A history of the Qing Dynasty including lessons on:
The Chinese Dynasties
The Rise of the Manchu
Establishing the Qing Dynasty in China
Stabilizing the Empire
High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Kangxi Emperor (1651 to 1722)
High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Yongzheng Emperor (1722 to 1735) High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Qianlong Emperor (1722 to 1796)
Decline and Fall (1896 to 1911)
The Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion.
The control of the Qing Dynasty by the Dowager Empress Cixi (1662 to 1908)
The Xuantong Emperor and Uprisings in China
The Wuchang uprising and the Xinhai revolution
Puyi – the “Political Football”
There are power point slides with activities interspersed and worksheets for each lesson.
Events before, during and as a consequence of The First World War are presented in this twelve part unit.
Topics covered are:
Victoria and Albert’s vision for Europe
Alliances in Europe
Tensions in Europe
War is Declared – 1914 and 1915
Ottomans and Italians enter the War - 1914 and 1915
Trench Warfare
War - 1916
A new type of warfare
War - 1917
War - 1918
Ending the war – The Treaty of Versailles
Ending the War – a new world
Each topic can be used as one lesson. There are discussion activities interspersed in the power point slides with space to record on worksheets.
This unit gives a good history of the 1707 Act of the Union, Hanoverian Succession and the Jacobite Invasions, using power point slides. There are topics for discussion and space on the worksheets for responses.
The Act of Union of 1707
The Hanoverian Succession
George I and the House of Hanover
The House of Hanover
The Jacobites
The Jacobite Invasion of 1715
The Jacobite Invasion of 1745
A comprehensive unit outlining the development of women’s rights and the fight for suffrage. Power point slides and worksheet activities can be used to follow each lesson.
The following topics are covered:
Standing Up for Women’s Rights
Opposing Women’s Suffrage
Fighting for Freedom in the UK
The Call gets Louder in the US
World War 1 and the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Black Women’s Suffrage
18th and 19th Century – Women’s Suffrage Around the World
20th and 21st Century – Women’s Suffrage Around the World
Used with students in Year 7, 8 and 9 (Grade 6, 7 and 8)
This is a nine lesson unit on Changes Crime and Punishment from the Anglo-Saxons to Today. Each lesson has a powerpoint presentation and worksheets with learning activities.
Topics include:
The Church and the Monarch in the Middle Ages
The Anglo Saxons
Norman Law
Attempts to Curtail Church Privilege
First Attempts at Fighting for Human Rights
The Crime of Witchcraft
Religious Turmoil and Revolution 1500-1700
Towards the Industrial Revolution 1700-1900
The 20th and 21st Centuries
Used mainly with Year 6 (Grade 5), the content provides good information and has opportunities to discuss, compare and give opinions interspersed.
A series of eight lessons on the Enlightenment in Britain and Europe. Each lesson is presented using power point slides and there are worksheet-based learning activities for each.
The topics covered are:
From Renaissance to Reformation to Enlightenment
Early Enlightenment 1637 to 1730
High Enlightenment 1730 to 1780
Late Enlightenment 1780 to 1804
The Royal Society
Great Enlightenment Philosophers
Great Enlightenment Scientists
Great Enlightenment Artists
I have used it mainly with Year 9 and 10
This unit aims to help students to connect the different empires in Mesopotamia and evaluate their contributions to the development of civilization in the region.
Lessons include the topics:
Development of Civilization - Sumerians
The First Empire – The Akkadians
Timeline of Ancient Mesopotamian Empires
The Babylonians
The Assyrians
The Neo- Babylonians
The Persians
Alexander the Great – the Greeks
There are 8 lessons, each with power point slides and worksheets with learning activities. I have used this series with year 4 to 6.
A set of fourteen lessons, presented using power point slides, each with worksheet activities interspersed. The unit covers:
*Sons of Liberty
Governing after the Revolutionary War
The Constitutional Convention
The formation of government
Constitutional Amendments and the Bill of Rights.
The Founding Fathers
Founding Mothers
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
James Madison*
I have used this with KS 3 (Grades 5 to 7)
This unit consists of ten lessons on the United States War of Independence.
The lessons consist of slides and worksheets for each lesson, on the topics:
*Causes of unhappiness in the thirteen colonies
The First Shots
The British Advance of 1776 to 1777
The Northern Campaign of 1777
Mid Atlantic Stage 1778 to July 1779 French Alliance
Mid Atlantic and Southern Campaign July to December 1779
British and American conflicts of 1780
The Beginning of the End 1781
Facing the End
Winning the War*
I have used this with years 7 to 9 / grades 6 to 8
Suitable for 8 to 10 year old students, this unit takes a comprehensive look at the people of ancient Egypt, their lifestyle, customs and religion.
