History teacher & Head of Dept.
Lots of lessons and resources especially Edexcel GCSE: Medicine, Germany, Anglo-Saxon Norman England, Henry VIII
A Level Edexcel Russia
History teacher & Head of Dept.
Lots of lessons and resources especially Edexcel GCSE: Medicine, Germany, Anglo-Saxon Norman England, Henry VIII
A Level Edexcel Russia
Lesson for students studying Edexcel GCSE Henry VIII and his ministers
Lesson starts with recap on differences between Catholics & Protestants
Then looks at religious change and the impact of the reformation in England under Henry. Using a protestant/catholic graph and timeline of acts/reforms (Act of Supremacy, Act of Ten Articles, Bishop Book, Six Articles) with dates. Students consider whether there was real change and whether the term religious rollercoaster is accurate.
Consolidation & challenge tasks available to push all abilities.
Students think about similarities/differences between the three & who was more dangerous to Henry
Plenary quiz
All tasks very clearly modelled on powerpoint
For students studying Edexcel Henry VIII and his ministers. Lesson on reasons for the annulment. Notes on powerpoint included.
Uses Edexcel GCSE textbook
Leads up to a 12 mark explain question, previous activities provide students with everything they need to be able to answer it + notes for their books.
Advice on how to answer 12 mark explain question + sentence starters
Mark scheme for final self/peer assessment.
Lesson for students studing Edexcel GCSE Henry VIII and his ministers
Looks at reasons for break with Rome and counter arguments to aid analysis
Clear differentiation and progression from identifying reasons, to adding evidence, to explanation and then analysis and evaluation.
Card sort/colour code activity + counter arguments
12 mark explain question opportunity with clear guidance, advicem writing frame and opportunity for self/peer marking and feedback
For students studying Edexcel Henry VIII and his ministers. Lesson on Wolsey’s Amicable Grant and finance following on from his other domestic policies. Notes on powerpoint included.
Complex info taken from Edexcel Pearson textbook and simplified whilst keeping key details - could be easily printed for students to stick in their books. Activity that involves them reading the information and then applying it.
4 mark describe exam technique included, with advice and guidance and exemplar answer that students could use for peer/self assessment and/or improvement.
Dummies guide to activity that ensures all students understand basics of Amicable Grant
Group work activity that focuses on thinking rather than notemaking
Lesson for students studying medicine through time would work for any exam board - I do Edexcel
Revision activity on germ theory
Students roll dice twice to decide which box they land on and have to answer question
Tally up points in back of book
For students studying Edexcel GCSE medicine - could be used for other boards.
Students look at the Second Public Health Act - what it involved.
They then study the different reasons for its passing, students analyse the importance of these reasons, looking at reasons why they were important and limitations to judge the most important factor in the passing of the Act.
For students studying Edexcel GCSE Henry VIII and his ministers
Lesson focuses on importance of religion and role of church, key words (transubstantiation etc) and differences between catholics and protestants.
Students conclude on why protestants wanted reform.
Information stations activity.
Lots of progress checks including key word test and catholic and protestant splat.
All resources created with pictures and clear information simplified and condensed from Pearson textbook.
Focuses on thinking rather than notemaking.
All resources in powerpoint ready for printing.
Lesson for students studying Edexcel GCSE Henry VIII & his ministers.
Lesson looking at reasons for the marriage and annulment to Anne of Cleves.
Group work activity, easily applicable to your own group.
Work sheets included if students would prefer to work on a sheet.
Extension/challenge tasks included.
For use with Pearson textbook
Lesson for students studying Edexcel GCSE Henry VIII and his ministers
Lesson focuses on the reasons for, events of and reasons for failure of the Lincolnshire rebellion.
Card sort task to categorise reasons for the rebellion. Students then provided with a very poor description of the events, a ‘failed’ answer. They have to add specific detail to it, including sepcialist terms, dates etc using information sheet, created using the Pearson textbook but better formatted, condensed and simplified.
Students then carry out a P.E.E paragraph looking at the reasons for failure of the rebellion, this links to the success criteria for a 12 mark edexcel question.
Students provided with advice, writing frame etc to help with this.
Kahoot style multiple choice quiz at the end without use of iPads.
Common assessment questions for a department to use across the whole of the Edexcel medicine course. Includes all question types and sources for the Western Front section.
Done as an observation lesson that was graded outstanding under the old Ofsted grading system still used in some schools.
For students studying Edexcel medicine.
High level thinking starter that gets students to recap knowledge of medicine so far through 'odd one out’
Card sort/coding task looks at differences between preventions and treatments and tracks continuity and change.
