A set of 40 observation challenges which require students (or adults!) to study images carefully. There are two different types of challenge: One is odd one out – a set of three pictures, the challenge is to work out which has one difference from the other two. The second is spot the difference -a set of two pictures , the challenge is to identify the six differences between each picture. They are provided both on power point and in word document format. They are suitable for use in a variety of settings -such as cover tasks, time fillers or in tutor time - even as a staffroom challenge.

A year of information -a power point and word document resource. Each day has a selection of four events (including a famous/significant birth and death) from that date in the past, On the power point there is one slide per day, each also having a picture of one associated event/person. The word document also features the same people/ events (with slightly more information such as a well-known book if an author). The focus is on Britain though each day also features a female/ linked event as well as most days including an event or person from outside the British Isles- for example for 25th December: 1977 Death of Charlie Chaplin (b 1889), actor and director 1972 The Nicaraguan capital Managua was devastated by an earthquake 1771 Birth of Dorothy Wordsworth (d 1855) 1066 William of Normandy was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey. Designed for use in tutor time/assembly this resource provides a range of information that is of use throughout the year.

Two activities to help students improve their knowledge and understanding of the chronology of history -in a different, more ‘game’ based approach than a traditional worksheet. Both of which involve matching events to dates: (the same as on the power point resource on Ancient Greek history) from the First Olympics in 776 BCE to the Romans taking control of Greece in 146 BCE The first is a set of printable ‘cards’ which can be used for sorting or matching tasks (such as the matching pairs game) – each event is on a separate ‘card’ from its date, organised in sets of 10 -there are two sets, but each can be used separately or the two combined to increase the difficulty level. The second is a set of ‘domino cards’ to provide a more supported matching challenge; these feature the same events and each ‘card’ links to another forming a ‘domino’ like chain (which again can be used as a set of 10 or both combined for greater challenge).

A simple sequencing activity to help develop chronological knowledge of Ancient Greece. There is a list of 28 events with dates -but events are listed alphabetically- and a blank table to enter the information into. So students need to sequence the dates first (there is a sheet/table to help them with doing this). There is also a support version in which the table to complete has the dates in order so students just need to find the corresponding event. The events are mostly those which feature in the linked resources on developing chronological understanding including the power point-from the First Olympics in 776 BCE to the Romans taking control of Greece in 146 BCE. This resource is suitable for use in class as well as ideal for homework / independent study.

A resource to help students improve their knowledge and understanding of the chronology of Ancient Greek history. This resource is designed specifically to help students in particular with the concept of chronology. To help with understanding the passage of time there is a power point presentation that shows the intervals between events, from the First Olympics in 776 BCE to the Romans taking control of Greece in 146 BCE. This has a range of 27 selected events and is designed to convey a sense of the passage of time by having the transition between slides vary in length depending on how many years actually passed between events. Each slide has a date, event and appropriate illustration. (Each event slide is on show for five seconds and the whole presentation lasts for approximately five minutes). There is also a ‘click through’ version of the slide show (same events) to enable the teacher to pause to give additional information or discuss the event with students. The selection of events is not meant to be definitive for the study of that period (it’s a selection not a comprehensive timeline). It is also a compilation from a range of different sources this allows for an extra activity/challenge of students deciding what is missing/what could be left out?

A set of forty pages of colouring sheets: A resource to support work on this popular topic as well as being useful for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for ‘school at home’. Supplied as a pdf for ease of printing the images are taken from a range of public domain sources (mainly 19th century books). As they are mainly screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. The images have been selected to cover a range of topics including coins, soldiers, gladiators, pottery and Gods- as they are taken from old textbooks and depict Roman life there are some scenes of naked wrestlers etc.

A set of thirty-seven pages of colouring sheets: A resource to support work on this topic as well as being useful for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for ‘school at home’. Supplied as a pdf for ease of printing the images are taken from a 19th century book (now public domain). As they are screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. The images include animals, abstract art and images of human figures.

A set of eighteen pages of colouring sheets: A resource to support work on this popular topic as well as being useful for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for ‘school at home’. Supplied as a pdf for ease of printing the images are taken from a range of public domain sources (mainly 19th century books). As they are mainly screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. The images have been selected to cover a range of topics from Britain (and some elsewhere) during the Roman Occupation of England (and Wales): Includes pottery, soldiers, buildings, ships and coins etc.

