Please feel free to look at my free guide on how to use Dual Coding in the history classroom. I will do many of these guides on a variety of these topics. There are numerous links on the bottom of the guide to help support teachers in their practice
Industrial Revolution Lessons for KS3.
The lessons are:
Lesson 1: What was life like in 1750?
Lesson 2: How did population growth impact Britain in 1750?
Lesson 3: What were conditions like in factories?
Lesson 4: What were working conditions like? Source analysis task
Lesson 5: Source utility question
Lesson 6: Source utility assessment
Lesson 7: What was life like for in the mines?
The following powerpoint has a variety of recall tasks that can be used to support your practice. Feel free to download and modify these for your own use
This is a fantastic tool that helps build pupils understanding of Literacy and allows them to engage with more disciplinary knowledge and historiography. Feel free to download these examples and seek inspiration from them
Here are some free ideas on what topics you can use when designing or re-designing your schemes of work. I will provide more alongside these initial six
There are 5 sections to this quiz
10 history questions
6 guess the historical quote questions
5 guess the historical scene questions
Organise 15 historical events into correct chronological order
1 historical location riddle
There is enough here to last a lesson and the quiz is accompanied by answers on the next slide after the final questions.
Jack the Ripper lessons with an additional extra reading resource on the history of Jack the Rippers victims by Hallie Rubenhold
The lessons are:
Lesson 1: Why did Whitechapel make it easy for Jack the Ripper to kill?
Lesson 2: Why was Jack the Ripper so hard to catch?
Lesson 3: How did Eye Witness accounts interfere with police investigations?
Lesson 4: What difficulties did police face in their investigation?
Lesson 5: What was the largest issue for the police?
Lesson 6: Assessment: Which factor was the greatest in helping Jack the Ripper get away?
A collection of Empire lessons that focus on the British Empire and their role in moulding the wider world
Lessons:
What was the Empire?
Why did Britain want an Empire?
Why did people move throughout the Empire?
What did those who were ruled think about the Empire?
What did those who ruled think about the Empire?
What does slavery show us about the Empire?
What does India show us about the Empire?
Assessment
A set of lessons for KS3 that look at Hastings and the Norman Conquest and have an assessment point at the end
The lessons:
Life in 1066
Who were the claimants to the throne?
Who was Harold Godwinson?
What happened at the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
What was the difference between the two sides?
Why did William win at Hastings?
What was the Narrative of Hastings?
What happened after Hastings?
Here are a collection of lessons on The Neolithic Revolution. This is the first point of enquiry for Y7 so it emphaises developing simple concepts.
The lessons are:
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
How did Neolithic Life change?
What caused and effected the revolution?
What is Stonehenge?
What do sources show us?
Crusades lessons with a focus on the role of the Medieval church on English society
The lessons are:
Lesson 1: The Importance of Religion in Medieval England
Lesson 2: Why people went on Crusades
Lesson 3: What issues did people face on the Crusades?
Lesson 4: The Battles of the Crusades
Lesson 5: The role of Jerusalem in shaping Europe
Lesson 6: How powerful was the Church?
Lesson 7: How was the Church structured?
Lesson 8: What role did the Church have in Medieval society?
Lesson 9: What do Doom paintings tell us about Medieval beliefs towards religion?
A collection of lessons on King John and the Magna Carta
Lessons are:
Who was King John?
Why was the Magna Carta put in place?
What was the impact of Magna Carta?
What did people say about John?
What did Disney say about John?
Assessment
A collection of lessons on the role of Cromwell and the execution of King Charles
The Lessons are:
Why did England have a civil war?
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
How significant was Cromwell?
How does Cromwell resonate with us today?
How remarkable was Cromwell? Presentation assessment task
This is an outline of 6 lessons on Genocide. This is suitable for ages 14 and above. This discusses a variety of Genocide
Holocaust
Cambodia
Armenia
Rwanda
It also provides detail on what historiography you can rely on when teaching these lessons.
If anyone takes an interest in this and wants more then I can provide further resources or schemes on any topic
A collection of revision slides to be used for GCSE revision sessions. The slides contain all migration events and separate knowledge into basic and specific knowledge in order to accommodate all groups of learners. The slides also identify the key factors that the event is influenced by.
The slides contain:
Migration Conquered and Conquerors
Migration Looking West
Migration Expansion and Empire
Migration Collapse of Empire
This booklet offers support for all 4 questions on the AQA Germany unit. Each question has 4 aspects for the pupil to work with:
An example answer with a structure and mark scheme. Pupils will then use this to identify what the answer did well and how it can be improved upon
A question in which they can attempt using the structure and mark scheme
A model answer so that they can self-mark their own answer
Another question for some extra challenge
This booklet gives pupils a chance to analyse work, assess answers and then re-draft their own answer. All booklets have been trialled in classroom setting and have been instrumental in the support of pupils who struggle with applying content to their exam questions