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!
A series of lessons to teach the new OCR specification for Russia 1894–1941. The lessons are from the rule of Tsar Nicholas II to the events of 1917.
18 fun and engaging lessons with a model essay template (20 mark question). Each lessons links exactly to the relevant chapter in Access to History: Russia 1894-1941 for OCR. Numerous worksheets, exam practice and powerpoints (with appropriate page numbers to the book).
A free example has been provided.
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.
This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time/18th and 19th century Medicine in Britain course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources, exam skills and revision and students perform extremely well! The lessons cover:
1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
● Continuity and change in explanations of the cause of disease and
illness. The influence in Britain of Pasteur’s Germ Theory and
Koch’s work on microbes.
2 Approaches to prevention and treatment
● The extent of change in care and treatment: improvements in
hospital care and the influence of Nightingale. The impact of
anaesthetics and antiseptics on surgery.
● New approaches to prevention: the development and use of
vaccinations and the Public Health Act (1875).
3 Case studies
● Key individual: Jenner and the development of vaccination.
● Fighting Cholera in London (1854); attempts to prevent its
spread; the significance of Snow and the Broad Street pump.
This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL WW1 Medicine Through TimeThe British Sector of the Western Front course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources, exam skills and revision and students perform extremely well! The lessons cover:
1 The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and
the trenches:
● The context of the British sector of Western Front and the theatre
of war in Flanders and northern France: the Ypres salient, the
Somme, Arras and Cambrai. The trench system - its construction
and organisation, including frontline and support trenches. The use
of mines at Hill 60 near Ypres and the expansion of tunnels, caves
and quarries at Arras. Significance for medical treatment of the
nature of the terrain and problems of the transport and
communications infrastructure.
● Conditions requiring medical treatment on the Western Front,
including the problems of ill health arising from the trench
environment. The nature of wounds from rifles and explosives. The
problem of shrapnel, wound infection and increased numbers of
head injuries. The effects of gas attacks.
● The work of the RAMC and FANY. The system of transport:
stretcher bearers, horse and motor ambulances. The stages of
treatment areas: aid post and field ambulance, dressing station,
casualty clearing station, base hospital. The underground hospital
at Arras.
● The significance of the Western Front for experiments in surgery
and medicine: new techniques in the treatment of wounds and
infection, the Thomas splint, the use of mobile x-ray units, the
creation of a blood bank for the Battle of Cambrai.
● The historical context of medicine in the early twentieth century:
the understanding of infection and moves towards aseptic surgery;
the development of x-rays; blood transfusions and developments
in the storage of blood.
2 Knowledge, selection and use of sources for historical enquiries:
● Knowledge of national sources relevant to the period and issue,
e.g. army records, national newspapers, government reports,
medical articles.
��� Knowledge of local sources relevant to the period and issue, e.g.
personal accounts, photographs, hospital records, army statistics.
● Recognition of the strengths and weaknesses of different types of
source for specific enquiries.
● Framing of questions relevant to the pursuit of a specific enquiry.
● Selection of appropriate sources for specific investigations
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!
This is a SOW created for KS5 students focusing on injustices throughout history (including the BLM movement, land disputes, the theory of ‘the Other’/treatment of minority groups, genocides, dictatorship and uprisings and the refugee crisis. The SOW ends with a research/ essay task for students to complete.
This is a detailed SOW with tasks for students to complete (but can also be used as engaging lectures/ seminars for students to prepare them for university). Each lesson is related to contemporary news articles so students can understand the relevance of each lesson today. There are also thought-provoking questions in each lesson to allow the students to express their opinion/ challenge their opinion.
My year 12 and 13s loved these lessons and it really helped them to: understand the current political/social events/problems in the world, be confident in expressing their opinions, improve their research skills and the impact media and governments have on the world!
Series of lessons on the OCR module Anglo-Saxon England
and the Norman Conquest 1035–1087. The SOW has 23 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: Anglo-Saxon England 1035–1066:
• Viking influence (Harold I, Harthacnut); Edward the Confessor; succession,
consolidation, government and administration; religion, economy and society
• 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.
Please see my other lessons and resources (I have uploaded a revision booklet for this spec too). Hope this helps!
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.
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
This SOW/ bundle addresses Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88. This is perfect for the EDEXCEL spec but can be used for any other exam board/ series of lessons. It has various activities and exam practice too. The lessons cover:
● Introduction to the course
● Elizabethan England in 1558: society and government.
● The Virgin Queen: the problem of her legitimacy, gender, marriage.
Her character and strengths.
● Challenges at home and from abroad: the French threat, financial
weaknesses.
● Religious divisions in England in 1558.
● Elizabeth’s religious settlement (1559): its features and impact.
● The nature and extent of the Puritan challenge and the nature and extent of the Catholic challenge, including the role
of the nobility, Papacy and foreign powers
● Mary, Queen of Scots: her claim to the English throne, her arrival in
England in 1568.
● Revision and Exam Practice
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 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.
A lesson on Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot. The lesson had a variety of activities with videos, reading comprehension, chronology and narrative tasks and creating a storyboard. This was a lesson given to students on Bonfire Night and students enjoyed it! The tasks in the lesson can be removed for an assembly (and the videos should remain).
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 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
Lesson and resource focused on the Rise of Empires with activities on: A01, vocabulary and language, source analysis, categorising and paragraph practice.
This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time/Renaissanxe in Britain course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources, exam skills and revision and students perform extremely well! The lessons cover:
Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
● Continuity and change in explanations of the cause of disease and
illness. A scientific approach, including the work of Thomas
Sydenham in improving diagnosis. The influence of the printing
press and the work of the Royal Society on the transmission of
ideas.
Approaches to prevention and treatment
● Continuity in approaches to prevention, treatment and care in the
community and in hospitals.
● Change in care and treatment; improvements in medical training
and the influence in England of the work of Vesalius.
Case studies ● Key individual: William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation
of the blood.
● Dealing with the Great Plague in London (1665): approaches to
treatment and attempts to prevent its spread.
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.
Two lessons focused on the Opposition the the Nazi Party. Part 1 is full of activities focused on the main groups which opposed the Nazi Party and Part 2 is focused on exam practice/paragraph writing. This is part of my larger SOW on Key Topic 3 Weimar and Nazi Germany.