A mixture of resources exploring America in the 20th Century (other than its involvement in the world wars/ Vietnam). Each lesson is fully resourced with a mixture of written sources, documentary links and role play scenarios to help your pupils understand the changing face of America. Lessons explore the following topics: Intro and the 1920’s, prohibition and the mafia, the Wall Street Crash, the moon landing, the assassination of JFK and the Cuban missile crisis.
A full unit of work exploring the holocaust. Eight fully resourced lessons are included, each with a variety of activities to challenge and engage your students. The resources are designed for KS3 classes but can easily be adapted into KS4 resources.
Lesson 1: Intro to holocaust
Lesson 2: Ghetto life
Lesson 3: The final solution
Lesson 4: Auschwitz- Birkenau
Lesson 5: Effects of holocaust
Lesson 6: Liberation
Lesson 7: Remembering the victims
Lesson 8: Revision of unit.
This unit is designed to follow on from a mini unit on Hitler’s rise to power which is also available from SIK Lessons.
A huge bundle of emotive, topical ideas used as a springboard to persuasive speeches. This unit is designed as a transition unit from KS3-4 but can easily be adapted to Year 11 classes preparing for exam writing tasks. Each lesson is fully resourced with clear power points, magazine/ news articles and links to short videos online. The scheme links to A FOREST techniques and is aimed towards AQA specification but can easily be tweaked for other exam boards. The issues covered in this pack include: the horsemeat scandal, American gun control laws, euthanasia, banning of whatsapp, the death penalty and should boxing be banned. An assessment on equality in society is included. A complete half-term’s worth of lessons in one easy bundle. Print off the articles and you’re ready to deliver high quality, inspiring lessons to motivate and engage your pupils!
A full unit of work exploring the events of WWII. Designed for Year 9 (but easily adapted for KS4), this unit covers all the areas your pupils will need to understand. Each lesson is fully resourced with a variety of challenges to push your students to achieving the highest grades and prepare them for the GCSE syllabus. A complete scheme in one bundle!
Lesson 1: Blitzkrieg
Lesson 2: Dunkirk
Lesson 3: Battle of Britain
Lesson 4: Stalingrad
Lesson 5: Pearl Harbour
Lesson 6: D-Day (optional extra lesson linking to Saving Private Ryan movie- movie clips not included)
Lesson 7: Atomic Bomb
Lesson 8: End of unit revision session
Lesson 9: Assessment
A full unit exploring the events that led to the outbreak of The Great War in 1914.Targeted at year 9 classes,this bundle contains fully resourced lessons with a range of activities to engage the pupils in your class.Homework tasks and an assessment task are also included.Everything you need to teach this topic in one bundle!
Lesson 1: Introduction to unit (setting the scene)
Lesson 2: European rivalries
Lesson 3:The Alliance System
Lesson 4: Kaiser Wilhelm II and the naval race
Lesson 5: The Schlieffen Plan
Lesson 6: Franz Ferdinand
Lesson 7: Outbreak of War
Lesson 8: Unit revision
Lesson 9: Assessment
A full unit exploring the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon Britain. Each lesson is fully resourced with a range of activities to engage your pupils. Targeted at KS3 classes,
Lesson 1: Intro to topic
Lesson 2: Population Growth
Lesson 3: Town conditions and cholera
Lesson 4: Workhouses and child labour
Lesson 5: Transport changes
Lesson 6: Dragon’s Den style project - pupils have to work in groups to pitch their new products (e.g. steam engine) to the class. This lesson can easily be extended to 2/3 lessons plus homework research.
A KS3 unit of work exploring the rise of slavery and how the issue contributed to the American Civil War. Each lesson is fully resourced with a range of different activities. The resources can easily lead into a slavery museum project. A full half-term’s work in one bundle!
Lesson 1: Africa before slavery
Lesson 2: Trade Triangle
Lesson 3: Auctions and plantation life
Lesson 4: American Civil War
Lesson 5: Jim Crow and segregation
Lesson 6: Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King
A mini unit comprising five detailed lessons on the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party. The lessons are fully resourced and designed for high flying Year 9 classes but can easily be adapted into KS4 resources. The lessons follow Hitler’s early life, the rise of the Nazis 1919-1929, their takeover of Germany 1930-33 and a double lesson on how they transformed Germany.
If you like this unit, a follow on unit exploring the holocaust is also available.
A full unit of work covering the formation of the UK. Designed for KS3 classes, this unit includes six full lessons and an assessment. Each lesson has a range of activities that can easily be adapted for any class.
Lesson 1: England and Wales
Lesson 2: England and Scotland
Lesson 3: Invasion of Ireland
Lesson 4: Irish famine
Lesson 5: The Troubles
Lesson 6: Assessment prep
Lesson 7: Assessment
A unit of work exploring the Tudors. This unit explores the wives of Henry VIII, how religious changes impacted upon Britain and the royalty, the challenges the Tudors faced (including the Spanish Armada) and discussion questions as to who was teh best Tudor monarch. An assessment is included.
