Knowledge Organisers cover all the basic information in the topics taught for GCSE. These Knowledge Organisers focus on the GCSE History (Eduqas) syllabus for the USA 1910-1929 topic. There is one KO for each of the 8 key questions on the specification (apart from corruption and government which has two). Each KO has: - a relevant timeline with key chronology -key events -key ideas - key vocabulary - key quotes - key people Updated for 2019-2020

Two marking sheets (PLC's) which focus on Unit 1c - The Tudors. Includes a marking sheet for question 1a - Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to … [30 marks] 1b) - ‘…’ Assess the validity of this view. (25 marks) Both sheets include - the level descriptors - space for name, mark and grade - DIRT targets - relevant AO - secure (s) or insecure (i) level marker Use as a front cover for all practice exam questions / assessments / mock exams. Can also be adapted for the use of all unit 1 topics.

A resource which can be used whichever options / components you are doing for the Eduqas GCSE. Comprises marking grids for each examination question which can be used as a student friendly markscheme and a teacher feedback sheet when answering exam questions. Each sheet has: the question stem and marks allocated Columns for band, marking criteria, mark and a tick column for when marking Includes all AO’s and Spag Estimated grade boundaries for each question Totals row for inputting marks Comment box Includes four files: Component 1 - British study in depth Component 1 - Non-British study in depth Component 2 - Period study Component 2 - Thematic study We also use it as a tool for KS3 assessment to try and gets students familiar with the types of questions tested at KS4.

PowerPoint introducing a collaborative learning lesson which aims to get students researching what life was like in Nazi Germany for different groups. Students work in groups, choose their own tasks and feedback to the rest of the class.

This resource explains the requirements for all of the questions in the new GCSE exam for component 1 The USA 1910-1929 but can be easily adapted for all the other component 1 units like Germany in transition. Includes 8 flashcards (just print off on card and cut into four) for students to be given for revision. Also includes 8 posters which are bigger A4 versions of the flashcards. Content includes: -Question 1 skills - Question 2 skills - Question 3 skills - Question 4 skills - Question 5 skills - Analysing an interpretation skills - Analysing a contemporary source skills - Wider Historical knowledge examples This resource was made because my classes were struggling to apply the right skills to the right questions! As the picture shows, I laminated them, hole punched the top left hand corner and put them on a key ring ring. My class carry a copy for reference at home and school. N.B. This copy of flashcards is uncoloured.

This is a 44 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Part 2: Section 2: Chapter 7- Elizabethan England. Each page has tasks based on the information given in the texbook, for example, - making specific notes - answering key questions - examining extracts based on the exam question stem - practice essay - completing tables - spider diagram - recapping key words - timeline At the end of the booklet are the two mark schemes for the source and essay questions for students to refer to.

An 8 page resources including 5 pages of templates to help students take structured notes / information about the key information regarding the challenges from Puritans. Includes 3 pages of exam style questions / summary activities with PLC's to help students understand the mark scheme. Covers all students need to know for the Puritan topic.

Six revision activities to help revise Entertainment & Leisure c500 to present day Only Connect quiz Blank spider diagrams Guess what game - I laminate mine so they can be reused Blank Knowledge organisers for students to complete for revision Word Wall template to make your own word wall activities Knowledge test

A homework booklet with 21 pages for the first half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homeworks ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on Medieval England and includes: Contents Skills in History: Introduction to History, chronology of Medieval monarchs Skills in History: Timelines, Sources and Interpretations England in 1066 Background to England 1066 & contenders for the throne Battle of Stamford Bridge and effects Events of the Battle of Hastings Outcomes of Battle of Hastings Revision for assessment Feudal System Domesday Book Revision for Fact test Instructions for pupils are: Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic. At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests. If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.

A homework booklet with 28 pages for the third half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework is about Tudor England and includes: Contents Tudor Kings and Queens Life in 1485 – comparison with 1066 King Henry VII’s problems & successes of his reign What did Protestants protest about? Why did Henry VIII break with Rome? Religious changes under Henry VIII & Edward VI How ‘bloody’ was Bloody Mary? Elizabeth’s Middle Way The Catholic & Puritan threats against Elizabeth I To what extent did religion change under the Tudors? Instructions for pupils are: Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic. At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests. If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.

