I am a history teacher and subject lead in a specialist school for children with specific learning differences. I have been teaching since 2014 and have also taught citizenship, geography, life skills, PSHE, PE, RE and literacy.
My resources are free and always will be. If you use them and edit them, please upload your versions for others to use freely as well.
I am a history teacher and subject lead in a specialist school for children with specific learning differences. I have been teaching since 2014 and have also taught citizenship, geography, life skills, PSHE, PE, RE and literacy.
My resources are free and always will be. If you use them and edit them, please upload your versions for others to use freely as well.
This resource may be useful for: English teachers teaching Shakespeare, History teachers teaching Shakespeare/Henry V, History teachers seeking Medieval kings Top Trump resource
Lesson enquiry: How useful is Shakespeare for a historian studying Henry V?
Learning objectives:
To know what makes a good Medieval king.
To understand reasons why Henry V may be considered to be a good or a bad king.
To be able to assess the usefulness of Shakespeare’s play using historical evidence.
Context: This lesson was planned for a Year 7 class as a one-off history lesson to support a study in English of Shakespeare’s Henry V. The lesson intends to provide historical context to the play and encourage students to question Shakespeare’s portrayal of Henry. It was observed by an Ofsted inspector who commented that he “could not think of an improvement which wasn’t nitpicking”.
Lesson activities:
Watch the video (embedded) on Shakespeare’s interpretation of Henry V and make notes/discuss.
Use Medieval king Top Trump cards (provided) to assess which Medieval kings were good/bad and what makes a good king. I have found it useful to get students to think in terms of morality (being a good person or a good Christian) and effectiveness (getting the job done), as this helps them to articulate that a king may be very effective but very immoral.
Teacher talk introducing Henry V. Brief discussion about Henry’s most famous victory, Agincourt.
Was Henry a good/bad king? Card sort activity. Students to sort cards onto a continuum for good or bad king.
Analysis of Shakespeare’s interpretation, considering attribution. Students to tick the cards on their continumm which support Shakespeare’s interpretation.
Discussion around usefulness/validity of Shakespeare’s play.
Plenary - two things you learned, one thing you’d like to learn, your opinion of Shakespeare’s play.
Resources provided:
Full lesson powerpoint with activities clearly written.
Embedded video of Shakespeare’s interpretation of Henry V (let me know if this does not work).
Continuum sheet, to be printed 1 per pupil on A3.
14 cards with balanced information about Henry V, to be printed 1 A4 sheet per pupil, cut up and enveloped.
8 Medieval king Top Trump cards, to be printed 1 A4 sheet per pupil, cut up and enveloped. Kings featured: Henry V, William I, Edward III, John, Richard I, Stephen I, Richard III, Henry II.
Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, L14: changing definitions of crime in the 20th Century.
Lesson designed as a booklet which can be completed independently.
Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, L17: conscientious objectors in the 20th Century.
Lesson designed as a booklet which can be completed independently.
Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, revision activity on Pentonville Prison.
Using pages 78-80 of the Hodder textbook, students read the pages of the book and complete the activities. Mixture of read/answer and read/draw. Suggested additional activities at the end.
Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, L7: law enforcement and punishment in Early Modern Period, including development of the Bloody Code.
Lesson is designed as a booklet so that it can be completed independently.
This lesson was designed for Edexcel History GCSE, Paper 1: Crime & Punishment. This lesson was designed for the Whitechapel depth section of the paper.
Lesson enquiry: How did stereotyping of immigrant communities impact crime in Whitechapel?
Learning objectives:
To know the different immigrant groups in Whitechapel and why they came to London.
To understand where stereotypes about each group came from.
To be able to evaluate the impact of tensions against immigrant communities on crime & punishment in Whitechapel.
Download contains:
Full lesson with printable resources (slides 8, 10 and 13).
Five possible exam questions (for the Edexcel paper) on the topic. All were taken from the Pearson and Hodder exam-approved textbooks.
Some teacher knowledge on the roots of anti-Semitism and demands of the exam board are required.
Not a whiz-bang lesson but very straightforward and hopefully useful!
Y7 lesson, looking at how much change and continuity there was after the Norman Conquest.
Pairs with the lesson on life in Anglo-Saxon times, also available for free in my TES store.
Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, L13: Robert Peel’s police force.
Lesson designed as a booklet which can be completed independently if needed.
Also included is the lesson PPT.
Crime & Punishment Through Time unit, revision activity on the death penalty.
This is a mind map with sections for students to fill in details looking at the development of the death penalty over time.
Crime & Punishment Through Time unit, revision activity.
Print A3, back to back. On one side is an overview table where students fill out basic details for each time period and theme. On the other side are the case studies.
One-page overview of Crime & Punishment Through Time, with basic details bullet pointed.
I give this to students to keep as a reference sheet at the start of their folders, but could also be used for revision.
Crime & Punishment Through Time unit, L8: Early Modern case studies, the Gunpowder Plot and witchcraft.
Lesson designed as a booklet so it can be completed independently.
Crime and Punishment Whitechapel unit, full lesson.
L22 in overall C&P unit
L5 in the Whitechapel unit
Jack the Ripper murders.
Lesson designed as a booklet which could be completed independently.
A PowerPoint I put together to give to students with help for how to revise for Edexcel History GCSE.
Includes links to online revision sites, videos, revision guides, how to answer every type of question, mark schemes and revision tips.
Topics included are Crime & Punishment, Richard & John, British America and Weimar & Nazi Germany. PowerPoint is editable so you can delete/change topics as needed.
Working document so will occasionally edit this resource with updates. If you have or know of more resources which can be added, please link/mention in the comments and I will update.
I taught this lesson ahead of the Norman Conquest unit in Y7, so students could have a point of comparison when they later considered how much change there was in the Norman Period. Could also be taught as a lesson in part of a unit on the Anglo-Saxons, or as part of a thematic study.
Full lesson with resources included.
Crime and Punishment Through Time unit, L15: policing and law enforcement in the 20th Century.
Lesson designed as a booklet which can be completed independently if needed.
