This lesson is the first in my SOW following William of Normandy’s ascension to the English throne in 1066. The lesson focuses heavily on Williams problems now that he is a foreign ruler in England in 1066 having conquered its people by force. It looks at the problems William may face and gets students to consider their solutions. Students then demonstrate their learning by practicing a 4 mark describe question (New AQA exam technique) Peer assessment can easily be incorporated for efficient marking. Resources are included on an additional ppt slide. Please review!

This resource has been created for the new AQA Spec. Paper 1: Section A: Period Study: America, 1920-73. The lesson is designed to be taught over 2 lessons. This lesson covers the roaring 1920s and looks at the different social causes of the economic boom, exploring how and why the 1920s in the USA was considered a period of excitement and social prosperity. The lesson covers exam technique for 4 & 8 mark questions with mark schemes and peer assessment. This lesson provides resources for HAP/MAP students which can easily be adapted to suit. Fantastically produced, detailed resources. Links to videos to watch.

This resource has been created for the new AQA Spec. Paper 1: Section A: Period Study: America, 1920-73. This lesson covers life for Native American Indians as one of the people who didn’t benefit from the 1920s/US treatment of immigrants. The lesson covers exam technique and practice for 4 & 8 mark questions with mark schemes and peer assessment. Fantastically produced, detailed resources. Links to videos to watch.

Lesson on Sacco & Vanzetti. Looking at guilty or not guilty in order to obtain information about the case and allow students to understand the unfairness/prejudice against S&V based on their political beliefs and nationality. The lesson includes new exam technique from AQA Paper 1D (new spec) Videos included 8 Mark Exam practice Revision of the topic (with video links included)

This lesson looks at who Elizabeth I was and the ways in which she wanted herself to be viewed by her public. Students get to decode hidden messages in Elizabethan portraits. As always the lesson is presented in an excellent way and designed for maximum student engagement.

This lesson covers part of the ‘Mid Tudor Crisis’. It explores the boy king Edward VI as a ruler of England and the problems he causes with regards to the succession. Lady Jane Grey - his choice of successor is included and offer students the opportunity to find out her fate also. Students are to assimilate an idea that Henry’s children’s religious beliefs are de-stabalizing England and will therefore cause problems for Elizabeth when she becomes monarch.

This lesson looks at William the Conquerors problems when he initially became King of England on 25th December 1066. The lesson considers solutions to each of his problems and allows students to practice 4 mark detail questions. Same style as all my previous lessons to ensure maximum student engagement.

This is the 2016-17 Scheme of work which has been produced for Y8. The lessons I plan and sell on here correspond perfectly with the SOW. This is a SOW which has been honed, changed and improved over my years of teaching. The SOW offers a week by week breakdown (using 2016/17 dates) of each lesson (based on a 2 lesson a week average). It is easy and comprehensive for the non specialists to use and works well for us keeping track as we have many split classes in lower school. Suggested homeworks included and a column to enter the annual data collections can be added which can make planning assessments easier. Lessons for this SOW can be bought in bulk as well as individually. Please message me any requests if I havent yet uploaded any units and I will endeavour to upload them ASAP.

This lesson is designed for my current Y11 students starting AQA Paper 1 (Old Spec). It covers what is on the paper, basic exam technique and sentence structure and allows students to practice and self mark a 4 mark question. Printable mark schemes are provided for easy self assessment. The lesson content covers Hitler’s Foreign Policy aims (post 1933). The main activity can be done as a carousel or on group tables. Homework is set and a homework sheet provided to support Flipped Learning for the next lesson.

A variety of AFL checkpoint slides to insert into you lessons to make them Ofsted/observation ready! AFL activities include: True/False 3 - 2 - 1 Gimme 5 Odd one out complete the sentence Plenary Pyramid. All resources are finished to a high standard of presentation and are ready to copied and pasted into your ppt.

This resource looks at the concept of Pals Battalions (locally in Barnsley but can easily be adapted to other Pals Batallions). It looks at the reasons men were convinced to sign up to the war through Pals Battalions and the attraction/ pit falls of these battalions. Activities include: Settling activity, link to previous lesson (propaganda), Media from National Archives, Scaffolded exam technique and extension tasks. Resources are hidden slides at the bottom of the Powerpoint.

This assembly resource has been created with KS3 and KS4 secondary students in mind to be delivered on Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January). This resource has been created on Microsoft Powerpoint Teacher Notes have been added to the notes section underneath each relevant slide on the Powerpoint to support with the delivery of the content. I am a history teacher and the content of this assembly resource is an extension of a type of activity that I would deliver to my history students when teaching the holocaust. This assembly resource offers a brief exploration using skills of inference of a historical artefact and relies upon student contributions through teacher questionning. A link to a Youtube video has been provided as part of this resource (please ensure you have access to youtube prior to use) This resource also makes reference to the 2024 Holocaust Memorial Day theme of ‘Fragility of Freedom’. The utmost care has been taken to ensure this resource has been created with the utmost respect to the victims of the holocaust and to ensure that students have the opportunity to connect and empathise to the human beings to whom the attrocities of the holocaust were committed. There a no images or corpses in this resource - however the murder of victims is discussed. I really hope you enjoy delivering this assembly and that your students find it engaging and valuable. If you are able to leave a review once you have taught it, I would be really grateful. Teaching Holocaust in history? Check out lessons from my scheme of work! Lesson 1: Ordinary Things Lesson 2: Challenging stereotypes

This assessment draws conclusion to the Year 7 topic of castles. The assessment is interpretations based (new AQA spec) and wholly GCSE style questions. This resource includes the student question booklet/materials and support materials are included as well as the mark scheme (which can be customised if necessary to suit your schools flightpath models). Please review if downloaded! I hope this is helpful for you in your lessons!

This includes assessment for the new style questions 1 - 3 (and Q4 to bring the paper out of 20). 2 interpretations on women are offered and the 3 new style questions to accompany. In addition the paper also incorporates a feedback and review lesson helping students (and teachers convert grades to the new 1 - 9 grades based on percentages. This is the grading system we have created for the use in my history dept. It also offers a conversion back to old levels and old lettered GCSE grades to help students understand their new grades better. Also attached is an alternative assessment I used with my Y9s which asks students to answer Q4 & 5 style questions. The assessment is for students who have been studying Paper 1D AQA new spec - economic boom and the roaring 1920s.

A Remembrance Day resource created for teachers to share with tutor groups student assemblies or to be used for a one off lesson with your secondary KS3 and KS4 students. Included in this Microsoft Powerpoint resource is a teacher-led powerpoint presentation on Remembrance Day with optional links to Youtube videos to enhance the learning. In addition to the teacher led presentation on Remembrance Day and how we celebrate it, there are also three fully resourced student activities (with answers for teachers or for students to self assess) which include a codebreaker activity, a cloze activity worksheet and a mini 10 question quiz. I really hope your students enjoy this lesson for Remembrance. If you get the opportunity, please review!

A 24 question crossword puzzle designed for KS3 and KS4 secondary students. This is a stand alone activity that can be used to support a lesson or as a tutor time activity to celebrate Black History Month. There are 2x versions of the same crossword puzzle. One has a word bank to support students in completing the puzzle and one does not. Much of the content within the crossword questions is covered within my Black History Month Quiz and my Black History Month stand alone lesson. Teachers are provided with an answer sheet which is a completed version of the crossword puzzle. Fancy all 3 resources at a discounted price? Download my Black History Month lesson, quiz and crossword puzzle bundle here.