Challenge encourages students to evaluate the level of change and continuity in preventions and treatments
Practice exam question linked to Edexcel specification - Explain on way… (4) advice/sentence starters to help.
All resources included and notes on each slide that talks you through the lesson.
Lesson for students studying GCSE Edexcel medicine - would be suitable for other boards too.
Looks at the ideas about the cause of disease prior to germ theory.
Then goes through story of Pasteur and Koch’s discoveries. Students listen to the animated story read out by the teacher from the powerpoint - feel free to put on French and German accents!!
As students listen to each development they plot on their graph who the development belongs to - Pasteur or Koch and whether it was a high or low point for them in their career.
Information sheet for them to then stick in their books to have as notes. This lesson therefore includes more listening, thinking than note making, but notes are covered due to typed up notes sheet.
Who’s who activity and quiz to finish.
Lesson for students studying Medicine through Time GCSE (Edexcel).
The lesson focuses on three key aspects of the Renaissance period that affected ideas about the cause of disease and illness (Thomas Sydenham - individual, printing press - technology and Royal Society - government).
A differentiated note making sheet is included, where the challenge is stepped. Firstly this involves students basically getting down the facts, to then linking to factors, to then explaining impact to then judging and evaluating importance. This sheet is to be completed with the information worksheet compiled from information gathered from the Edexcel Pearson textbook made simpler.
2 examination style questions included 4 Explain one way… & 12 Explain why… Student friendly mark schemes and model answers provided to allow students to mark and improve their own in the lesson.
This could be 2 lessons in 1!
Also includes link to knowledge checking KAHOOT for a mini plenary/plenary.
Lesson for students studying Edexcel medicine GCSE, also suitable for other boards.
Looks at the state of public health in the period through source analysis - a court for King cholera.
Students use information around room (in slides) to complete work sheet.
Work sheet includes:
definition of public health
conditions in towns and cities
problems caused by these conditions
cholera -symptoms and what it was
appointment of Chadwick and his report
response to Chadwicks report
1848 Public Health Act
Limitations of Act/reasons for failure
What else it would take for government to do more
Differentiation for lower ability and consolidation/challenge tasks
Notes on slides for teacher
Lesson for students studying Edexcel medicine GCSE, also suitable for other boards.
Lesson around workseet on Nightingale (Publisher doc)
Looks at care prior to Nightingale, story of Nightingale, impact of Nightingales work and importance.
Challenge task gets students to establish a criteria for significance as required by 16 mark essay style question to then compare Nightingale to other individuals significant to this period in the area of medicine.
Clip and KAHOOT also included.
Lesson for students studying Edexcel medicine GCSE could also be used for other exam boards.
Students look at problems in surgery pre - Simpson and Lister
Clip on both individuals
Notemaking & tasks looking at what each individual discovered, impact including positives/negatives, factors that helped/hindered and evaluation/comaprison of importance.
Plenary competitive girl v boy game.
Introduction lesson for students studying Edexcel (could be tweaked for other exam boards) medicine in Britain.
Engaging starter activity with higher level challenge questions.
Focus on chronology and key concepts crucial to this course - chronology differences between ideas about the cause of disease/prevention/treatment, continuity & change and factors affecting change.
Overview of medicine from the Medieval-Modern period. Students create a timeline and use a card sort to get an overview of key medical developments in each period. They then sort the information to show whether the development is linked to ‘ideas’ ‘preventions’ or ‘treatments’.
The work sheet called ‘continuity and change sheet’ allows students to track continuity/change in medicine and introduces them to the idea of factors affecting change. They use the information from the card sort to complete this independently.
Progress check questions included in the powerpoint presentation.
2 different options for plenary.
Lesson and resources for a higher ability KS3 History group looking at the events of, chronology of Stamford Bridge. Also focuses on key skill of causation and why Harold Godwinson won the battle.
2 different engaging starter options included
Clear differentiated learning outcomes
Engaging informative/appropriate BBC clip (linked well to Edexcel spec on Anglo-Saxon & Norman England unit)
Video clip questions included to keep students focused and engaged
chronology sorting task
Final written task that is focused on GCSE skills of analysis
3 different engaging plenary options
Lesson for students studying Edexcel GCSE Henry VIII and his ministers.
Lesson starts with a recap of the Lincolnshire rebellion.
Video clip to engage included.
Students answer question and or create a timeline of the Pilgrimage of Grace using the info sheet - this is based on the Pearson book but reformatted, condensed and simplified.
Extension tasks that involve either consolidating information or thinking about reasons for failure.
Progress checks looking at role of Aske and Henry + reasons for failure/reasons for significance.
16 mark question planner at the end, with opportunity for a second lesson to write an answer.
Student friendly mark scheme to 16 mark question included.