Helping busy History and Politic teachers who want to teach great lessons by giving them the products they need to save time and be the teacher everyone loves.
Helping busy History and Politic teachers who want to teach great lessons by giving them the products they need to save time and be the teacher everyone loves.
The Titanic Ticket activity has real names of passengers and crew, to bring any study of this tradegy alive. This is a very popular lesson that never fails to catch the imagination of a class and they will talk about it for years to come.
When you download you get:
• 30 tickets with the names of 30 different real passengers and crew, including well-known names like Captain Smith, First Officer Murdoch and Bruce Ismay.
• Each ticket says the name and class of travel.
• The number of passengers in each class matches the percentages in each class on board the Titanic when she sank.
• It also includes a page of information for you as the teacher to make it easy for you to facilitate discussion. This gives you information about key passengers, a list of who survived and died, as well as the stats for each class of travel.
• As a full lesson you also get a 36 slide PowerPoint with images, sources and information on to introduce the sinking of the Titanic and setup the tasks.
• 14 Sources on the Titanic, at the end of the PowerPoint, which can be either printed or shown on the PowerPoint.
• Bonus: Menus and Table signs for each class of travel.
• New updated version 2023
Once you have downloaded the product, print out the tickets ready for your students to be issued as they enter the classroom. Use the PowerPoint to introduce the topic and tasks for the lesson. The Teacher’s information sheet will make facilitating the whole class discussion quick and easy, with no additional preparation required.
The tickets hook the students every time and leads on beautifully to the enquiry question of why so many people died when the Titanic sank.
This assembly and supporting script is to help young people understand the importance of Remembrance and Armistice Day 2024. It looks at the reasons why it is important to remember and what is significant about this year and the key anniversaries.
It is ideal for assemblies for all school years, as well as ideal for a virtual or remote assembly. When you purchase this resource you will get a PowerPoint and suggested script, so you have all you need for your assembly this year.
If you like this resource please have a look at my shop for more assemblies, as well as History or politics linked resources.
The JFK assassination of 1963 is one that has caused much controversy and many conspiracy theories over the years. These sources help students investigate this infamous assassination and use evidence to support and test their own theories.
When you download you will get:
8 sources on the JFK assassination
A murder style investigation
Can be used as part of a homestudy task or an in class investigation
Mixture of written and picture sources making it accessible to all
Download this resource now, print off a class set of these sources and watch your students as they investigate what happened, testing out their theories against the evidence.
My students totally love this resource and play it constantly to revise these key individuals. The cards are a set of 24 key individuals from the History of Medicine and is suitable for all exam boards. They can use them to quiz each other, as flash cards and to play the classic game of top trumps. Half the time they don’t even know they are revising which is great!
I have included both the publisher and pdf versions so you can edit if you wish or create more cards. I have also added a blank version with just names and pictures so students can add the information for each individual themselves as part of their revision. I have also added blank card in case they want to add further individuals.
Pupil friendly marking sheets for History AQA (9-1 Specification). Updated with new wording following AQA’s amendments after the 2019 exams.
Save hours on marking.
Quick and simple to use.
Personalised feedback.
Uses SIR marking method (Strength, Improvement, Response).
Covers all 18 different questions in the 4 different papers.
Use DIRT / feedback time effectively.
Includes pupil friendly SPAG checklist.
Can be used to help support writing of answers, as well as marking.
Also want help with exam questions? Check out my exam question packs in my shop. These also save hours with creating assessments and doing exam practice.
This assembly and supporting script is to help young people understand the importance of Remembrance and Armistice Day 2023. It looks at the reasons why it is important to remember and what is significant about this year, with changes to the Poppy and key anniversaries.
It is ideal for assemblies for all school years, as well as ideal for a virtual or remote assembly. When you purchase this resource you will get a PowerPoint and suggested script, so you have all you need for your assembly this year.
If you like this resource please have a look at my shop for more assemblies, as well as History or politics linked resources.
Each year the Environment question in AQA’s History GCSE changes. For 2023 the Environment Question is on Yorkshire. In order to simply the information for my students I have put this document together.
Introduction to the strategic importance of York and Yorkshire
6x example questions
Information divided into the 5 main factors
Key points in bold
Images and maps to support their understanding
It could be used to support the teaching of the topic or simply as a revision pack to helps students prepare for their mocks and exams.
If you find this resource useful then please do check out my shop for more History lesson resources.
This assembly with script and accompanying competition is designed to help young people recognise and understand the importance of Women’s History Month. It looks at the reasons why we have History months, this year’s theme for 2023 of those who tell stories and a selection of diverse women who fit with the theme from our past and present.
It is written with secondary level in mind but could be used at primary level too.
• 10–15-minute assembly
• 15 slide PowerPoint
• Fully scripted
• 9 different women linked to this year’s theme (option to remove women to reduce length)
• Optional: House point competition
• Could be used in tutor time or a history lesson
Download now to get this ready-made assembly. All you need to do is print off the script, decide whether you are keeping the optional house competition and add how to enter on the last slide, before being ready to deliver your thought provoking and interesting assembly.
Designed for the AQA 9-1 GCSE Germany 1890-1945 unit, this revision worksheet and answer sheet helps students to actively recall key events and check their answers independently.
It can be challenging to create effective revision tasks that foster independence, encourage active recall while also covering enough detailed content. This resource is designed to help students revise effectively whether in lesson or at home to make them ready for their exam.
When you download you get:
• A two-sided revision worksheet including everything on the specification
• An answer sheet that can be used as a summary of each event or for students to check their knowledge quickly and efficiently
• All sheets can be printed A4 or enlarged to A3
Once you have downloaded this product, print out the worksheet and enlarge to A3. Students could use the black and red pen technique to actively recall what they can remember in black pen, using the event headings as a prompt. Then with a red pen they can use the answer sheet to add anything they have missed. This will clearly highlight the areas they need to work on, as well as being desirably difficult to help strengthen their memory of this unit.
Download now to save yourself time with this versatile resource to help your students be exam ready.
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This assembly and full script focus on Charles III’s coronation and cover interesting facts about the king, his family, the history of coronations and the plans for the day itself. The full script and PowerPoint give you everything you need to deliver your assembly and get your students interested in this monumental event.
It is written with both primary and secondary schools in mind. It would also work well as a presentation in the classroom.
• 15 minutes assembly or lesson presentation
• With 27 slides full of pictures and facts
• Fully scripted
• Could be used in Tutor time, PSHE, Citizenship or a History lesson
Download now to get this ready-made assembly. All you need to do is print off the script to be ready to deliver your thought-provoking and interesting assembly.
This resource contains knowledge organisers for Germany AQA History with key terms, key knowledge and key questions for students to test their recall. They come in two documents 1890-1929 and 1929-1945, but are also sub-divided inside into smaller sections so you can break down revision into smaller more manageable chunks. You will also receive corresponding quizzes for both knowledge organisers in both straight recall and multiple choice format, all with answer keys.
These versatile resources can be used at home and in class for students to revise and test their knowledge, with active recall being key to strengthening long term memory. You can also increase the level of recall using the multiple choice quizzes initially and later the straight recall style quiz.
Learning to write like a historian is a key skill our students need to learn and often find it tricky to master. Many History departments use PEE paragraphs to help students structure their answers. These literacy mats give students support with how to write PEE paragraphs and provide continuous subtle differentiation as well as challenge to all to improve their explanations.
Ideal for KS3 and KS4
Promotes independence and self-improvement
Encourages better explanations and developed answers
Supports the AQA markscheme - simple, developed, and complex writing
Helps students to be exam ready
Download today for free, print a class set to reuse again and again.
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