A set of forty-eight pages of colouring sheets: A resource to support work on this popular topic as well as being useful for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for ‘school at home’. Supplied as a pdf for ease of printing the images are taken from a range of public domain sources (mainly 19th century books). As they are mainly screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. The images have been selected to cover a range of topics including Gods, embalming, workers, soldiers and animals.

A set of seventeen pages of colouring sheets: A resource to support work on this topic as well as being useful for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for ‘school at home’. Supplied as a pdf for ease of printing the images are taken from a range of public domain sources (mainly 19th century books). As they are mainly screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. The images have been selected to cover a range of topics from Britain (and Northern Europe) before the Roman Invasion of England: Includes jewellery and coins, weapons, tombs, abstract art etc.

A set of forty pages of colouring sheets: A resource to support work on this popular topic as well as being useful for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for ‘school at home’. Supplied as a pdf for ease of printing the images are taken from a range of public domain sources (mainly 19th century books). As they are mainly screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. The images have been selected to cover a range of topics- as they are taken from old textbooks and depict Greek life there are some scenes of naked athletes etc. There are two separate sets –volume 1 covers Gods, religion and home life.

A set of forty pages of colouring sheets: A resource to support work on this popular topic as well as being useful for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for ‘school at home’. Supplied as a pdf for ease of printing the images are taken from a range of public domain sources (mainly 19th century books). As they are mainly screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. The images have been selected to cover a range of topics - as they are taken from old textbooks and depict Greek life there are some scenes of naked Gods etc. There are two separate sets –volume 2 covers soldiers, workers and leisure.

This is a set of five colouring pages featuring some of the Olympian deities from our linked resources. (Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athene, Demeter, Hepasteus, Hera, Poseidon, and Zeus in Olympia) A resource to support work on this popular topic as well as being useful for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for ‘school at home’. Supplied as a pdf for ease of printing the images are taken from a range of public domain sources (mainly 19th century books) and as they are mainly screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. Please note that these images also appear in our larger collection of colouring pages on Gods, religion and home life.

An introduction to one hundred notable women with a connection to the 20th century -such as Billie Jean King and the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ in 1973. The selection covers the well known (e.g. Mrs Thatcher) to the less well known (such as Rita Loza, first female No.1 chart artist) For each one there is a brief overview of their life/ impact (250-300 words). This is provided as a word document. There is also a powerpoint presentation which has a picture of each woman and a descriptive sentence. The women featured are: Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Barbara Cartland;;Barbara McClintock; Marie Curie ;Jennie Lee;Gertrude Ederle ;Grace Hopper ;Frida Kahlo ;Simone de Beauvoir ;Raymond de Laroche ;Elizabeth Arden ;Mildred Didrikson ;Julliete Gordon Low ;Emily Davison ;Hedy Lamarr ;Edith Cavell ;Lois Weber ;Jessica Mitford ;Marie Stopes ;Rosa Luxemburg ;Edith Burton Hughes ;Betty Wilson ;Helena Normanton ;Maria Callas ;Sue Ryder ;Laura Ashley ;Elisabeth Beresford ;Constance Markievicz ;Maya Angelou ;Margaret Bondfield ;Ellen Church ;Lilian Baylis ;Dorothy Day ;Fay Wray ;Leni Reifenstahl ;Lucy Duff-Gordon ;Diana Mitford ;Edith Wharton ;Ellen Sirleaf ;Jane Bolin; Hattie McDaniel ;Amy Johnson ;Anita Roddick ;Sophie Scholl ;Alice Walker ;Violet Szabo ;Mamie Smith ;Anne Frank; Donna Summer ;Mo Mowlam ;Grace Kelly ;Ethel Rosenberg ;Maria Montessori ;Lita Roza ;Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence ;Rosa Parks; Irene Curie ;;Dorothy L Sayers ;First female Peers ;Barbie ;Sirimavo Bandaranaike ;Grandma’ Moses ;Valentina Tereshkova ;Edith Piaf; Nancy Astor ;Stephanie Kwolek ;Indira Gandhi ;Alice Toklas ;Barbara Harrison ;Shirley Temple ;Betty Friedan ;Dorothy Fields ;Mary Peters ;Billie Jean King ;Virginia Apgar ;Margaret Thatcher ;Agatha Christie ;Virginia Wade ;Hannah Dadds ; Mary Pickford ;Bette Nesmith Graham ;Dame Mary Donaldson;Rachel Heyhoe-Flint ;Corrie Ten Boom ;Mary Warnock ;Gale Sondergaard ;Neerja Bhanot ;Diane Abbot; Elizabeth Lane ;Lucille Ball ;Eve Balfour ;Helen Sharman ;Betty Boothroyd ;Audrey Hepburn ;First female Priests ;Alison Hargreaves; Ella FitzGerald ;Mother Teresa ;Barbara Mandell ;Iris Murdoch

