History is just full of wonderful stories isn't it? Intrigue, war, competition, greed, progress, romance(!)...but unfortunately there just isn't enough time to plan EVERYTHING, so keep an eye on this shop for free and inexpensive lessons, worksheets, assessments and homeworks. Coming soon!
History is just full of wonderful stories isn't it? Intrigue, war, competition, greed, progress, romance(!)...but unfortunately there just isn't enough time to plan EVERYTHING, so keep an eye on this shop for free and inexpensive lessons, worksheets, assessments and homeworks. Coming soon!
This Terrorist or Freedom Fighter lesson investigates how terrorism can be defined, how difficult it is to define and looks at 5 differerent types of terrorism: bio terrorism, cyber terrorism, state terrorism, religious terrorism and eco terrorism. Students will look at all 5 types and explain the impact of them.
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share activity, mini-plenary, information sheets for groupwork, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING TERRORISM BUNDLE!
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This great value Historical Skills / Archaeological Discoveries bundle includes really interesting lessons such as:
Pompeii
The Inca Mumies: Children of Llullaillaco
King Richard III : The King in the Car Park
Bog Bodies: The Tollund Man
Otzi : The Ice Man
This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons:
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We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on the way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts!
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This AMAZING VALUE Henry VIII & Tudor Society bundle includes:
The Reformation
The Reformation Rollercoaster
Henry VIII & Sources
Catherine of Aragon: a tragic life?
Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
Tudor Palaces of Henry VIII
Tudor Palaces case study : Hampton Court Palace
Wealthy Tudor Women: Mary Boleyn
Why did the Mary Rose sink?
Why is the Mary Rose so important?
This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons:
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SAVE £££ BY BUYING OUR GREAT VALUE BUNDLES!
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This AMAZING VALUE Tudor Times MEGA-BUNDLE bundle includes lessons ranging from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I:
The Reformation
The Reformation Rollercoaster
Henry VIII & Sources
Catherine of Aragon : a tragic life?
Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
Tudor Palaces
Tudor Palaces : Hampton Court Palace
Wealthy Tudor Women : Mary Boleyn
Lady Jane Grey
Bloody Mary I
Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots
Elizabeth I & Spanish Armada
Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots documentary questions
Tudor dangers in the home documentary questions
Why did the Mary Rose sink?
Why is the Mary Rose so important?
This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons:
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If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you.
We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts!
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This 17th Century lesson investigates whether or not the Great Fire of London was a blessing or a disaster. Students will be given a brief understanding of what happened before looking at the social/cultural, economic and political impacts of the fire. They will organise cards into a Venn diagram before explaining their answer to the question.
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, think pair share activity, card sort with Venn diagram, a table to complete, a consolidation evaluation written question and a plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
We have other great 17th Century lessons, including James I/VI, Charles I and the Civil War, Women in the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell, Witch hunting and Glorious Revolution, available here:
https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=22174227&q=17th century&shop=DiscoveringHistory
All the lessons above can be found in a great value bundle available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-17th-century-12925088
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free and inexpensive lessons:
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This great value Enslaved Peoples of the Americas and Civil Rights Movement bundle includes the following lessons:
The Underground Railroad
Abolition of the Slave Trade
Jim Crow Laws
KKK - Ku Klux Klan
Civil Rights Movement - Education
Martin Luther King & Civil Rights
This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons:
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If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you.
We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts!
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This lesson investigates the story of Pare in the history of medicine and how his discoveries affected the development of surgery during the Renaissance.
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need.
It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, sources with questions, mini-plenaries, source example exam question and a plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
We have a wide range of free and inexpensive KS3 & KS4 History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory
If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you.
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This FREE download encourages research skills, gives essay structure guidance, encourages assessment preparation and provides students with example answers for them to assess what they are aiming to do in an assessment.
As always, it is fully editable for you to adapt to your students.
More Cold War resources will be added soon: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=22174227&q=cold war&shop=DiscoveringHistory
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons:
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This Appeasement lesson investigates the Sudetenland Crisis (Czechoslovakia), looking at what happened, how it affected the policy of appeasement and how it led to World War II.
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need.
It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheets, source breakdown/analysis tasks, consolidation explanation question and plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons:
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This Tudor lesson investigates why Henry VIII split from the Catholic Church - it looks at reasons such as love, money, faith and power. Students will evaluate the reasons to decide which was the most important reason.
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need.
It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet with table, think pair share task, a consolidation explanation question and a What if plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop for free and inexpensive lessons:
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This FREE homework pack contains two activities for students to complete - use one, use both, it’s up to you!
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This pack contains 2 x resources that could be used as homeworks, assessments, research tasks or for independent learning - 1 x exam style question and 1 x essay question covering:
Charles I & Cromwell: who was a better leader?
Great Plague
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and skills.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop for free and inexpensive lessons:
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This lesson investigates the strengths and weaknesses of the League of Nations from the beginning.
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need.
It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, mini plenaries, think pair share discussion task, card sort, example exam essay question and a plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
We have other lessons focusing on the League of Nations, free or inexpensive in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory
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Watch a great documentary on the Great Stink,shown in the UK in February 2023, and use these questions to help your students structure their notes.
Perfect for a cover lesson or to add depth and visual aids to your students learning.
Lots more FREE documentary questions coming soon!
We have a wide range of KS3 & KS4 History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out. Social media pages to follow soon.
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This Jacobite Rebellion lesson investigates the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, the events leading up to Culloden in 1746 and assesses whether or not the authorities dealt with the rebellion ruthlessly or right.
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need.
It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete, including a starter, all clips and related tasks, mini plenary, information sheet with questions, two consolidation explanation questions (one of which is a source) and a plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
This lesson can be used in a series of lessons including the Glorious Revolution, problems in Britain and the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion which can be found, free or inexpensive, in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory
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This FREE homework pack contains two essays covering the contenders to the throne on the death of Edward the Confessor and why William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings. Use one, use both, it’s up to you - it’s FREE!!
LOADS MORE FREEBIES are available in our TES shop:
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We’ve also got a really good Battle of Hastings lesson available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-hastings-1066-12920170
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This lesson investigates Christmas jobs through History! Students work in groups to complete challenges - they will have to work together to think of historical jobs related to entertainment, food and presents, watch and collect information, read and present new facts and their opinions. They will collect points for their challenges, resulting in a winning group at the end!
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons, as well as other seasonal lessons:
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This lesson investigates the history of Christmas and Christmas traditions from medieval times to today. Students will learn about where our modern traditions of pulling crackers and sending Christmas cards originated as well as the creation of Santa Claus!
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need.
It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, timeline activity, card sort, consolidation explanation question and challenge plenaries.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory
If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you.
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This FREE Terrorist or Freedom Fighter lesson investigates the history of terrorism by looking at case studies including the French Revolution and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Students will also read about examples from Roman and Medieval times, as well as all the way through to modern times (examples that are good to know about but we never have time to do a full lesson on!).
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheets with timeline to complete, mini-plenaries, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING TERRORISM BUNDLE, which includes examples of terrorism, radicalisation, the IRA, Israel & Palestine, and Suffragettes. Find it here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/terrorism-12972766
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons:
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This Historical Skills lesson encourages students to consider pros and cons of different types of evidence, including websites, photographs, books etc. Students will look at one controversial website and book author to open their discussion on useful evidence before going on to consider the uses and limitations of other types.
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share activity, card sort with diamond 9, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons:
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If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you.
We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts!
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