25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history.
Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history.
Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
This booklet is a fully comprehensive guide for students studying the Anglo-Saxon and Norman unit at GCSE.
It is divided in to the 3 key topics, and each section begins with the key dates; terms; people and battles required for that topic. The AO1 is tabulated to make it easy for students to learn the most important facts. Each section ends with a wide range of practice questions covering describing; causation and evaluation, with reminders of how to approach them.
This booklet can either be used as an online tool or can be printed.
This bundle contains comprehensive GCSE revision resources for Weimar and Nazi Germany.
They are fully differentiated and contain notes; revision knowledge mats to be laminated and an interactive flashcard game for the whole class to enjoy. They are particularly useful to support the learning of lower and middle prior attaining students.
This bundle contains all of the lessons required to teach the Presidency of Richard Nixon at A Level. It also includes a lesson on Nixon as Vice President under Eisenhower to give context to his character. All lessons are fully resourced and created to develop advanced skills necessary for success at A Level.
This unit of work contains 8 lessons including an end of unit assessment on the industrial revolution for key stage 3.
Each lesson contains a range of activities based on all assessment objectives. Resources are either contained as separate documents or within the power points for printing.
All aspects of the industrial revolution are included and they contain evaluative studies of key people and events. This is useful to teach in September to lay the foundations for October’s Black History month when the role of slavery in enabling the industrial revolution can be studied.
No resources/text book needed.
This bundle contains the first 5 lessons on the US Constitution to cover the requirements for the A Level US Government and Politics specification. They include a background lesson on the creation of the Constitution (also suitable forA Level History) and 4 lessons investigating the nature of the US Constitution including structure; entrenchment; amendment etc. The block of lesson is completed with introducing students to a section A exam question which is modeled.
This is fully resourced, but access to Pearson Edexcel A Level US Government and Politics text book would be useful.
The lessons are based on a one hour lesson, but students will have to complete significant independent study to complete the set tasks.
This bundle contains 3 resources for GCSE History to support lower and middle prior attaining students attains levels 4-6.
Resource 1: Key features of ALL Cold War events revision cards. Cut them out; laminate them and learn the AO1 in bite size chunks.
Resource 2: Cold War importance events booklet. The first answer is modeled, and then students need to answer all of the following questions using the structure shown and resource 1 for support.
Resource 3: Coloured-coded; differentiated consequence cards for higher; middle and lower prior attaining students. Cut up cards; laminate them and match consequences to 36 different events while learning AO1 and 2.
This bundle contains 3 lessons (approximately 6 hours of learning) and is fully resourced, although any approved A Level textbook (any board) and/or access to online resources is important. These are challenging lessons which require the students to fully analyse Elizabeth’s foreign policy and draw conclusions. They contained a wide range of varied tasks and video clips which ensure that students are stretched and challenged sufficiently for success at A level.
This bundle is also suitable for Higher Attaining GCSE students covering the early Elizabethan Period option.
This bundle contains all of the lessons needed for revising the skills needed for the GCSE skills paper USA Conflict at Home and Abroad (Weimar and Nazi Germany also available).
There are 5 lessons which focus on one skill per lesson: They are taught through the use of modeling; AFL and repetition in an attempt to embed each skill and maximise performance. Each power point is colourful and engaging, and easy to teach.
This bundle contains all of the lessons needed for revising the skills needed for the GCSE skills paper Weimar and Nazi Germany (USA Conflict at Home and Abroad also available).
There are 5 lessons which focus on one skill per lesson: They are taught through the use of modeling; AFL and repetition in an attempt to embed each skill and maximise performance. Each power point is colourful and engaging, and easy to teach.
This bundle contains all of the resources to teach A Level Civil Right 1945-1968. It is also suitable for higher attaining GCSE students. It is fully resourced and contains many varied tasks; clips; sources and everything needed to be able to tackle the examination paper successfully.
This bundle contains 4 lessons created to celebrate Black History Month. One a week during the month of October to trace the progress of African Americans from slavery to President of the United states. They are chronological and each shows a significant development:
L1 The Slave Trade
L2 The Abolition of Slavery
L3 Civil Rights
L4 The Most Powerful Man in the World
They are fully resourced with varied activities and video clips, and are suitable for either KS2 or KS3 students.
