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This fun and engaging activity delves into the primary factors influencing Henry VIII’s break with Rome, offering students a comprehensive exploration through a card sort exercise and a critical thinking review triangle activity. It has been refined and field tested in the classroom for over 30 Years.
The resource “Card Sort - Henry VIII’s Problems” presents students with four key headings: power, religion, money, and personal, under which they can categorize the 14 accompanying cards, each representing different aspects of the historical context.
Following the card sorting activity, students are encouraged to participate in the review triangle exercise, ideally in pairs or groups. Each group selects a representative to share and justify their categorizations on the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB), fostering discussion and critical thinking.
The insights gained from both the card sort and review triangle activities can be leveraged alongside existing classroom materials to inspire students to craft essays or extended pieces of writing on the complex topic of Henry VIII’s separation from Rome, encouraging deeper reflection and analysis.
This multi-faceted approach not only enhances students’ understanding of history but also cultivates their analytical skills and ability to construct well-reasoned arguments based on historical evidence.
The great little resources is designed for core and foundation students. It includes 12 key events which were important steps or turning points that led to the English Civil War.
Task 1: Sort the cards into the correct chronological order
Task 2: Colour code those events which were the fault of either Charles I or Parliament
Task 3: Write an extended answer explaining who as to blame for starting the war.
Aims & Objectives
Theme: Causes of the English Civil War 1642 - 1660
Know: What were the key steps to war?
Understand: Which causes were the fault of Charles I or Parliament?
Evaluate: Who was to blame for starting the English Civil War?
WILF - What Am I looking For?
Identify & Describe: What were the key causes of the civil war?
Explain: Which key events were the fault of Charles I or Parliament?
Analyse: How far was Charles I responsible for starting the English Civil War?
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This great little card sort is designed to help students assess how successful the Elizabethan Church Settlement Act of 1559 was at promoting peace and stability in England?
The resource in includes two sub headings entitled successfully and unsuccessful as well as 14 statement cards, which students can sort through.
Aims and Objectives:
Theme: What were the consequences of the break with Rome?
Know: What was the terms of the Church Settlement Act of 1559?
Understand: Who opposed the Elizabethan Church Settlement Act?
Evaluate: How successful was the Church Settlement Act at maintaining peace?
WILF - What Am I Looking For?
Identify and describe: What were the successes and failures?
Explain: Who opposed the church settlement and why?
Analyse: How far was the Church Settlement Act a success?
This great little resource is designed by experienced teachers to help students studying the causes and consequences of England’s war with Spain, 1585 - 1604. It can be used as a starter, plenary or revision activity and has used successfully in the classroom for many years.
When you purchase this resource you will receive a Microsoft Office Word document, which can be customised further if you wish. Once students have cut out the cards, they sort them to decide which ones are causes and consequences of England’s war with Spain from 1585 - 1604. Once complete they can extend their learning by prioritise the cards or by creating a key to show causes and consequences were linked to money, power and religion.
The aims and objectives are:
Theme: What were the long term consequences of the Break with Rome?
Know: What were the causes and consequences of Elizabeth’s war with Spain?
Understand: Which of these causes and consequences were linked to money, religion and power (politics)?
Evaluate: Which causes and consequences had the greatest impact?
WILF - What Am I Looking For?
Identify and describe: What were the causes and consequences of war with Spain 1485 - 1604?
Explain: Which causes and consequences were linked to money, religion and power (politics)?
Analyse: Begin to make a judgement on the long term consequences of the break with Rome and the making of the UK and USA?
This resource should appeal to a range of abilities and learning styles. It shouldn’t take more than 10 to 12 minutes for a middle ability class to cut out the cards and sort them.
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This unit of study is designed to deal with issues relating to Healthy Eating and obesity and aims to build up student knowledge that may exist from their knowledge of health campaigns, Jamie Oliver impact, and School initiatives.
Assessment Opportunities
Self assessment:
Lesson 1 Human Barometer score
Lesson 2 Countdown anagrams score
End of module evaluation assessment log book.
Peer Assessment:
Lesson 3 Student presentation of their healthy meal.
Lesson 5 Showcase of Video produced via Oscar ceremony
Lesson 6 Fashion model showcase
End of module evaluation assessment log book.
Teacher Assessment:
Lesson 1-4 Homework tasks
End of module evaluation assessment log book.
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This resource can be used both as a class and revision guide to help students studying why support for the Nazis increased from 1923 - 1932. With the more able it would make a great homework activity.
The first section looks at how the Beer Hall Putsch and Hitler's trial launched his political career, whist the second section looks at the impact of the Great Depression on increasing support for the Nazis. The third section allows students to study several key sources to help them analyse why the German people started voting for the Nazis.
These activity section at the end of this resource is designed to help students summarise their learning. and discussions.
