Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level History resources available for purchase and download.
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The main focus is AQA 8145 and AQA A Level, with key stage three resources available with GCSE skills and requirements embedded throughout.
Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level History resources available for purchase and download.
New Focus Education offer resources from a teacher with 10 years teaching experience, a track record of excellent outcomes and experience of leadership at several levels.
The main focus is AQA 8145 and AQA A Level, with key stage three resources available with GCSE skills and requirements embedded throughout.
The second lesson in the AQA Historic Envrionment 2022 series on Burghley’s Almshouses, focusing on how the government tackled poverty in Elizabethan England.
The lesson begins with students creating their own definitions for the key terms, moving on to a video that introduces urban issues and poverty in the towns and cities. Students then analyse two contemporary sources portraying beggars with teacher option to type directly onto the PPT and annotate live with students. The lesson then uses the hand out to assess what Elizabethan attitudes were like towards the poor, before analysing the different types of poor and how different towns dealt with poverty. Students then categorise the reasons why the government began to act to tackle poverty before analysing the different acts passed to tackle poverty and explaining the effectiveness of each. Finally, students assess whether poverty was dealt with effectively during Elizabeth’s reign in a judgement line plenary.
Revision grid with different activities for students to use to revise key content from American 1920-73. Ideal for use for mocks/reviewing content/before the summer examinations
Lesson exploring how to answer each question style with tips, sample questions and planning sheet. Starter is a links for learning sheet where pupils explain links between key topics. Each question is dealt with in turn and can be planned on the accompanying sheet.
Revision resource focusing on how to structure the 'in what ways" 8 mark explain question. The sheet models the responses and allows opportunities for students to practice these questions in a variety of contexts.
A grid supporting students with revision activities and questions to scaffold revision on conflict and tension 1919-39. Ideal for mock exams/the summer examinations
Revision resource focusing on how to structure the ‘how do the interpretations differ?’ and ‘why do the authors have a different interpretation?’ questions. The sheet models the responses and allows opportunities for students to practice these questions.
Revision resource focusing on how to structure the ‘bullet point 12 mark’ essay question. The sheet models the responses and allows opportunities for students to practice these questions in a variety of contexts.
Lesson exploring how to answer the America 1920-73 question styles. Links for learning picture/key word starter, modelled responses offering pupils opportunity to structure the questions on the hand out attached - all give pupils the chance to effectively prepare for this section Paper 1.
Revision resource focusing on how to structure the ‘which interpretation do you find more convincing?’ 8 mark questions. The sheet models the responses and allows opportunities for students to practice these questions in a variety of contexts.
Lesson exploring how to answer ALL the question styles for Conflict and Tension 1919-39. Starter for 10 recaps key knowledge - the rest of the lesson focuses on scaffolding students through how to answer the key questions within this unit.
Revision resource focusing on how to answer the 8 mark ‘explain how/what was important’ question on Paper 2. The resource models the structure and models examples of good practice, offering pupils then the chance to structure their own answers. Several question styles included.
Revision resource focusing on how to answer the 8 mark ‘how useful?’ question on Paper 2. The resource models the structure and models examples of good practice, offering pupils then the chance to structure their own answers following the ‘MAP’ frame. Several question styles included.
Revision resource focusing on how to answer the 12 mark ‘how useful?’ question on Paper 1. The resource models the structure and models examples of good practice, offering pupils then the chance to structure their own answers following the ‘MAP’ frame. Several question styles included.
Booklet with exam tips for all of AQA 8145 Paper 1 question styles, with sample question (not from the specimen papers) to allow pupils to practice planning/answering in the build up to mocks/the 2018 exam
Lesson exploring how to answer each question style with tips, sample questions and planning sheet. Starter is a starter for 10 where pupils recall what they remember about each key topic. Each question is dealt with in turn and can be planned on the accompanying sheet.
Revision resource outlining how to answer the ‘8 mark how convincing’ question style. Firstly the resource outlines how to answer the question, modelling examples. The students can then plan their own answers within a variety of contexts.
Grid containing revision suggestions and focused tasks for pupils pre-exam. Tasks are varied including acrostic poems, flash cards, mind maps and newspaper articles.
Lesson focusing on revising key content and skills for conflict and tension in Asia. Starter for 10 recaps key events and themes from the topic. The lesson then builds to reviewing each question style and applying knowledge to the questions in a scaffolded and structured way.
