I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
A collection of six revision activities for Elizabeth I - 1558-1603
Includes:
Guess Who game - I laminated my game boards so that they can be reused
Revision of sources and interpretations - Over 20 different sources & interpretations to evaluate as practice
Spider diagrams (blank) for each key question
Blank template for students to make own flashcards
Blank templates for students to create own knowledge organisers on key questions
Knowledge test
Six revision activities to help revise Entertainment & Leisure c500 to present day
Only Connect quiz
Blank spider diagrams
Guess what game - I laminate mine so they can be reused
Blank Knowledge organisers for students to complete for revision
Word Wall template to make your own word wall activities
Knowledge test
A homework booklet with 21 pages for the first half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homeworks ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on Medieval England and includes:
Contents
Skills in History: Introduction to History, chronology of Medieval monarchs
Skills in History: Timelines, Sources and Interpretations
England in 1066
Background to England 1066 & contenders for the throne
Battle of Stamford Bridge and effects
Events of the Battle of Hastings
Outcomes of Battle of Hastings
Revision for assessment
Feudal System
Domesday Book
Revision for Fact test
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
A homework booklet with 16 pages for the second half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on Medieval England 1066 and includes:
Contents
Motte & Bailey castles
Stone / Square keep castles
Medieval Church
Thomas Beckett
Magna Carta
Causes & symptoms of Black Death
Causes of Peasants revolt
Consequences of Peasants revolt
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
A homework booklet with 28 pages for the third half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework is about Tudor England and includes:
Contents
Tudor Kings and Queens
Life in 1485 – comparison with 1066
King Henry VII’s problems & successes of his reign
What did Protestants protest about?
Why did Henry VIII break with Rome?
Religious changes under Henry VIII & Edward VI
How ‘bloody’ was Bloody Mary?
Elizabeth’s Middle Way
The Catholic & Puritan threats against Elizabeth I
To what extent did religion change under the Tudors?
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
A revision PowerPoint on the each of the questions on the Germany 1919-1991 exam paper - Unit 3. Can be easily adapted for other unit 3 papers by changing content and names. For each question, advice is given on:
how long to answer
examples of questions
sentence starters
demands of the question
Included is a table for students to record information from the PowerPoint - enlarge to A3 for best results. Can be used as part of ‘drop down’ or ‘exam cram’ revision session for real or mock exams.
A complete list of key words for the Elizabeth I topic including definitions. Also includes an extra two files where either the key word or definition column is blank for revision tasks.
A 36 slide PowerPoint which goes through every GCSE exam question which could feature in the 2017 exam for the Germany 1919-1991 outline paper for WJEC.
Includes:
- At least three practice questions for each exam question
- plans and answers for the essay question
- a word document student answer booklet with writing frames for each question.
- source and non source questions
20 homeworks for the Germany 1919-1991 topic. Each week focuses on a different topic from the specification and also includes 'Round Up' homeworks to consolidate all prior knowledge. The focus is on the student to LEARN their key facts by answering 10 questions and then learning the 10 questions ready for a quick factual recap test next lesson. This test can be used as part of exit strategies or king or queen of History knowledge tests. Each homework uses the same format and the same question stems - they are very easy to mark and can easily be marked as a starter at the beginning of the lesson.
The questions follow the following format:
- Give 2 reasons why / Give 2... (2 questions)
- Name two ... (2 questions)
- Explain...
- What...
- Where...
- How...
- A true or false statement
- A key word anagram
Answers to the true / false statement and anagram can be found for each homework on the final slide of the download.
The topics tested are:
- Weimar
- Stresemann
- Rise of the Nazi Party
- Consolidation of Power
- The Police State
-Economy
-Women and children
- Jews up to 1939
- The Homefront
- Opposition
- Jews until 1945
- Defeat
- Round Up 1
- Berlin Blockade and Airlift
- Life in West Germany
- Life in East Germany
- Post 1960
- Reunification
- Round Ups 2 & 3
This lesson focuses on students learning what it was like to live in 1485. Included the following tasks:
Task 1 - Pairwork with one student reading a description of life in 1485 and describing it to partner to draw
Task 2 - Choose a person from the picture of 1485 and imagine their life. Write a short diary entry from their point of view
Task 3 - Travel to the future with your character from task 2 and discuss the differences between then and now
Task 4 - A drama task acting out a scenario!
Task 5 - Answering the question about ‘what was life like in 1485’?
Includes 8 revision clock templates for students to revise the topic of the USA 1910-1929.
Topics are:
Clock 1 - USA general
Clock 2 – Immigration
Clock 3 - Race and Religion
Clock 4 - Crime and Corruption
Clock 5 - Economic Boom
Clock 6 - End of Prosperity
Clock 7 - Entertainment
Clock 8 - Women
Printing off in A3 is best for writing space. Spend 5 minutes on each section and one clock lasts a 60 minute lesson or use for students to revise individually.
A set of 34 flashcards based on all the key content on the spec - giving pupils the key information they need to revise. Knowledge based only they contain the key content from the spec in easy to learn bullet points.
I photocopied the flashcards onto card and cut the pages in half. Each A4 page contains two flashcards.
This is a lesson on how to answer the 16 mark question on interpretations for papers 1 and 2. It focuses primarily on ‘The Elizabethan Age 1558-1603’ and ‘The USA 1910-1929’ but can be adapted for other topics.