The worksheet is provided as a word document and can be easily adapted to suit your students. Please run it through a US spell checker as this resource was originally designed for use in British schools.
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The aim of this resource is explain why the USA introduced a policy of isolationism from 1919 to 1939. The learning objectives are as follows:
Know: What was the US Policy of isolationism from 1919 – 1941
Understand: Why did the USA follow a policy of isolationism?
Analyse: What impact did this policy have on both domestic and international relations?
What Am I Looking For?
Identify and Describe: the US policy of isolationism and its effects
Explain: why the USA introduced isolationism and its effects
Analyse: What were the consequences of the US policy of isolationism and come to a judgement on which was the most significant?
The starter is a snowballing activity, instructions included. The first part of the presentation then looks at the impact of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles in the US decision not to sign it or it or join the League of Nations. This is then backed up with a consolidation exercise of a past paper question with a pupil mark scheme which can be easily adapted for peer and self assessment.
The next part of the presentation then looks at 6 key consequences of the US policy of isolationism by looking in outline at economic isolationism, immigration controls, Prohibition, the 'Red Scare', Great Depression and the causes of the Second World War.
The plenary activity focuses on a thinking skills review triangle, which aims to get students to decide which consequence is the most significant. I have also included a homework activity and some notes with the slides.
This resources really well along side my worksheet on US isolation which you can download and buy separately or as bundle with this presentation. Both can be used independently.
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The aim of this resource is explain why the USA introduced a policy of isolationism from 1919 to 1939. It includes both the PowerPoint and worksheet, which can be purchased separately and used independently if you prefer. The learning objectives are as follows:
Know: What was the US Policy of isolationism from 1919 – 1941
Understand: Why did the USA follow a policy of isolationism?
Analyse: What impact did this policy have on both domestic and international relations?
What Am I Looking For?
Identify and Describe: the US policy of isolationism and its effects
Explain: why the USA introduced isolationism and its effects
Analyse: What were the consequences of the US policy of isolationism and come to a judgement on which was the most significant?
The starter is a snowballing activity, instructions included. The first part of the presentation then looks at the impact of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles in the US decision not to sign it or it or join the League of Nations. This is then backed up with a consolidation exercise of a past paper question with a pupil mark scheme which can be easily adapted for peer and self assessment.
The next part of the presentation then looks at 6 key consequences of the US policy of isolationism by looking in outline at economic isolationism, immigration controls, Prohibition, the 'Red Scare', Great Depression and the causes of the Second World War.
The plenary activity focuses on a thinking skills review triangle, which aims to get students to decide which consequence is the most significant. I have also included a homework activity and some notes with the slides.
These resources really well along side each other. The teacher can structure the learning so that they can pause for mini plenaries whilst students consolidate their learning using the task and activities in the worksheet. The PowerPoint extends and supports all students, but the worksheet is designed to structure the learning for foundation and core.
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This great little worksheet has never failed to grab the attention of my core and foundation students. It looks at the issues surrounding the failure of prohibition and includes a range of information, sources and cartoons to grab their attention.
The aims and objectives of the lesson are:
Theme: Why did Prohibition fail?
Know: Who was Al-Capone?
Understand: What role did he play in helping prohibition fail?
Evaluate: Why did prohibition fail?
Skills: Chronology, Source Evaluation & judgement
What Am I Looking For this lesson?
Identify / Describe – Who was Al-Capone?
Explain – What role did he play in helping prohibition fail?
Analyse – Why did prohibition fail?
The resource looks at the role of organised crime in corrupting officials and the failure of the USA government to put in enough resources to make it a success.
I have also produced a PowerPoint to work along side this resource which is particularly good at extending the more able and includes a past paper question fro OCR as a well as an appropriate mark scheme and starters and plenaries. This can be downloaded separately or as a package / bundle from the TES website.
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This assessment pack includes past paper questions from the Oxford and Cambridge exam board as well as student mark schemes and guides on how to tackle various different types of questions. If you teach another board, the format is very easy to adapt and should just be able to drop in your own level descriptors into the pupil mark schemes.
This works a treat and armed with purple pens you can teach students not only the assessment criteria and how to answer the questions properly, but you can also cut your own marking down and look really good at the same time :-)
If you like this resource, check out the study / revision guide that I have also produced on this topic. You can also follow 'The History Academy' on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want.
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This resource is designed to be used as a starter, mini plenary or a plenary for students studying ‘how fair was the treaty of Versailles?’ The Word document contains a pro & con organizer as well as a list of statements which could be cut up and stuck on or even written out onto the organizer. If you are looking for a really quick way to use this resource you could give your students highlighters to pick out the bits of the treaty which were fair / unfair or they could simply write ‘C’ or ‘P’ for pro and con next to it before sticking the sheet into their book.
