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This lesson is from the 10-lesson series below:
10 fully resourced lessons designed to cover in depth the first chapter of the Cambridge IGCSE History Modern World. Designed for both in person and virtual teaching. Each lesson includes:
• A Literacy/Numeracy/Think settler question
• A context slide to allow for some (valuable) direct instruction
• A range of resources which include the likes of categorisation tasks, source questions and writing activities with model answers (focus on flexible PEEKA paragraphs).
• An online recap quiz
• Each lesson also includes a scholarship and further reading page to really engage the higher-level students.
Lessons in the series:
WW1 Recap
The State of Germany in 1918
The German Revolution 1918
Paris Peace Conference 1919 – Motives Overview
Wilson’s 14 Points
David Lloyd George at Versailles
Terms of the Treaty – Germany
Reactions – Source work
The other treaties
Was it fair?
Also ideal for KS3 and other GCSE studies when considering the TofV – the Cambridge spec asks for a lot more depth on this topic that Edexcel seem to – so can easily be diluted a little for Edexcel, or used to push higher level classes.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
This lesson is from the 10-lesson series below:
10 fully resourced lessons designed to cover in depth the first chapter of the Cambridge IGCSE History Modern World. Designed for both in person and virtual teaching. Each lesson includes:
• A Literacy/Numeracy/Think settler question
• A context slide to allow for some (valuable) direct instruction
• A range of resources which include the likes of categorisation tasks, source questions and writing activities with model answers (focus on flexible PEEKA paragraphs).
• An online recap quiz
• Each lesson also includes a scholarship and further reading page to really engage the higher-level students.
Lessons in the series:
WW1 Recap
The State of Germany in 1918
The German Revolution 1918
Paris Peace Conference 1919 – Motives Overview
Wilson’s 14 Points
David Lloyd George at Versailles
Terms of the Treaty – Germany
Reactions – Source work
The other treaties
Was it fair?
Also ideal for KS3 and other GCSE studies when considering the TofV – the Cambridge spec asks for a lot more depth on this topic that Edexcel seem to – so can easily be diluted a little for Edexcel, or used to push higher level classes.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
This lesson is from the 10-lesson series below:
10 fully resourced lessons designed to cover in depth the first chapter of the Cambridge IGCSE History Modern World. Designed for both in person and virtual teaching. Each lesson includes:
• A Literacy/Numeracy/Think settler question
• A context slide to allow for some (valuable) direct instruction
• A range of resources which include the likes of categorisation tasks, source questions and writing activities with model answers (focus on flexible PEEKA paragraphs).
• An online recap quiz
• Each lesson also includes a scholarship and further reading page to really engage the higher-level students.
Lessons in the series:
WW1 Recap
The State of Germany in 1918
The German Revolution 1918
Paris Peace Conference 1919 – Motives Overview
Wilson’s 14 Points
David Lloyd George at Versailles
Terms of the Treaty – Germany
Reactions – Source work
The other treaties
Was it fair?
Also ideal for KS3 and other GCSE studies when considering the TofV – the Cambridge spec asks for a lot more depth on this topic that Edexcel seem to – so can easily be diluted a little for Edexcel, or used to push higher level classes.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Treaty of Versailles: First World War Recap 1/10
This lesson is from the 10-lesson series below:
10 fully resourced lessons designed to cover in depth the first chapter of the Cambridge IGCSE History Modern World. Designed for both in person and virtual teaching. Each lesson includes:
• A Literacy/Numeracy/Think settler question
• A context slide to allow for some (valuable) direct instruction
• A range of resources from categorisation tasks, source questions and writing activities with model answers (focus on flexible PEEKA paragraphs).
• An online recap quiz
• Each lesson also includes a scholarship and further reading page to really engage the higher-level students.
Lessons in the series:
WW1 Recap
The State of Germany in 1918
The German Revolution 1918
Paris Peace Conference 1919 – Motives Overview
Wilson’s 14 Points
David Lloyd George at Versailles
Terms of the Treaty – Germany
Reactions – Source work
The other treaties
Was it fair?
Also ideal for KS3 and other GCSE studies when considering the TofV – the Cambridge spec asks for a lot more depth on this topic that Edexcel seem to – so can easily be diluted a little for Edexcel, or used to push higher level classes.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
A set of 17 flash cards for History lessons/revision of 1066
Each card is printable and foldable, also includes a ‘dual coding’ activity and then for the word to be used in a sentence to prove understanding. Also ideal to be used for round robin/quiz-quiz-trade style activities in class.
