A complete KS4 unit of work designed for students studying AQA. This pack contains eight complete and fully resourced lessons are included exploring the rise of the Nazi party from the impact of the depression- Nazi support-the Night of the Long Knives. Everything you need for a whole half-term in one bundle!
Two supporting units: before the Nazis and Nazi policies are also available from SIK History.
A complete KS4 unit of work designed for students studying AQA. This pack contains 12 complete and fully resourced lessons are included exploring the causes of WW1 from the Kaiser- naval laws-Weimar and the Golden Age. Everything you need for a whole half-term in one bundle!
Two follow up units: Nazi growth and Nazi policies are also available from SIK History.
A complete KS4 unit of work designed for students studying AQA. This pack contains seven complete and fully resourced lessons are included exploring the ending of WW1 from Wilson’s speech- 100 days-Foch and Haig. Everything you need for a whole half-term in one bundle!
Two proceeding units: causes of WWI and stalemate are also available from SIK History.
A complete KS4 unit of work designed for students studying AQA. This pack contains 8 complete and fully resourced lessons are included exploring the stalemate during WW1 from Verdun- Somme-Gallipoli and Jutland. Everything you need for a whole half-term in one bundle!
Two accompanying units: causes of the war and ending the war are also available from SIK History.
A complete KS4 unit of work designed for students studying AQA. This pack contains 11 complete and fully resourced lessons are included exploring the causes of WW1 from Bismarck- Morocco-Bosnia and the Schlieffen plan. Everything you need for a whole half-term in one bundle!
Two follow up units: stalemate and ending the war are also available from SIK History.
A pack of five fun quizzes linked to the FIFA World Cup in Russia 2018. These quizzes are ideal for registration (15-20 minutes) or last period on a Friday (or any lesson you’re planning to cut short in order to watch a match with your class). You don’t have to be a football statto to take part in four of these quizzes but it does help if you know your footy or your geography!
Quiz 1: Anagrams- 30 capital cities turned into anagrams
Quiz 2: Flag quiz - 20 flags - name the nation
Quiz 3- 32 teams hidden in a word search
Quiz 4- World Cup History- 25 questions covering the history of the tournament from Pele- Zidane, 1930-2014
Quiz 5- do you know your football superstars? 20 stars expected to take part are shown. Can you name the player/ nation/ club he plays for?
Quizzes are easily edited (apart from word search) and all answers are included.
A bundle of 10 chemistry revision mats and 10 question packs for your pupils to complete. An ideal weekly homework for GCSE students to consolidate their knowledge and discover their knowledge gaps. Each mat contains a number of focused prompts/ questions for the pupils to complete as well as providing important equations. Each question sheet has a range of quick questions to check their understanding. Once completed, either in class or at home, the mats function as effective revision tools. Topics covered include: alkanes and alkenes, atoms, history of atoms, rate of reaction, structure and the atmosphere.
A bundle of 24 biology revision mats for your pupils to complete. An ideal weekly homework for GCSE students to consolidate their knowledge and discover their knowledge gaps. Each mat contains a number of focused prompts/ questions for the pupils to complete as well as providing important equations. Once completed, either in class or at home, the mats function as effective revision tools. Topics covered include: cell structure, bio-energetics, nervous system, inheritance, biodiversity and ecology.
A bundle of 19 physics revision mats for your pupils to complete. An ideal weekly homework for GCSE students to consolidate their knowledge and discover their knowledge gaps. Each mat contains a number of focused prompts/ questions for the pupils to complete as well as providing important equations. Once completed, either in class or at home, the mats function as effective revision tools. Topics covered include: energy, circuits, particles, atoms, forces, waves, magnets and space.
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 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 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 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 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 mini unit exploring the life of Jack the Ripper. Targeted at KS3 classes, each lesson is fully resourced with a range of activities to engage your students. Links to YouTube supporting material are included.
Lesson 1: Intro to Jack the Ripper
Lesson 2: The victims (could be a double lesson)
Lesson 3: The suspects
Lesson 4: Why the police failed
Lesson 5: Essay planning
A complete unit of work exploring the changes in crime and punishment in the UK. Aimed at KS3 classes, each lesson is fully resourced with a range of activities to engage your students. Homework tasks and an end of unit assessment are also included. A complete unit of work in one bundle!
Lesson 1: Intro to crime and punishment
Lesson 2: Saxon punishments
Lesson 3: Medieval England
Lesson 4: Tudor punishments
Lesson 5: The Bloody Code
Lesson 6: Victorian reforms
Lesson 7: Developing the police
Lesson 8: Assessment prep
Lesson 9: Assessment
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