I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
A great and informative PPT to support teachers/relevant staff with SEND. This CPD covers: SEND Code of Practice, common learning difficulties, Strategies, Assessment and Case Studies. It has tasks for teachers to complete to support their understanding and help influence their action.
A lesson explaining Black History Month in Britain and it’s importance. The lesson looks at key figures, and uses both videos, activities and news articles to help students understand the importance of Black History Month. This lesson can be used for an assembly.
An outstanding introductory lesson on Macbeth which covers: GCSE Exam requirements/objectives, chronological ordering task, detailed quote analysis (both as a class and independent student work), recapping context, key vocabulary for language analysis, analytical writing and homework. This is part of my wider ‘Macbeth: Full SOW’ resource/bundle.
Mussolini’s Italy - follows Paper 4 Cambridge International History European Option. Can be used for any exam board.
Why did Mussolini gain power in 1922?
To understand the appeal of Fascism.
To evaluate Mussolini’s aims in government and his leadership.
To understand the establishment of a dictatorship, repression of opposition.
To evaluate propaganda and foreign policy
To understand the nature of Mussolini’s economic aims and the corporate state
To understand dealings with the Church
To understand social policies
A single lesson part of my wider 'KS3/4 Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar; SOW. This lesson is focused on parts of speech with practical activities and differentiation embedded in the lesson to support students.
A good resource for KS3/4/5 students to help them understand the importance of income and expenditure and the value of money. The lesson focuses on identifying items that are needs and wants and the factors which influence spending. It also has an activity to get students started on budget planning.
This literacy booklet was made to support higher ability KS2, 3 and lower ability KS4 students. It is engaging and has helped students with their writing. It focuses on: Categorising, Spelling, Grammar, Comprehension, Word Group, Synonyms, paragraph practice and more!
CPD focused on effective pedagogy for both PGCE, NQT and experienced teachers. The lesson covers: pedagogical approaches, reflective teaching, analysing essays on effective pedagogy and implementing techniques in each department’s teaching/curriculum.
A detailed lesson on the Partition of India focusing on: causes, events, consequences (short and long term), and India today under Modi. The lesson has different activities and great discussion points for students!
This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time/ Medicine in Britain course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources and students generally prefer this topic the most! The lessons cover:
1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
● Supernatural and religious explanations of the cause of disease.
● Rational explanations: the Theory of the Four Humours and the
miasma theory; the continuing influence in England of Hippocrates
and Galen.
2 Approaches to prevention and treatment
● Approaches to prevention and treatment and their connection with
ideas about disease and illness: religious actions, bloodletting and
purging, purifying the air, and the use of remedies.
● New and traditional approaches to hospital care in the thirteenth
century. The role of the physician, apothecary and barber surgeon
in treatment and care provided within the community and in
hospitals, c1250–1500.
3 Case study:
● Dealing with the Black Death, 1348–49; approaches to treatment and attempts to prevent its spread.
This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time/18th and 19th century Medicine in Britain course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources, exam skills and revision and students perform extremely well! The lessons cover:
1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
● Continuity and change in explanations of the cause of disease and
illness. The influence in Britain of Pasteur’s Germ Theory and
Koch’s work on microbes.
2 Approaches to prevention and treatment
● The extent of change in care and treatment: improvements in
hospital care and the influence of Nightingale. The impact of
anaesthetics and antiseptics on surgery.
● New approaches to prevention: the development and use of
vaccinations and the Public Health Act (1875).
3 Case studies
● Key individual: Jenner and the development of vaccination.
● Fighting Cholera in London (1854); attempts to prevent its
spread; the significance of Snow and the Broad Street pump.
A strong and detailed lesson on the Partition of Yugoslavia focusing on: causes, events, consequences (short and long term), and consequences today. The lesson has different activities, differentiated and great discussion points for students!
A lesson on the Atlantic Slave Trade covering: causes, stages and consequences. The lesson has different activities and covers both primary and secondary sources. This lesson was made for KS3 students but can be adapted for any year group.
A full detailed SOW of Charles Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’. This SOW compromises of 20 detailed lessons for KS3/4 students. The lessons are fully differentiated and resourced, with a variety of creative, analytical and evaluative activities. The lessons develop students understanding of the novel, support their ability to analyse the text/language, develop vocabulary, support students with SPAG and help them foster an interest in the story!
The lessons focus on:
An Introduction - Source analysis, context, creative writing
Setting
Character Analysis
Comparing Characters
Gothic Features - Ghosts
The First Spirit
The Second Spirit and Context
The Present
The Present p2
The Present p3
The Last Spirit
The Last Spirit p2
The Last Spirit p3
Moral Lesson
Ending
Ending Part 2
Revising Key Characters
Themes and Characters
Language Analysis
Exam Practice
This lesson focuses on Victorian England and can be used as part of the English unit on ‘A Christmas Carol’ or as a History lesson (has contextual information, source analysis, video analysis and writing tasks). This is from my wider ‘Full SOW A Christmas Carol’ resource.
This lesson educates students on the BLM movement and its origins. The lesson includes a variety of activities which focus on the causes of the movement, its aims, how the media presents it and asks students to think of possible solutions for the racial discrimination that exists today. I taught this lesson to both my KS3 and 4 classes and they seemed to have enjoyed and benefited from the lesson.
Any feedback is welcomed! Do not forget to rate the resource too please.
This free resource could either be a lesson/ assembly on women and their perceptions and treatment. The PPT is mostly focused on having a debate and addressing controversial opinions/ sensitive issues. I taught this lesson to both Year 11 and 6th formers (14-16) and it was great at challenging mindsets and making students aware of issues women face.