A resource to encourage purposeful talk and for students to reflect on their values. Each Moral Dilemmas provides a situation (such as finding money in the street) and asks student’s how they would respond –individually or as a group. Moral dilemmas are part of life and so their discussion fits into many areas of school life; ideal for use in tutor time -especially in encouraging talk with a focus and helping tutors learn more about their group. Suitable also for use in PSHE/Citizenship and RE –saving the need to devise suitable scenarios. The objectives are to encourage students to discuss and so develop their speaking and listening skills; reflect on their values and how to treat others with respect The resources supplied are a power point with 40 different dilemmas which are also supplied in a word document. They cover a range from ‘cheating’ at sport (the officials don’t notice an infringement) to who would you give a heart transplant to if the choice was a former alcoholic or a former chain smoker -so that there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answer.

A more challenging version of the always popular activity (even for adults!) There are 3 different word searches on a selection of the fifty Black British Firsts featured on our power point resource. They range from the first Black MPs to the first British Ladies footballer via No1. Pop artist and police officers. Each comes in a range of versions to provide differing degrees of challenge: each wordsearch has a grid and 10 names to find – the same names so that all students are covering the same people whatever the level of support/challenge. In each set the first version is a ‘traditional’ one with the words provided. Then there are four versions with a quiz: this has the same words to find but they aren’t provided -first you need to use the clues (questions) to work out what word you are searching for. One just has the clues then there are three supported versions (each of the four has the same clues): the first has the first letter of the answer; the second has the number of numbers in the answer and the third has both the first letter and number of letters. Ideal for use in a wide range of settings such as a last-minute cover resource or homework task or providing resources for ‘school at home’ (maybe even for a staff challenge!)

An example of the full resource which uses graphs, data and ‘shopping’ activities to help develop both historical and mathematical knowledge and understanding. The full resource has a range of 20 topics including the transatlantic slave trade, Britain in 1851, The Great Powers before WW1. (Full list included in free sample) Ideal for use as a cover lesson or a stand-alone homework. (Answers provided) Helps students develop their historical understanding and use of relevant skills. Activities include: Using information to complete charts; Extracting information from tables; basic accounts and shopping activities; completing data tables by using calculations.

Activities to help students develop their historical understanding and improve their ability to comprehend sources. An example from the set of 20 source based activities – topics include castles, slavery & factory reform. (See below for full list of contents.) There is a range of different approaches including ‘4,3,2,1’; ‘Who/What/Where etc’; extracting key points; combining information from a range of sources and comparing different sources… Ideal for use as a cover lesson or a stand-alone homework. Why the Romans wanted an Empire; Viking attack; Domesday book; Castles; The killing of Wat Tyler; The murder of Thomas Becket; King John: A good or bad king?; The defeat of the Spanish Armada; The Divine Right of Kings; Why did the New Model Army win?; The trial of Charles I; Was Oliver Cromwell a good leader?; Child workers in cotton mills; Living in an industrial city; Capturing slaves; Changes in Britain c1750-c1900; Factory Reform; Why did some people emigrate from Britain?; Why did people support Hitler?; Who was to blame for WW2?

An example of the full resource which has a range of timeline based tasks on a variety of 20 topics (e.g. Ancient Civilisations, British Empire & WW2) -Full list included in free sample. Ideal for use as a cover lesson or a stand-alone homework. Helps students develop their historical understanding and use of relevant skills Activities include: Sorting information into order to enter into a time chart; Using comprehension skills to complete a time chart timeline; categorising information in a completed time chart.