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 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!)
This is an extremely fun template to use for departments/seasonal lessons/end of year lessons etc! Students absolutely loved this PPT and it can be adapted and changed according to your audience! The PPT plays like a netflix account and has some additional cool features!
This lesson is designed to support students with writing a persuasive non-fiction piece on including more people with disabilities. It looks at both a TED TALK video and a article to help students construct an argument and then present it at the end of the lesson.
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 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 do not need any ammending and cover a wide variety of lessons:
Key topic 3: Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88
1 Education and leisure
● Education in the home, schools and universities.
● Sport, pastimes and the theatre.
2 The problem of the poor
● The reasons for the increase in poverty and vagabondage during
these years.
● The changing attitudes and policies towards the poor.
3 Exploration and voyages of discovery
● Factors prompting exploration, including the impact of new
technology on ships and sailing and the drive to expand trade.
● The reasons for, and significance of, Drake’s circumnavigation of the
globe.
4 Raleigh and Virginia
● The significance of Raleigh and the attempted colonisation of
Virginia.
● Reasons for the failure of Virginia
4. Exam
● Revision
● Assessment
● Feedback
Part of my Anglo-Saxon and Norman England SOW. This bundle of lessons cover:
Dispute over the Conqueror’s inheritance
Role of Lanfranc
Inspection of the royal treasury and decisions over coinage and seal
William’s relationship with Robert
Role of Odo of Bayeaux and his rivalry with William de St Calais and Lanfranc
• causes, nature and effect of the rebellion of the Norman barons (1088):
sieges at Tonbridge, Rochester and Pevensey
desertion and trial of William de St Calais
Diplomacy in Wales, Scotland and Northumbria
William’s reaction to the rebels and reasons for magnanimity
Exam practice (separate lessons for knowledge, primary source, essay practice)
Exam and Exam feedback
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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.
Students are able to learn factual information about the queen, analysing different views on the monarchy and using this to formulate their own opinion.
Two lessons on Anselm covering who he was and the Council of Rockingham. The lessons have a variety of different activities and are part of my wider resource on William Rufus and the Church.
Part of my Anglo-Saxon and Norman England SOW. This bundle of lessons cover:
• Church appointments and the issue of lay investiture
• William’s personal attitude towards the Church: plundering wealth
• Leaving vacant sees, effect of illness in 1093, unwillingness to hold synods
• Role of Lanfranc at the trial of William de St Calais (1088)
• The political role of bishops and royal administration
• The primacy of Canterbury
• The appointment of and relationship with Anselm as Archbishop of Canterbury (1093)
• Relations with Urban II and the Council of Rockingham (1095)
• Exam Practice
• Exam
• Exam Feedback
This is part of my larger SOW on OCR Anglo-Saxon and Norman England. The lessons include:
• William’s return to England in 1099
• negotiations with Duke William IX of Aquitaine
• Robert’s return from crusade
• circumstances of William’s death in the New Forest
• nature of issues of succession and Henry’s relations with Robert Curthose:
previous quarrels between William I’ s sons at L’Aigle in 1077
actions of Robert and support from Philip of France
pawning of Normandy to William II in 1096
• Henry I as the beneficiary of William’s death and consecration at Westminster
• Exam
• Exam Feedback
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 free resource could either be a lesson/ assembly on women and their perceptions and treatment. The PPT is mostly focused on having a debate and addressing controversial opinions/ sensitive issues. I taught this lesson to both Year 11 and 6th formers (14-16) and it was great at challenging mindsets and making students aware of issues women face.
A free resource for students - can be used at the start of the year (for students to get to know each other and work in pairs to answer) or at the end of term.