We provide KS3, GCSE and A-level History and Sociology resources that inspire, challenge and encourage students knowledge and understanding.
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We provide KS3, GCSE and A-level History and Sociology resources that inspire, challenge and encourage students knowledge and understanding.
You will find a range of resources for example Venn diagrams, matching activities, flashcards, primary sources, mysteries and full lessons and lectures.
If there are topics you would like to see featured on our shop please let us know via our Twitter account!
This is a 1-hour GCSE American West lesson where students investigate the experiences of both the Donner and Sagar parties. Students will discover that some of the experiences were down to a combination of errors, problems and good decisions.
There are four documents in this lesson:
- A teacher PowerPoint which guides students throughout the lesson with engaging images and clear examples.
- Donner Party Fact Map: a set of fact bubbles which students have to categorise.
- Sagar Party Fact Map: same as above.
- Reviewing the Accounts: students use their research to consolidate their learning about the two groups of people.
The lesson ends with an Exit ticket asking students to decide what the experiences were for the parties involved.
This 60-minute GCSE History Lesson will teach students how William Harvey’s theory about the circulation of the blood was different from the ideas of Galen, and will challenge them analyse why there was opposition to Harvey’s theory. There is a range of activities including a min-research task on Harvey, a FACTOR match-up comparing the contributions of Vesalius and Harvey; 'You're the Examiner' gets students marking a segment of an exemplar GCSE answers. This also provides a good opportunity for a student write-up.
This 60-minute A-Level History lesson will teach students why there was opposition to the Corn Laws and they get opportunities analyse reasons for repeal. The lesson includes a good range of source activities, quiz, mind-map and analysis of cartoons and the opportunity for a brief teacher exposition (script on slides). This lesson goes well with our other resources on Robert Peel, Disraeli and Gladstone, see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/HumanitiesResources .
This BUNDLE contains ALL THREE Student Work Books - needs to be used alongside the main AQA History text for the course (ISBN: 978-0-19-835453-6). This BUNDLE includes learning activities for Pressure for Change 1783-1812, Government and Changing Society 1812-1832, and Political change and Social Reform 1832-1846. These booklets have been used successfully for Flipping the Classroom: set the work to be completed before the lesson and then work on essays and conceptual knowledge. If a students has missed a lesson, just direct them to the appropriate part of the booklet. It is also accompanied by 'Cunning Questions' sheet which can be printed onto A3. Students use this to make notes on BIG QUESTIONS which supports A*/A answers in the exam. The booklet contains guided questions and activities using AQA’s textbook Industrialisation and the People 1783 - 1885. The booklet includes a range of tasks including comprehension questions linked to specific pages of the book, mind-maps, essay planning tasks, article and sources extracts with follow-up questions, historiography, timeline task and more. The download is fully editable.
Check out our A-Level lessons which accompany these booklets e.g. 'How far did Britain suffer a ‘Great Depression’ 1873 and 1896?' or 'Was 1846-1868 a Golden Age in Agriculture?''How Democratic was Britain by 1885? Disraeli’s Domestic Policies', 'How successful were Peel's economic and financial policies during 1841-1846?', 'Was the repeal of the corn laws Peel’s treachery or Peel’s success?'
LINK: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/HumanitiesResources .
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This 60-minute KS3 or KS4 lesson explores life in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s. The lesson centres around a young boy named Pavlik and students work in pairs or smaller groups to discover his fate. The lesson includes an initial task getting them thinking about the time period, a mystery and final thoughts exploring recent historiography on Pavlik. Students complete an Exit ticket by writing a brief Tweet based around a 'Bigger Picture' question.
Concepts and keywords include: gulags , 'purges', Stalin and forced labour camps.
In this part of our series on 20th Century History Lessons, students will be taught about life in Britain during world war 2. Students investigate an image of a young boy eating chocolate; they are asked to consider question they would wish to ask in order to fully understand the topic. Students then work in pairs or in groups of three to solve a mystery. The lesson ends with a brief video clip showing why the boy at the start of the lesson stuffed himself with chocolate! Other issues and concepts are also raised as part of the mystery: rationing, Digging for Victory, ww2 child evacuees, Phoney War, impetigo and world war 2 children.
This is an extensive A-Level revision or lesson resource for Y13 or Y12 History studying Britain during the 1780-1880s. The resource provides specific information for the theme of ‘ECONOMY’ across the whole time period. Students use the booklet to revise or learn new knowledge. They can then test each other, followed by a written test of the information. The task could either be used across two lessons or if homework is set, one lesson consolidating the theme of economic development. Statistics, individuals, inventions and much more are included for example: industrial revolution, Cartwright, water frame, Samuel Crompton - the ‘Mule’, Hargreaves - Spinning Jenny, golden age of agriculture, impact of enclosures, Free Trade/Laissez-faire, development and impacts of the railway, Robert Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Great Exhibition.
This 60-minute lessons gives students time to explore how Britain changed between 1750 to 1923 by challenging them to work through a series of engaging tasks. This could be used as the first lesson of a Unit on the Industrial Revolution or as part of an in-depth lesson on change and continuity.