Words included:
Edward the Confessor
Harald Hardrada
Harold Godwinson
William, Duke of Normandy
Battle of Stamford Bridge
Battle of Hastings
Dover
Siege
Feudal System
Domesday Book
Harrying of the North
Motte and Bailey Castle
Housecarls
Fyrd
Shield Wall
Cavalry
Archers
If you are studying 1066 get your students playing the free Battle of Hastings RPG game at Wolsey Academy – includes a free work book that they complete as they walk around Medieval England and talk to the characters to reveal the answers. My students love it.
Hope it helps.
Lesson 8: Medicine and Public Health
THIS FULLY RESOURCED LESSON INCLUDES:
• Lesson teacher tutorial video for this lesson (for homework/home school learning)
• Literacy & Numeracy settler
• Contextual information and maps (to assist teacher talk)
• Documentary clips activity with extension task
• Team teach activity with resources (Group work/breakout rooms)
• Significance debate and sorting
• All resources required included at the end of the PowerPoint file.
• Online self marking quiz to assess understanding
OTHER LESSONS IN THE SERIES
Lesson 1: Roman Intro
Lesson 2: The Founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus
Lesson 3: Roman Roads
Lesson 4: The Roman Army
Lesson 5: Punic Wars
Lesson 6: Pompeii & Roman Life
Lesson 7: Roman Government (The Republic)
An 8 lesson series guiding Key Stage 3 through some of the fundamentals of the Roman Empire. Tried and tested over a number of years. See details of each lesson below the initial list.
Each lesson focusses on the Video – Resource – Quiz structure to allow for maximum support for teachers and parents – and maximum independence for students.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Lesson 7: Roman Government (The Republic)
THIS FULLY RESOURCED LESSON INCLUDES:
• Lesson teacher tutorial video for this lesson (for homework/home school learning)
• Literacy & Numeracy settler
• Contextual information and maps (to assist teacher talk)
• Guided Reading Activity
• Roman Republic diagram activity – with resource sheets to assist.
• Extended essay writing structure, plan and write activity – with writing strips for each student’s page!
• Knowledge check plenary (hot seating)
• All resources required included at the end of the PowerPoint file.
• Online self marking quiz to assess understanding
OTHER LESSONS IN THE SERIES:
Lesson 1: Roman Intro
Lesson 2: The Founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus
Lesson 3: Roman Roads
Lesson 4: The Roman Army
Lesson 5: Punic Wars
Lesson 6: Pompeii & Roman Life
Lesson 8: Medicine and Public Health
An 8 lesson series guiding Key Stage 3 through some of the fundamentals of the Roman Empire. Tried and tested over a number of years. See details of each lesson below the initial list.
Each lesson focusses on the Video – Resource – Quiz structure to allow for maximum support for teachers and parents – and maximum independence for students.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Lesson 6: Pompeii & Roman Life
THIS FULLY RESOURCED LESSON INCLUDES:
• Lesson teacher tutorial video for this lesson (for homework/home school learning)
• Literacy & Numeracy settler
• Contextual information and maps (to assist teacher talk)
• Documentary clips activity with extension task
• Team teach activity with resources (Group work/breakout rooms)
• Knowledge check plenary
• All resources required included at the end of the PowerPoint file.
• Online self marking quiz to assess understanding
OTHER LESSONS IN THE SERIES:
Lesson 1: Roman Intro
Lesson 2: The Founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus
Lesson 3: Roman Roads
Lesson 4: The Roman Army
Lesson 5: Punic Wars
Lesson 7: Roman Government (The Republic)
Lesson 8: Medicine and Public Health
An 8 lesson series guiding Key Stage 3 through some of the fundamentals of the Roman Empire. Tried and tested over a number of years. See details of each lesson below the initial list.
Each lesson focusses on the Video – Resource – Quiz structure to allow for maximum support for teachers and parents – and maximum independence for students.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Lesson 5: Punic Wars
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
• Lesson teacher tutorial video for this lesson (for homework/home school learning)
• Literacy & Numeracy settler
• Contextual information and maps (to assist teacher talk)
• *Three extra unique teacher led videos of each Punic War”
• Summary tasks
• Guided Reading activity
• Historical Map Timeline sort plenary
• All resources required included at the end of the PowerPoint file.
• Online self marking quiz to assess understanding
OTHER LESSONS IN THE SERIES:
Lesson 1: Roman Intro
Lesson 2: The Founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus
Lesson 3: Roman Roads
Lesson 4: The Roman Army
Lesson 6: Pompeii & Roman Life
Lesson 7: Roman Government (The Republic)
Lesson 8: Medicine and Public Health
An 8 lesson series guiding Key Stage 3 through some of the fundamentals of the Roman Empire. Tried and tested over a number of years. See details of each lesson below the initial list.
