, 1924–28. Party
reorganisation and Mein Kampf. The Bamberg Conference of 1926.
● Depression: The growth of unemployment – its causes and impact. The failure of successive Weimar governments to deal with unemployment from
1929 to January 1933.
● Reasons for the growth in support for the Nazi Party, including the
appeal of Hitler and the Nazis, the effects of propaganda and the
work of the SA.
● How Hitler became Chancellor, 1932–33: Political developments in 1932. The roles of Hindenburg, Brüning, von Papen and von Schleicher.
● Assessment
●Assessment feedback and mark scheme
A detailed lesson on the Partition of India focusing on: causes, events, consequences (short and long term), and India today under Modi. The lesson has different activities and great discussion points for students!
Series of lessons on the module for the Norman Conquest 1035–1087. The SOW has detailed Power Points with information regarding the spec, differentiation, a variety of activities and worksheets, and exam/ essay writing guidance. The lessons can be used for the Edexcel GCSE/ AQA Spec too.
The lessons cover:
• Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings 1066: plans; course of events; impact
• William I’s consolidation of power: securing succession; methods of control; extent of opposition.
I also have other lessons and a revision booklet uploaded for this unit.
This bundle of resources/ SOW is focused on the Arab-Israeli Conflict and can be used for many exam boards such as the OCR Y321 and the Y100 or the EDEXCEL Conflict in the Middle East. It gives an excellent overview of the topic with a strong set of lessons with various resources, activities and focus on both primary and secondary sources.
The lessons cover:
An overview of the topic
The Ottoman control of the Middle East
The British Mandate
The problems and aims of the British
The Partition of Palestine
The new state of Israel/ Zionism
The First Arab-Israeli War
Israeli Settlements
The Refugee Crisis/ Nakba
Arab Nationalism and Nasser
The Six Day War
The Yom Kippur War
The Intifadas
Failed peace process (Oslo and Camp David)
Focus on individuals
Exam practice
A student booklet for OCR Y102 Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107. The booklet includes: past exam questions, pages for students to complete their own revision notes on each topic, model structures, fact tests and a glossary.
These lessons are focused on the Great Plague in 1665-6 which addresses the causes, events, treatments and preventive methods used at the time. These lessons have a variety of activities including: active plenaries, videos, creative writing, descriptive writing and exam practice. The lessons were mostly made using the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time spec and using a mixture of the Hodder and Pearsons book. The lessons are great for GCSE students especially.
This lesson focuses on Victorian England and can be used as part of the English unit on ‘A Christmas Carol’ or as a History lesson (has contextual information, source analysis, video analysis and writing tasks). This is from my wider ‘Full SOW A Christmas Carol’ resource.
These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 3 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. It has a range of resources and is great for students!
The lessons cover:
Key topic 3: Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933–39
1 The creation of a dictatorship, 1933–34
● The Reichstag Fire. The Enabling Act and the banning of other
parties and trade unions.
● The threat from Röhm and the SA, the Night of the Long Knives and
the death of von Hindenburg. Hitler becomes Führer, the army and
oath of allegiance.
2 The police state
● The role of the Gestapo, the SS, the SD and concentration camps.
● Nazi control of the legal system, judges and law courts.
● Nazi policies towards the Catholic and Protestant Churches,
including the Reich Church and the Concordat.
3 Controlling and influencing attitudes
● Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda: censorship, Nazi use of
media, rallies and sport, including the Berlin Olympics (1936).
● Nazi control of culture and the arts, including art, architecture,
literature and film.
4 Opposition, resistance and conformity
● The extent of support for the Nazi regime.
● Opposition from the Churches, including the role of Pastor
Niemöller.
● Opposition from the young, including the Swing Youth and the
Edelweiss Pirates.
A lesson on Francis Walsingham (from my wider Early Elizabethan SOW). This is an interactive lesson for students on Walsingham and has a mixture of activities including games, note-taking, videos, stories, exam practice etc.
A set of lessons (1h30 each) focused on the OCR Russia SPEC. The lessons cover Key Topic 1-4 and are embedded with a lot of content revision and exam questions! I taught these lessons whilst students were expected to complete my ‘Russia 1894–1941 Revision Booklet’. Students received high grades for this topic. (Also just a notice, I will be adding my complete and updated russia lessons hopefully in the next few months!)
A strong and detailed lesson on the Partition of Yugoslavia focusing on: causes, events, consequences (short and long term), and consequences today. The lesson has different activities, differentiated and great discussion points for students!
This lesson educates students on the BLM movement and its origins. The lesson includes a variety of activities which focus on the causes of the movement, its aims, how the media presents it and asks students to think of possible solutions for the racial discrimination that exists today. I taught this lesson to both my KS3 and 4 classes and they seemed to have enjoyed and benefited from the lesson.
Any feedback is welcomed! Do not forget to rate the resource too please.
A student booklet for OCR Y219 Russia 1894–1941. The booklet includes: past exam questions, pages for students to complete their own revision notes on each topic, model answers/ structures, fact tests and a glossary.
These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 1 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. Hope these are helpful for your students!
The lessons cover: The setting up of the Weimar Republic; the signing and effects of the Treaty of Versailles and reasons for opposition, weaknesses in the Constitution,the attacks from the Left (the Spartacist uprising)
and the Right (the Kapp Putsch),the French occupation of the Ruhr and the impact of hyperinflation. The economic work of Stresemann (both internal and external policies), Germany’s relations with other countries, exam practice and feedback.