I have also recently updated this resource to also include a PP presentation with aims,objectives, starters, plenaries, information slides, historical sources, two alternative activities to help facilitate the main ‘pro and con’ activity. As an additional extra, I have also included a thinking skills review triangle exercise to help students access why the Germans felt humiliated by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
The overarching aims and objectives of these resources are:
Theme: The Treaty of Versailles
Know: Why did the allies force Germany to sign the Treaty of Versailles?
Understand: How were the terms of the treaty designed to prevent another war?
Evaluate: Why did the Germans feel humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles?
WILF - What Am I Looking For?
Identify & Describe: Why did the allies force Germany to sign the Treaty of Versailles?
Explain: How were the terms of the treaty designed to prevent another war?
Analyze: Why did the Germans feel humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles?
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This great 13 page resource looks at the aims of the League of Nations and how it was organised. It also looks at how the League intended to enforce' collective security' and addresses the key issues of the weakness in administration and membership it's organisation.
This resource include a range of resources from cartoon to diagrams as well as revision summary exercises and DART strategies for the less able.
At the end of the resource are a series of comprehension and knowledge based OCR questions along with question guides and student mark schemes to help maximise your students' grade potential. These can be easily adapted to suit your own exam board's requirements.
Typically, I will read this resource with highlighter with my class and then let them complete the revision and consolidation activities before attempting the assessment questions. After they have had a go at the questions, I normally issue them with purple pens to either peer or self assess their answers using the student mark schemes. This helps to reduce my marking whilst at the same time reinforcing their understanding of the assessment criteria.
Have fun!
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Roy
The great little card sort is designed to get students to match the key historical words with their meaning or definition and could be used as an icebreaker when you first meet a new class.
This could be used as a fun starter to check what they already know or as a plenary or mini plenary to check what they have learnt whilst teaching this topic.
The instructions on the sheet are as follows:
Option 1: Cut out the cards and match them to their correct meanings or definitions.
Option 2: Match the cards with their correct meaning and then write them out as a complete sentence.
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This great little resource is designed to get students to understand both how and why the US Government changed its policies towards Native Americans 1830 - 1851, through a card sort activity.
In the first stage, students match the actions of the US Government with their impact or consequences. In the second stage, students then reorganise them into their chronological order, if they haven’t already done so. In the final stage, after they have stuck them into their book, students can then debate, which key event was the turning point in the attitude of the government towards the Native Americans living on the Great Plains.
This activity would make a great starter, as they students could attempt to predict what happened, but it also makes a great plenary that would work with any text book or worksheet on the topic.
If you like this resource, please check out some of my other card sorts on the American West.
Have fun and don’t forget to print out the right sheet, as I’ve provide you with a completed version to project onto your IWB with the answers.
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This outstanding card sort is designed to help students studying the impact of the Gold Rush on the American West by looking at the positive and negative consequences affecting both Native Americans and the early settlers. It can be used as a revision activity, preparation for an essay on this topic or as a starter or plenary. It can be used alongside any of the main stream text books on the American West or even my PowerPoint on this topic which can be downloaded via The History Academy TES shop.
The aims and objectives are:
Theme: The American West
Know: What impact did the gold rush have on the West?
Understand: What impact did the gold rush have on both Native Americans and settlers.
Evaluate: What were the most significant negative and positive consequences?
Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance and Interpretation
WILF: What Am I Looking For:
Identify & describe the impact of the gold rush on the USA & the West.
Explain the positive and negative impact on both the Native Americans and settlers.
Analyse and come to a judgement on who benefitted from the gold rush?
Task 1: Sort the consequences under the two headings
Task 2: Number the positive and negative changes to show the level of their importance for each column.
Task 3: Create a color code using a pen or a highlighter to show which consequences were negative for Native Americans
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This great little resource is suitable for a wide range of abilities and can easily be adapted to suit any text book or resource on this topic as it is supplied in word.
Students can sort through the cards and organise the events into their correct chronological order. This could be used as a starter exercise to see if they can work out before hand what happened and then used as a mini plenary to check their answers once they have watched a video or read a text book or resource on the Glorious Revolution.
Aims and Objectives:
Theme: Making of the United Kingdom
Know: What were the events leading up to the Glorious Revolution?
Understand: What actions did James II take to cause the Revolution?
Analyse: How far was James II responsible for his own overthrow during the Glorious Revolution?
WILF - What Am I Looking For?
Identify and Describe: What happened?
Explain: What actions did James II take to turn people against him?
Evaluate: How far was James II responsible for his own overthrow during the Glorious Revolution?
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This great activity is designed to help students studying how the Homesteaders survived on the Great Plains as part of a course on the American West. It can be used as either a revision, consolidation exercise or even as a plenary or starter. If you are looking for an accompany resource to cover this topic then please do check out my TES shop.
