Written to support the Edexcel A Level: Gaining and Losing an Empire 1763-1914 this worksheet is written as part of a reading and extension programme to expand students understanding and independence a learners. The worksheet takes students through the chapter using a variety of tasks and activities to develop and deepen their understanding.
‘The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery’ Paul Kennedy - Chapter 4 - Triumph and Check
Boom, Bust and Recovery - H.Brogan - The Penguin History of the USA Chp 21 Irresponsibility. Worksheet containing a variety of activities to support the reading of the chapter
A PowerPoint with each slide representing one of the ships engaged in the Battle of Trafalgar. Used for re-enacting the Battle and contrasting the orthodox versus hyper-aggressive tactics developed by the Royal Navy
Boom, Bust & Recovery- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson’s ‘A Little History of the United States’ Chapter 34 - Superpower
Written as part of an introductory reading programme for Yr 12 A Level students studying the Edexcel syllabus or extension materials for Ks3 or GCSE.
Written as Publisher files for printing on A3, they can be edited and printed as PDF files to accommodate A4 printing
Boom, Bust & Recovery- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson’s ‘A Little History of the United States’ Chapter 32 - The New Deal
Written as part of an introductory reading programme for Yr 12 A Level students studying the Edexcel syllabus or extension materials for Ks3 or GCSE.
Written as Publisher files for printing on A3, they can be edited and printed as PDF files to accommodate A4 printing
Boom, Bust & Recovery- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson’s ‘A Little History of the United States’ Chapter 31 - The Masses
Written as part of an introductory reading programme for Yr 12 A Level students studying the Edexcel syllabus or extension materials for Ks3 or GCSE.
Written as Publisher files for printing on A3, they can be edited and printed as PDF files to accommodate A4 printing
Supporting worksheet for Chapter 44 of Ben Wilson’s ‘Empire of The Deep’ to support the Edexcel A Level: gaining and losing an empire 1763-1914.
Wilson’s book provides an overview of the changing role of the Royal Navy support the breadth element of the course
The sheets are designed to be printed on A3 but can be amended and saved as PDF’s for A4 printing if desired
Supporting worksheet for Chapter 42 of Ben Wilson’s ‘Empire of The Deep’ to support the Edexcel A Level: gaining and losing an empire 1763-1914.
Wilson’s book provides an overview of the changing role of the Royal Navy support the breadth element of the course
The sheets are designed to be printed on A3 but can be amended and saved as PDF’s for A4 printing if desired
Supporting worksheet for Chapter 45 of Ben Wilson’s ‘Empire of The Deep’ to support the Edexcel A Level: gaining and losing an empire 1763-1914.
Wilson’s book provides an overview of the changing role of the Royal Navy support the breadth element of the course
The sheets are designed to be printed on A3 but can be amended and saved as PDF’s for A4 printing if desired
Resource written to support the Edexcel A Level: Britain: Losing and Gaining and Empire - 1763-1914
The worksheet is written to provide structured support for Chapter 43—Making the Weather in Ben Wilson's: Empire of the Deep for the teaching of
Theme 2: The changing nature of the Royal Navy
Designed to be printed on A3 it is written in Publisher but can be amended and printed as a PDF
Worksheets to support the Channel 4 Documentary series: Tony Robinson - Down Under.
Episodes included:
Ep 1 - Race to the End of The World
Ep4 - Against the Odds
Ep3- The People are Revolting
Ep4- Eureka
Blackadder Goes Forth - Goodbyeee - Worksheet to support the BBC TV programme. This task has been written to support both Ks3 as an introduction to WWI and a consolidation / flipped task for the GCSE 9-1 curriculum studying the Western Front .
Students are to watch and study the script of the programme, making inferences about : Conditions, Attitudes to War, Food and Causes of the War. They are asked to consider why things are funny and develop the habit of explaining their inferences. The work is set out in tables so could easily be cut up for card based group work
The worksheet, due to its content, is designed to be printed on A3 but can be fully edited and exported for printing by PDF to A4
Worksheet to support the BBC History File - The First World War -Ep1. - The Approach of War. The sheet consists of evidence collection, questions, map work and extension tasks concerning how Europe descended into war
All the revision / overview booklets for each of the units of the Edexcel Gaining and Losing an Empire: 1763-1914 Nearly loosing an Empire A Level Course.
The booklets are based upon wider reading to enhance the understanding of students and enrich their learning beyond the core text.
This resources deals with content and knowledge and do not contain any assessment.
Written for Ks3 this lesson will get students investigating the planning for and overcoming the problems associated with the opening of the Second Front in Europe.
A teacher led introduction then requires the students to open password protected documents in order to simulate the cracking of the German Enigma codes. Students will need to answer four questions regarding their knowledge of WWII and open the files. These can be amended though the questions set at the moment will require access to the internet.
With the downloaded evidence, student can plan their actions to overcome the German defenses and successfully get the Allied armies ashore.
Students then complete the beach landing sheet to explain their tactics, timings and strategies. This can be assessed using the assessment sheet included based upon the PLTs: Team Workers and Effective Participators
Worksheet to support the BBC Days That Shook The World documentary - Sarajevo 1914.
The worksheet provides an opportunity to reflect upon European political geography in 1914, the alliance system and allows students to sequence the events post-assassination that led to the outbreak of a general war
KS3 learning place mat on the British Empire - but could be easily adapted to any topic. Students are supported to place their learning each lesson within it's wider historical context and appreciate the 'big picture'.
The place mat contains useful word lists, picture prompts and links assessment directly to the new 9-1 GCSE style Questions - in this case - Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany Unit 3 questions.
The first two slides form the A3 place mat which includes the assessment questions and the final two slides provide support for the judgment 'essay' question as well as a 'mid activity' peer feedback sheet, encouraging AfL with impact. While this resource has been based on the British Empire, it could be easily adapted for any KS3 topic with generic grade boundary descriptors.