Slides include:
what is an interpretation and examples
Walk through a question with a sample answer
Planning table on PP (and attached word document) on analysing interpretations
Answering ‘how and why interpretations are reached’
Giving starter sentences to use in the exam
5 practice questions
a revision poster task
These flashcards are based on the AQA specification but include content on all the key policies, events, treaties etc. relating to King Henry VIII. There are two flashcards on each page and 15 pages in total. I printed them off on card, cut in half, hole punched and treasury tagged one corner. They were produced for the students I teach who struggle to remember facts!
Content based on the spec:
•• Henry VIII: character and aims; addressing Henry VII’s legacy
•• Government: Crown and Parliament, ministers, domestic policies including the establishment of
Royal Supremacy
•• Relationships with Scotland and other foreign powers; securing the succession
•• Society: elites and commoners; regional issues and the social impact of religious upheaval; rebellion
•• Economic development: trade, exploration, prosperity and depression
•• Religion: renaissance ideas; reform of the Church; continuity and change by 1547
9 pages of revision activities like true or false tasks, matching key words and definitions and multiple choice questions. Ideal as a revision or consolidation exercise.
This is a two sided knowledge organiser for the Entertainment & Leisure unit for WJEC / EDUQAS GCSE History course.
It covers all the main points from all of the key questions in an easy to read, visual design.
It was designed to help make the topic more accessible for middle and lower attaining students who struggle with seperate knowledge organisers.
It is colour coordinated into topics.
Side 1 - All the main points and conclusions for each of the key questions 1-6
Side 2 - Historical site Wembley and advice on how to answer each exam question
To make the most of this resource, it should be printed on A3 paper (already formatted for A3) in colour and back to back. Mine are laminated to use in the classroom.
*Please note: This is a four era knowledge organiser arranged into the Medieval era, Early Modern era, Late Modern era and Contemporary/Modern era. This is not arranged into three eras for centres who prefer to teach Medieval, Early Modern and Modern eras. *
This is an A3 two sided knowledge organiser for the USA 1910-1929 unit for WJEC / EDUQAS GCSE History course.
It covers all the main points from all of the key questions in an easy to read, visual design.
It was designed to help make the topic more accessible for middle and lower attaining students who struggle with separate knowledge organisers.
Side 1 - All the main points for each of the key questions 1-6
Side 2 - Key question 7 and advice on how to answer each exam question
To make the best of the resource, you should print in colour on A3 (already formatted for A3 printing) on both sides. Mine are laminated as well to use in class.
A sequence of three lessons for key question 1 of Elizabeth I - How successful was the government of Elizabeth I?
These lessons are retrieval based and are used in conjunction with the knowledge organiser included.
Lesson 1 - The Big Picture - extended content with a Do it Now and retrieval activity
Lesson 2 - Mind mapping lesson with an example mind map and a Do Now for the start of the lesson
Lesson 3 - Testing - An extended Do Now comprising of 10 factual questions and one of the exam questions which feature on the Elizabeth I exam paper. The question is explained, modelled and then students have a go too.
The slides are based around the knowledge on the knowledge organiser. During the mind mapping and retrieval activities, higher ability students are given extra information so that they complete in more detail.
We have found this method successful in helping our students remember the key information as the three lesson sequence embeds the core knowledge they need.
Homeworks should be focused on revising / self-quizzing from knowledge organisers as well as completing mind maps.
This method is also useful when students are absent from previous lessons as they are able to fit straight back in by using knowledge organisers.
A sequence of three lessons for key question 1 of Elizabeth I - What were the most popular types of entertainment in Elizabethan times?
These lessons are retrieval based and are used in conjunction with the knowledge organiser included.
Lesson 1 - The Big Picture - extended content with a Do it Now and retrieval activity
Lesson 2 - Mind mapping lesson with an example mind map and a Do Now for the start of the lesson
Lesson 3 - Testing - An extended Do Now comprising of 10 factual questions and one of the exam questions which feature on the Elizabeth I exam paper. The question is explained, modelled and then students have a go too.
The slides are based around the knowledge on the knowledge organiser. During the mind mapping and retrieval activities, higher ability students are given extra information so that they complete in more detail.
We have found this method successful in helping all of our students remember the key information as the three lesson sequence embeds the core knowledge they need.
Homeworks should be focused on revising / self-quizzing from knowledge organisers as well as completing mind maps.
This method is also useful when students are absent from previous lessons as they are able to fit straight back in by using knowledge organisers.
This resource explains the requirements for all of the questions in the new GCSE exam for component 1: The Elizabethan Age but can be easily adapted for all the other component 1 units.
Includes 8 flashcards (just print off on card and cut into four) for students to be given for revision. Also includes 8 posters which are bigger A4 versions of the flashcards.
Content includes:
-Question 1 skills
- Question 2 skills
- Question 3 skills
- Question 4 skills
- Question 5 skills
- Analysing an interpretation skills
- Analysing a contemporary source skills
- Wider Historical knowledge examples
This resource was made because my classes were struggling to apply the right skills to the right questions! As the picture shows, I laminated them, hole punched the top left hand corner and put them on a key ring ring. My class carry a copy for reference at home and school.
N.B. This copy of flashcards is uncoloured.