Each lesson focusses on the Video – Resource – Quiz structure to allow for maximum support for teachers and parents – and maximum independence for students.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Lesson 4: The Roman Army
THIS RESOURCES INCLUDES:
• Lesson teacher tutorial video for this lesson (for homework/home school learning)
• Literacy & Numeracy settler
• Contextual information and maps (to assist teacher talk)
• Documentary clips activity with extension task
• Keyword matchup activity
• Roman soldier labelling activity.
• Roman army success factors – categorisation task
• Roman Army success factors write up activity.
• Knowledge check plenary (rocks and shields)
• All resources required included at the end of the PowerPoint file.
• Online self marking quiz to assess understanding
OTHER LESSONS IN THE SERIES:
Lesson 1: Roman Intro
Lesson 2: The Founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus
Lesson 3: Roman Roads
Lesson 5: Punic Wars
Lesson 6: Pompeii & Roman Life
Lesson 7: Roman Government (The Republic)
Lesson 8: Medicine and Public Health
An 8 lesson series guiding Key Stage 3 through some of the fundamentals of the Roman Empire. Tried and tested over a number of years. See details of each lesson below the initial list.
Each lesson focusses on the Video – Resource – Quiz structure to allow for maximum support for teachers and parents – and maximum independence for students.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Lesson 3: Roman Roads
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
• Lesson teacher tutorial video for this lesson (for homework/home school learning)
• Literacy & Numeracy settler
• Contextual information and maps (to assist teacher talk)
• Documentary clips activity with extension task
• Guided reading task
• Roman road diagram and labelling activity
• Paragraph writing skills activity.
• Knowledge check plenary
• All resources required included at the end of the PowerPoint file.
• Online self marking quiz to assess understanding
OTHER LESSONS IN THE SERIES:
Lesson 1: Roman Intro
Lesson 2: The Founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus
Lesson 4: The Roman Army
Lesson 5: Punic Wars
Lesson 6: Pompeii & Roman Life
Lesson 7: Roman Government (The Republic)
Lesson 8: Medicine and Public Health
An 8 lesson series guiding Key Stage 3 through some of the fundamentals of the Roman Empire. Tried and tested over a number of years. See details of each lesson below the initial list.
Each lesson focusses on the Video – Resource – Quiz structure to allow for maximum support for teachers and parents – and maximum independence for students.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Lesson 2: The Founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus
THIS LESSON INCLUDES:
• Lesson teacher tutorial video for this lesson (for homework/home school learning)
• Literacy & Numeracy settler
• Contextual information (to assist teacher talk)
• Reading comprehension text and activity
• Guidance for cartoon strip activity
• Class discussion and activity for the other factors
• Paragraph writing skills activity.
• All resources required included at the end of the PowerPoint file.
• Online self marking quiz to assess understanding
OTHER LESSONS IN THE SERIES:
Lesson 1: Roman Intro
Lesson 3: Roman Roads
Lesson 4: The Roman Army
Lesson 5: Punic Wars
Lesson 6: Pompeii & Roman Life
Lesson 7: Roman Government (The Republic)
Lesson 8: Medicine and Public Health
An 8 lesson series guiding Key Stage 3 through some of the fundamentals of the Roman Empire. Tried and tested over a number of years. See details of each lesson below the initial list.
Each lesson focusses on the Video – Resource – Quiz structure to allow for maximum support for teachers and parents – and maximum independence for students.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Lesson 1: Roman Intro
THIS FULLY RESOURCED LESSON INCLUDES:
• Lesson teacher tutorial video for this lesson (for homework/home school learning)
• Literacy & Numeracy settler
• Contextual information (to assist teacher talk)
• Chronology card sort
• Team Teach the factors activity
• Significance categorisation task
• Paragraph writing skills activity.
• All resources required included at the end of the PowerPoint file.
• Online self marking quiz to assess understanding
Other lessons in the series:
Lesson 2: The Founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus
Lesson 3: Roman Roads
Lesson 4: The Roman Army
Lesson 5: Punic Wars
Lesson 6: Pompeii & Roman Life
Lesson 7: Roman Government (The Republic)
Lesson 8: Medicine and Public Health
An 8 lesson series guiding Key Stage 3 through some of the fundamentals of the Roman Empire. Tried and tested over a number of years. See details of each lesson below the initial list.
Each lesson focusses on the Video – Resource – Quiz structure to allow for maximum support for teachers and parents – and maximum independence for students.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
A KS3/4 lesson looking at build up to, events of, and immediate consequences of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28th June 1914.
It features:
Numeracy and literacy settlers.
Video links, questions and stretch questions.
Debate preparation and debate rules.
PEEKA paragraph writing task - with scaffold, modelled paragraph and analysis of the model paragraph.
Guided reading task (summarizing and key fact extraction) – with a link to a more accessible source if required. Text in the resources section of the ppt.
Storyboard task (drawn or digital – template provided)
Newsroom task with more facts becoming available throughout the activity – template available.