The two page word document contains 14 problems with the solutions that the Homesteaders came up with mixed up. Students cut out the cards and match the problems and solutions under the two headings. Once they have peer reviewed or checked them during a class feedback session, students can then stick them into their books. Alternatively, you could create a class set that are kept in envelops and quickly matched and then put back as a quick starter or plenary.
The aims and objectives for this activity are:
Theme: How successful were the Homesteaders at settling on the Great Plains?
Know: What problems did they have to overcome?
Understand: How did the Homesteaders survive and build successful farms on the Great Plains?
Evaluate: What impact did these solutions have on the Homesteaders, the environment and the Native Americans?
Skills: Cause, Consequence, Change, Continuity & Source Evaluation.
WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Identify and describe: What problems did the Homesteaders have to overcome in order to survive?
Explain: Did they try and solve these problems?
Analyze: begin to make an overall judgement on how successful the Homesteaders were at settling on the Great Plains and at what cost?
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This great resource is designed to help students understand why the US economy boomed in the 1920’s. The key theory underpinning this strategy is that when we rank items, either statements, objects or images, we are required to make explicit the over- arching relationships by which we organise our knowledge and connect our learning. It can used as a starter or plenary and is suitable for middle to upper ability students as a stretch and challenge task. If you would like something aimed at middle to lower ability students, then please check out my card sort of this topic in my TES shop. This task is primarily designed to help students prioritise the different factors in preparation for an extended answer or essay.
The resource nine diamond shaped cards which include a range of factors to explain why the US economy boomed in the 1920s. Once students have cut the cards out they are set three tasks including:
Remove any reasons for the boom that you don’t think are important. Record and explain why you have removed them.
Arrange the remaining diamonds to show any links that you can find between the different reasons. Record and explain your reasons.
Make a smaller diamond shape using what you think are the four most important reasons why the US economy boom in the 1920’s. Record and explain your reasons.
At each stage students should be feeding back to their group or the class and explaining their choices. The discussion and explanation around the choices that they have made are critical in helping them develop their thinking skills as well as their arguments for writing their essay.
The aims and objectives for this lesson are:
Theme: Why was there an economic boom in the 1920s?
Know: What were the main reasons why the US economy grew?
Understand: How did each factor help the economy boom?
Evaluate: Which factors were the most important?
WILF: What Am I Looking for?
Identify & describe: The main reasons why the US economy boomed?
Explain: How did each factor help the economy to grow rapidly?
Analyze: Which factors were the most important?
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This outstanding resource is designed to help students evaluate how far Custer was responsible for the defeat of the US Army at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. It could be used alongside any main stream text book or resource or as an independent stand alone resource. It also makes an excellent revision activity on the topic as well as preparation for an essay or extended essay on the topic. If you would like to provide even more challenge, then why not check out my diamond 9 activity on this topic. I also have an iPad version which can be purchased from my TES shop.
When you purchase this resource, you will receive a two page A4 sheet in Microsoft Word. The activity includes four heading cards labelled Leadership of Custer, Leadership of Reno Benteen, Leadership of Crazy Horse and Other US Army Leaders as well as 28 statement cards. If you wish to add challenge then you could delete the heading cards and ask your students to come up with their own headings.
The aims and objectives for this lesson are:
Theme: What role did the US Army play in the defeat of the Plains Indians?
Know: What happened during the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Understand: What roles were played by Custer and Crazy Horse in the defeat of the US Army?
Evaluate: How far was Custer responsible for the defeat of the US Army at the Little Bighorn?
WILF: What Am I looking For?
Identify and describe: What happened during the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Explain: What roles were played by Custer and Crazy Horse in the defeat of the US Army?
Analyse: How far was Custer responsible for the defeat of the US Army at the Little Bighorn?
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This outstanding resource is designed to provide stretch and challenge for the more able students by promoting discussion and debate on the causes of the Cold War. It can be used as a starter, plenary or as a revision activity.
The resource includes nine diamond shaped cards which include a range of factors to explain the causes of the Cold War. The document is provide in Microsoft Word so you can edit the resource if you wish to customise it further. Once students have cut the cards out they are set three tasks including:
Remove any reasons for the boom that you don’t think are important. Record and explain why you have removed them.
Arrange the remaining diamonds to show any links that you can find between the different reasons. Record and explain your reasons.
Make a smaller diamond shape using what you think are the four most important events or factors that helped to cause the Cold War?
At each stage students should be feeding back to their group or the class and explaining their choices. The discussion and explanation around the choices that they have made are critical in helping them develop their understanding of the topic.
The aims and objectives for this lesson are:
Theme: The Cold War 1945 - 1955
Know: What were the causes of the Cold War?
Understand: How did misunderstandings escalate to mistrust?
Evaluate: Which were the most significant causes of the Cold War?
WILF: What Am I looking For?
Identify and describe: The causes of the Cold War 1945 - 1955?
Explain: How are the causes linked together?
Analyse: Which were the most significant causes of the Cold War?
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