This bundle is the second part of the A level unit on democracies and dictatorships in Germany: Weimar’s Golden Era.
The five lessons are fully resourced and contain built in activities, however the relevant textbook would be useful. The lessons take an hour each to teach, however students will need to complete significant home learning to complete all activities.
These lessons can also be used for higher attaining GCSE students (all exam boards).
This unit of learning contains approximately 15 hours of lessons on the Mid-Tudors, and is used to teach Unit 1C of the AQA A Level, but can be used for any board which offers this topic. The lessons can also be used to extend the most able at GCSE.
It is divided into the power ponts and resources covering 4 aspects of the mid-Tudors:
Henry VIII’s legacy to Edward VI
Edward VI and the royal authority of Somerset and Northumberland
Interpretations of religious change under Edward VI
Mary Tudor and the restoration of catholicism
A study of the historiography of Mary Tudor
This bundle contains four power points which are ideal for last minute revision lessons for the Weimar and Nazi Germany unit (paper 3). Each power point cover the AO1 and AO2 for each of the four key topics. There are sample examination questions to practice built in, and at the end of each section there are short questions to test content.
These lessons would take approximately about 8 hours to teach.
This bundle contains 6 lessons covering the third part of the first key topic on for the A Level Unit Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany. These lessons focus on the fall of the Weimar Republic and the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis. They each take an hour to teach (lesson 21 takes 2 hours), and although a text book is desirable it is not essential. Activities are included within the power point.
This bundle contains 4 lessons on the impact of migrants to Medieval England. Each lesson focuses on one group of migrants, and then compares and contrasts the impact of migration using a variety of activities/clips. They also focus on the different question-types which are modeled, and there are opportunities for peer and self assessment.
Duration: 1 hour per lesson.
This bundle also includes a 79 page workbook (space for answers included) which is aimed at helping students understand the assessment requirements for the new EDEXCEL Migrants in Britain breadth study.
It contains:
A course outline
The EDEXCEL generic mark scheme for reference
Instructions on how to answer each question type with explanations of the AOs and how to gain the marks for each
A sample answer for each question-type with commentary on where the marks are gained
Practice questions for each question type (8 for questions 1 and 3, and 4 for questions 2; 4 and 5/6)
A glossary area where students can record key terminology with definitions to help maximise SPaG marks
This can be used as a single document to keep all assessments together and it addresses the lack of sample questions available for the new option. It can also be used as evidence for predicted grades (or TAGs if that becomes necessary).
Printing costs can be reduced by either sharing with students online, or by removing the pages for writing and asking students to write the answers in their books.
These A Level lessons trace the changes and continuity in Tudor government and are useful as either a breadth study or to teach for a NEA on Tudor government. They include:
Henry VII’s personal government and consolidation of power after Bosworth
Henry VIII’s government under Wolsey and Cromwell
Edward VI’s royal authority
A historiography of Mary Tudor
The historiography of Elizabethan government.
All resources included.
This bundle contains all of the resources needed to teach religion across the whole of the Tudor period. All necessary sources; interpretations and activities are included. This is useful to teach either a breadth study essay/interpretation of history for the examination paper, or as a starting point for an NEA on the Tudors and religion.
The whole of this bundle would take about 15 hours to teach in total.
This bundle contains fully resourced A Level lessons on the foreign policy of presidents Truman; Eisenhower; Kennedy; Johnson and Nixon. The first lesson also contains an introductory background to the USA in the context of 1945.
All lessons are fully resourced and contain varied activities to support the preparation of students for success at A Level.
This bundle contains 9 lessons and an end of key topic assessment for the GCSE Superpower relations and the Cold War Unit Key Topic 3 - the End of the Cold War, 1970-1991. This is contains everything needed and is fully resourced (no text book required).
Lessons are differentiated and based on the requirements of the examination. The key focus is modeling exam answers and lots of other activities.
Lesson 10 is an assessment for formative use of summative assessment.
KEY TOPICS 1 AND 2 ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN A SEPARATE BUNDLE.