A homework booklet with 35 pages for the spring 2 half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on Stuart England and includes: Contents Who were the Stuarts? Why did the Civil War start? Roundheads v Cavaliers Weapons & Battles Why was the King executed? Cromwell ‘hero or villain’? Which witch is which? The ‘Merry Monarch’ London’s burning The Catholic King & his ‘Glorious’ daughter Instructions for pupils are: Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic. At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests. If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.

A homework booklet with 28 pages for the autumn first half term of year 8. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on the Industrial Revolution and includes: Contents Britain in 1750 Population explosion Beginnings of Revolution: The Agrarian Revolution Factory Fever: Steam power and new factory industries Factory Fever: Children & working conditions in factories Case Study: Ironbridge Transport: Turnpike trusts, roads, canals & railways What were the most significant inventions of the Industrial Revolution? The overall impact of the Industrial Revolution Instructions for pupils are: Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic. At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests. If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.

A revision PowerPoint on the each of the questions on the Germany 1919-1991 exam paper - Unit 3. Can be easily adapted for other unit 3 papers by changing content and names. For each question, advice is given on: how long to answer examples of questions sentence starters demands of the question Included is a table for students to record information from the PowerPoint - enlarge to A3 for best results. Can be used as part of ‘drop down’ or ‘exam cram’ revision session for real or mock exams.

A homework booklet with 33 pages for the autumn second half term of year 8. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on The emergence of modern Britain and includes: Contents Queen Victoria The British Empire: Definition, colonies, map work, trading goods with colonies The British Empire: How was the British Empire a force for good & bad? Case studies of two colonies: Canada, Australia, India, Kenya, Jamaica or South Africa Living conditions in towns: Poverty & workhouses Crime and Punishment: Law & Order / Prisons Medical developments & advancements Votes for women: Situation in 1884, reasons for votes for women Votes for women: Campaigning and protesting Votes for women: key people like the Pankhursts, Emily Davidson etc. Votes for women: Reactions to campaigning: Men, Cat & Mouse Act, impact Instructions for pupils are: Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic. At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests. If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.

A full scheme of work for the USA 1910-1929 unit. Includes: a cover page with general information like assessments, assessment objectives, key questions specification a skills page with all skills for every lesson identified a space to write changes for each lesson as you go along - working document all lessons to be taught (28 lessons) with key lesson objectives, resources, suggested teaching activities and skills assessments at the end of the SOL

A 36 slide PowerPoint which goes through every GCSE exam question which could feature in the 2017 exam for the Germany 1919-1991 outline paper for WJEC. Includes: - At least three practice questions for each exam question - plans and answers for the essay question - a word document student answer booklet with writing frames for each question. - source and non source questions

This document shows what students need to do to achieve each grade for the new GCSE. Can be used by teachers for devising lesson objectives and criteria for KS3 and KS4 assessments. Helps provide a guide for teachers and students as to where students are at and how they need to improve. Can also be used for KS3 at the beginning of the students journey. Includes - grade descriptors in detail for grades 1-9 - Notes for teachers - sub grades with a key for how to use - A final comment with an indication of what grades students in all year groups should be hitting. Easy to adapt for use with your own students in wither key stages.

A set of 42 flashcards based on all the key content on the spec - giving pupils the key information they need to revise. Knowledge based only they contain the key content from the spec in easy to learn bullet points. There are 22 pages in the resource and each page has two flashcards - I had them photocopied onto card, cut into two, hole punched in the corner and then put a treasury tag in to make a set of flashcards. Every flashcard deals with key content and the resources covers the whole spec for Elizabeth I. I have also included the blank proformas for the flashcards useful for a revision activity for pupils to make their own before giving them the completed ones!

This lesson focuses on students learning what it was like to live in 1485. Included the following tasks: Task 1 - Pairwork with one student reading a description of life in 1485 and describing it to partner to draw Task 2 - Choose a person from the picture of 1485 and imagine their life. Write a short diary entry from their point of view Task 3 - Travel to the future with your character from task 2 and discuss the differences between then and now Task 4 - A drama task acting out a scenario! Task 5 - Answering the question about ‘what was life like in 1485’?