Lesson 1: Intro and wives
Lesson 2: Change of religion
Lesson 3: Edward and Mary
Lesson 4: Elizabeth’s religious changes
Lesson 5: Problems and the armada
Lesson 6: Problem of marriage
Lesson 7: Best Tudor Monarch
Lesson 8: Assessment
A full unit covering the events of The Great War. Designed for Year 9 classes, each lesson is fully resourced with a variety of exercises to engage the inquisitive minds in your classroom and enthuse the reluctant learners. Packed with info about weapons and gory diseases- everything you need to teach this topic in one bundle!
Lesson 1: Schlieffen plan fails- stalemate ensues
Lesson 2: Trench warfare (easily developed into a double lesson)
Lesson 3: Battle of the Somme
Lesson 4: Life in the trenches
Lesson 5: Trench art and poetry
Lesson 6: Shell shock and deserters
Lesson 7: Assessment preparation
Lesson 8: Assessment
A full unit of work exploring the popular play by Willy Russell. Complete units for BOTH the play and musical versions are included. 16 full lessons are included for the musical version (14 for the script version) and three introductory lessons exploring the context and script writing are included.
All lessons have warm up challenges and have differentiated activities/ outcomes.
Designed for KS3 with a mixture of PEE analysis and creative writing lessons, this resource can easily be adapted to match your classes.
A megaquiz perfect for that end of year hour in form! Split into sections with 10 questions each relating to: Geography, History, Maths, French, ICT, English, Music, Art, Sceince and PE. Answers are included!
A 60 question quiz with a range of general knowledge and school subject based questions. Answer are included.
Perfect for KS3 classes but easily adapted for Year 5/ 6 classes too.
A full resource analysing Nagra’s poem about a British Indian man choosing his new bride over his father’s corner shop. Beginning with a background to Nagra and the Sikh faith, this resource focuses on the poet’s use of language (slang and Punjabi) before exploring how the newly wed couple are presesented. A full annotation of the poem is included. Everything you need to prepare your students for this AQA poem in one resource!
A complete resource with everything you need to teach this AQA poem. Beginning with background information on the poet, this resource explores the themes and messages within the poem before concluding with a full annotation and a blank SMILE analysis chart. Everything you need in one simple resource.
A pack of festive fun lessons suitable for use in English or drama lessons. Aimed at KS3 but older/ younger pupils still enjoy them!
Most of the resources follow the story of evil Atnas Claws (Santa's brother who steals presents) and his dastardly schemes to ruin Christmas. These resources can easily be adapted to take place in any school/ town. In story one he steals presents before being unmasked as a teacher from your school. in the second story he escapes from prison and takes Santa hostage. In the third story he has Santa charged with numerous offences (driving a sleigh whilst drunk etc.) and the pupils can write creative stories, newspaper articles or prepare dramas/ pantomimes about the events.
In Donkey's Christmas Carol, a young donkey dreams of becoming part of Santa's sleigh pulling team- will his dream come true?
A quick poetry lesson using Benjamin Zephaniah's Talking Turkeys is included as are a range of festive starters and an introduction to Call My Bluff as a literacy based quiz competition.
These lessons are a fun, team building alternative to watching DVDs on the last week of term!
The narrator's script for use in a performance of Magic of the Musicals. Humorous links with facts about the following shows:
Mary Poppins
Shrek
Wizard of Oz
Blood Brothers
Andrew Lloyd Webber medley
The Little Mermaid
The Lion King
No song lyrics/ music included
A full script for Robin Hood. The full performance lasts approximately two hours (split into two acts/ 12 scenes). Suitable for KS2 upwards. Cast list as follows:
ROBIN HOOD - Principal boy -8 scenes
MAID MARIAN - Principal Girl – 9 scenes
NURSE TITTLE TATTLE - The Dame – 11 scenes
MUCH, THE MILLER’S SON -The “Buttons” character – 9 scenes
THE SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM - The bad guy! – 7 scenes
NICKIT & SCARPER - The Sheriff’s Tax Collectors – 9 scenes
THE FAIRY STARDUST OF THE FOREST - The “Good Fairy” character – 8 scenes
MYSTIC MEG Works for the Sheriff, giving him guidance for the future – 6 scenes
ALARNAA / SCARLET / LITTLE JOAN / FRIAR TUCK Robin’s men & women! – 7 scenes
KING RICHARD Act II Scene 12 only – 2 scenes
The “Hoodies” – trainee “Merry Men”, played by teenagers “Teen-speak” - 7 scenes
HELEN HARDUP “Know-it-all” villager. Lines in Scene 1 only - 4 scenes
SALLY SKINT & PENNY PENNILESS Villagers, with a few lines – 3 scenes
CHORUS ROLES: - Peasants, Merry Men & Hoodies, School Children – 7 scenes