Topics are covered using power point presentations and consolidated with worksheet activities:
Egypt and the Nile
Water, Food, People, Wealth and Power
The Rosetta Stone
Writing and Hieroglyphics
Pyramids and the Sphinx
Kingdom Periods
Some great pharaohs of the New Kingdom
The Ancient Egyptian Gods
Ancient Egyptian belief in the afterlife
The Valley of the Kings
Tutankhamun
Farming along the Nile
Inventions of Ancient Egypt
Important symbols of Ancient Egypt
Aimed at students aged 12 to 14, THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION unit covers the following topics:
James - Duke of York
Religious and Political Tension
James, King of Ireland, Scotland and England
The beginning of the Revolution
Planning the invasion
The Invasion
Settlement
The wars against the French (the Nine Years War)
Anne – the last of the Stuarts
Each lesson is presented using power point slides. The slide sequences are interspersed with activities and there is space on the worksheets for students to respond.
The Restoration of the monarchy in Britain is covered in this unit aimed at 13 to 15 year old students.
Broken down into twelve, easily managed lessons using power point slides, this unit covers the topics:
The Ending of the Protectorate
Early life of King Charles II
Personal attributes of Charles II
Commencing the Reign
The Plague of London
The Great Fire of London
The Anglo-Dutch Wars
Trade in the New World during Charles II’s reign
The Succession Crises
The Social and Cultural Change during the Reign of Charles II
Timeline of King Charles II’s reign
The Reign of King James II
The presentations are interspersed with questions inviting student participation and there is space on the accompanying worksheets for responses.
This resource makes it easy for students to see the Royal Houses and the Kings and Queens.
Print on A4 for student reference or on A3 for a wall reference.
This is a five lesson unit describing the time in British history, between monarchs.
Lesson titles are:
The establishment of the Commonwealth
The Rise of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector
Richard Cromwell
Life during the Interregnum
It has been used mainly with years 7, 8 and 9.
I have used this series of lessons with students aged 12 to 14. The power point slides are full of information for teaching the topic and there are learning activities for each lesson.
Lessons cover the following:
James I and Charles I
Personal Rule and the Causes of Rebellion (1629 to 1640)
The Bishops Wars and the Return of Parliament (1640 to 1642)
The Beginning of the First Civil War
The Advance of the Parliamentarians
The Second Civil War – the capture, escape, recapture, trial, and execution of Charles I
Timeline of Charles I’s reign
Conflict in Ireland and Scotland
The Third Civil War
A nine lesson unit with power point slides and worksheets helps students to follow the reasons and sequence of events in the formulation of the
Elizabethan Religious Settlement and conflict with the Catholics
Used mainly with years 7 to 9 , lessons include the titles:
Mary I and Edward VI
Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne
Religious Settlement
Opposition to the Religious Settlement
Elizabeth and Scotland
The Catholic plots to assassinate Elizabeth
Causes of the Conflict with Spain
War in Ireland
Conflict with Spain
The Renaissance is an eleven part unit.
It covers the topics:
The beginning of the Renaissance in Europe
Causes of the Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance
Timeline of the Renaissance
The rebirth of the classical ideas through art
Great Art works of Renaissance
Architecture and Science
Renaissance Exploration
Literature and the Renaissance
Geniuses of the Renaissance
The end of the Renaissance
It has been used mainly for years 8, 9 and 10.
There are power point slides and learning activities for each topic / lesson.
This unit consists of eleven lessons aimed at students in Year 7 to 10, Grade 6 to 9. Each lesson has power point slides and worksheets.
Topics include:
The Power of the Catholic Church
Causes of the Reformation
Timeline of the Reformation
Martin Luther
Huldrych Zwingli
English Reformation – Henry VIII
English Reformation - Henry VIII the Supreme Head of the Church
English Reformation - Henry VIII Establishing the Church of England
English Reformation – Bloody Mary and Elizabeth I
John Calvin
John Knox
This series of slides and worksheets aims to promote the students’ understanding of what slavery means, a historical perspective of what happened, abolition and slavery today.
I have used this unit with year 7 and 8.
Used mainly with year 7 and 8 students, this unit, THE MALI EMPIRE, uses eight sets of slides to illustrate the history of this amazing empire.
The topics include: *
Timeline of the Empire from 1240 to 1468
The rise of the Mali Empire
The governance of the Empire of Mali
Trade
Culture
Mansa Musa I
Mali - a centre of learning
The Fall of the Empire
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Each lesson has worksheet activities interspersed throughout the slides, to focus attention and stimulate thinking.