- comparing how transport, how villages/towns and cities were powered, how people lived and more
- defining 'revolution' and elaborating on that definition with the help of a video clip
- a fact sheet and worksheet gives the class time to investigate how agriculture, medicine, hygiene and education changed
- source analysis of a painting
- map analysis comparing Manchester through time.
Try our other lessons on the Industrial Revolution:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-full-lesson-why-did-businesses-grow-1750-1900-industrial-revolution-ks3-11814720
How did the American West change between 1835 to 1895?
This reading comprehension task is a great introcution to the GCSE History course of the American West. It provides a short, engaging overview divided into three mini ‘chapters’ of how the American West changed over time. Each ‘chapter’ also includes brief accounts from different Plains Indian accounts during the period.
It is created as a reading comprehension for GCSE History students and comes with follow-up questions and correct answers (on a separate slideshow), but it could also be used as homework, a lesson task or a cover resource.
Resources included:
Reading Comprehension Word and PDF versions
Instructions and Peer Assessment slide with Correct Answers
Key knowledge covered:
The Early Settlement of the West 1835-1862
The Development of the Plains 1862-1876
Conflicts and Conquest 1876-1895
This reading comprehension task deal with the significant advancements in medical science that played a crucial role in improving the survival rates and post-war rehabilitation of wounded soldiers.
Medical Innovations and Advances during World War One - Medicine Through Time - British Sector - Paper 1
This task is linked to the British Sector Paper 1 of Medicine Through Time. It is created as a reading comprehension for GCSE History students and comes with follow-up questions and correct answers (on a separate slideshow), but it could also be used as homework, a lesson task or a cover resource.
Resources included:
Reading Comprehension Word and PDF versions
Instructions and Peer Assessment slide with Correct Answers
Key knowledge covered:
the Thomas Splint
X-ray machines
Development of facemasks
Dr. Harvey Cushing and brain surgery
The impact of World War upon Surgery: The pioneering work of Harold Gillies
This reading comprehension task deal with ‘the impact of World War upon Surgery’ and the work of Harold Gillies, linked to the British Sector Paper 1 of Medicine Through Time. It is created as a reading comprehension for GCSE History students and comes with follow-up questions and correct answers (on a separate page), but it could also be used as homework, a lesson task or a cover resource.
Resources included:
Reading Comprehension Word and PDF versions
Instructions and Peer Assessment slide with Correct Answers
Key knowledge covered:
Gillies background
Plastic Surgery ward at Aldershot Hospital
Treatment of Wille Vicaragre and William M. Spreckley
Tubed pedicle
Advancements in World War I Medical Care: Pioneering Techniques in Wound Treatment
This reading comprehension task is written like an article, deals with ‘Pioneering Techniques in Wound Treatment, linked to the British Sector Paper 1 of Medicine Through Time. It is created as a reading comprehension for GCSE History students and comes with follow-up questions and correct answers (on a separate slideshow), but it could also be used as homework, a lesson task or a cover resource.
Resources included:
Reading Comprehension Word and PDF versions
HPA/MPA version
LPA Version
Instructions and Peer Assessment slide with Correct Answers
Key knowledge covered:
The Carrel‐Dakin method
The Thomas Splint
Mobile X‐ray Units
Petit Curies
Blood Transfusions and the Blood Bank at Cambrai
Advancements in Brain Surgery
Plastic Surgery
**Reading Comprehension - Homework - or Lesson Activity **
This task deal with ‘Medical Advancements during WWI’, linked to the British Sector Paper 1 of Medicine Through Time. It is created as a reading comprehension for GCSE History students and comes with follow-up questions and suggested answers (on a separate document), but it could also be used as homework, lesson task, or cover resource.
Key knowledge covered:
Aseptic surgery
X-Rays
Blood Transfusions
The resources comes with the following files:
HPA/MPA version
LPA version
Suggested answers
**What was it really like onboard the Titanic? **
Discover with this resource pack what it was really like onboard the Titanic.
The pack includes:
Reading Comprehension: a full article about the different areas, social classes, life before the voyage, life onboard the Titanic, social contrasts. The Reading Comprehension also includes a differentiated version for LPA students. There are double-sided PDFs and single-sided PDF of the article too.
Reading Task Worksheet: this accompanies the reading comprehension. Students read the article again and scans the text for information about each of the classes onboard the Titanic. There is a PDF and an editable Word version.
Voices from the Titanic: An Interview Across Classes. This task gets students to take on one of three characters who resided onboard the Titanic and complete a task together as a group (or individually). The fourth student becomes the journalist leading the interview.
Character Cards: as part of the interview, students receive a ‘Character Card’ to discover what their individual was all about:
John Astor IV: A first-class passenger and one of the wealthiest men aboard.
Lawrence Beesley: A second-class passenger and later an author of one of the most famous firsthand accounts of the sinking, “The Loss of the SS Titanic.”
Annie Kelly: A third-class passenger and an Irish immigrant.