Extension scholarship reading task to promote challenge.
Literacy development sheet in resources.
Hope it helps.
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A KS3 lesson looking at the legacy of Christopher Columbus.
It features:
Mind map development task (starter and plenary)
Video links, questions and stretch questions.
5 Columbus sources and analysis grid.
Debate preparation and debate rules.
PEEKA paragraph writing task - with scaffold, modelled paragraph and analysis of the model paragraph.
A timed writing task (with pacman timer…)
Extension tasks and further reading.
Literacy support task
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Hope it helps.
A fully resourced lesson, that takes a couple of lessons at least, that runs as follows:
Numeracy/literacy settlers
Context slides and maps (Allowing for teacher talk/scene setting)
Video task with extension questions.
Guided reading task (summarizing and key fact extraction) – with a link to a more accessible source if required. Text in the resources section of the ppt.
Storyboard task (drawn or digital – template provided)
Mind map/class discussion – what factors led to the Aztec downfall?
PEEKA writing - model paragraph and breakdown
PEEKA writing – timed task
Factor prioritization plenary
Literacy development sheet in resources.
This is part of a mini-SOW on explorers designed for KS3. All lessons are on the Wolsey Academy TES store.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Hope it helps.
Made during the 2020 lockdown for remote learning it is a pretty comprehensive resource (if I may say so) that covers the whole topic and includes:
18 tailor made teacher videos
18 factsheets on the 18 key topics
18 literacy/essay writing challenges* (1 per key topic)
5 Google Quizzes (and printable versions)
1 Stretch and Challenge Project
It took a very long time to produce and I am very happy to now be able to share it I would suggest setting it as an ongoing revision or homework task, the teacher videos mean that it can be used for self study also.
The target audience was mostly for international school settings so I have tried to use accessible language where possible and each topic comes with a set of keywords to develop vocab skills.
If you spot any mistakes please contact me via the website above and if you think it has come in useful I would love to see your reviews on the TES (makes me feel a bit better!)
Hope it helps!
As a man with a great beard once (sort of) said: Teachers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains.
*The essay writing questions are loosely based on Edexcel IGCSE style questions but the approach taken is quite generic so will suit all exam boards/national systems.
Russia and its discontents
The 1905 Revolution
The Russian Dumas
Russia and the First World War
Rasputin
The February Revolution 1917
The Provisional Government
The Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks Come to Power
The Bolsheviks & The Constituent Assembly
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Russian Civil War 1918 - 1921
Why did the Reds win the Civil War?
War Communism
Impact of War Communism
Kronstadt Naval Mutiny 1921
New Economic Policy (NEP)
Lenin’s Legacy
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
A comprehensive revision workbook for the IGCSE History (Edexcel) China: Conflict, Crisis and Change 1900 – 19189 course.
It includes:
• 26 fact sheets covering all topics.
• 26 writing tasks (1 for each topic with graduated difficulty)
• 99 keywords to support vocabulary and understanding
• 5 Online quizzes (1 for each sub topic)
Writing tasks are as follows:
• 3 keyword match ups
• 3 Cloze activities
• 3 PEE model and sort activities
• 8 PEEKA paragraphs model and write activity
• 9 6 mark questions with PEEKA writing stems
This has been used at an International School in the UAE with great effect and hugely popular with parents and home tutors.
Hope it helps.
Topics are as follows (each with its own writing task, keywords and access to an online quiz).
China, an introduction
The Boxer Rebellion, 1900
The Self-Strengthening Movement, 1902 – 1911
The 1911 Revolution
Warlords & The May 4th Movement
Sun Yat-sen & the GMD
United Front & Northern Expedition
Shanghai Massacre 1927
The Long March 1934
War with Japan 1937 – 45
Civil War 1946 – 49
Why did the CCP win?
CCP & Agriculture
CCP & Industry
CCP & Women
CCP & politics
CCP & USSR
Motives for the Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution Key Features
Cult of Mao
Cultural Revolution Consequences
China splits with the USSR
Gang of Four
Deng’s economic reforms
Deng’s political reforms
Tiananmen Square, 1989.
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Comprehensive lesson on the topic which includes:
Literacy & Numeracy settler
‘Cops and Robbers’ Retrieval Practice exercise (and worksheet)
Quiz-Quiz-Trade Kagan activity with the five factors (ready to print and cut)
Chronology time sort
Priority Pyramid exercise
Film clip (sourced from youtube)
Put yourself in their shoes writing activity (and worksheet)
GCSE style 6 mark Cambridge Question
PEEKA writing frame
EAL support sheet
Post it note plenary activity
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Hope it helps :)
6 lessons looking at different innovations during the Industrial Revolution.
Hope they help.
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