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Sharing a range of history resources across key stages 3 and 4 to help history teachers develop their curriculum!
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Sharing a range of history resources across key stages 3 and 4 to help history teachers develop their curriculum!
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Native Americans Unit KS3
This unit bundle includes 5 lessons on the history of Native Americans. Lessons are scaffolded (orange = low ability, green = middle ability, purple = high ability) and include fun tasks such as creating tipis and totem poles. Lessons also include homeworks.
Lessons 1 - Tribes and Tipis
Lesson 2 - Buffalo and Warfare
Lesson 3 - Migration and Westward Expansion (alternative migration lesson included that requires access to Disney’s Pocahontas film)
Lesson 4 - Battle at Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee Massacre
Lesson 5 - Reservations and Totem Pole
The Development of Castles
KS3 lesson looking at why the Normans built castles after the conquest of England, and then how they developed from motte and bailey castles to stone castles.
Lesson is fully scaffolded with orange (low ability), green (middle ability) and purple (high ability) tasks, and includes assessment for learning tasks to show progress.
Black Lives Matter & the UK
Lesson pitched at KS3 students about the rise of the BLM movement and why it is relevant in the UK, looking at the cases of Stephen Lawrence and Mark Duggan.
Lesson is fully differentiated: orange = low ability, green = middle ability, purple = high ability.
Attacking & Defending Castles (Case Study: The Siege of Rochester Castle)
KS3 lesson looking at the different methods of attacking and defending castles, before moving onto look at the case study of the siege of Rochester Castle and seeing the methods in practice.
Lesson is fully scaffolded and differentiated with orange (low ability), green (middle ability) and purple (high ability) tasks, and includes assessment for learning tasks to show progress.
1066 and Castles Knowledge Book
A knowledge book covering a KS3 unit on 1066 and castles, including information, enquiry questions, both of which can be integrated into lessons.
Germany 1933-63 (Democracy & Dictatorship) Revision Booklet
Tailored to A Level but adaptable for GCSE, this revision notes booklet covers the following topics examining democracy and dictatorship in Germany:
Nazi Regime (1933-45)
Nazi Society (1933-45)
Eastern Zone (1945-1963)
Western Zone (1945-63)
Rebellions against William & the Harrying of the North
KS3 lesson looking at rebellions against William the Conqueror, including the ‘Harrying of the North’, as well as the Hereford Rebellion and others.
Lesson is fully scaffolded and differentiated with orange (low ability), green (middle ability) and purple (high ability) tasks, and includes assessment for learning tasks to show progress such as playing ‘Guess Who?’.
Culture & Weapons of Mass Destruction (Culture Day Lesson/Activity)
Made for the annual Culture Day, students are introduced to nuclear weapons (where they originate from, which states have them), before looking at the ‘why?’. Students engage in a fun marketplace/carousel task, looking at 5 case studies to try and understand how a country’s culture/heritage impacts its decision to manufacture and keep weapons of mass destruction.
What was medicine like in Ancient Greece?
Lesson aimed at providing contextual knowledge for students about to undertake the ‘Medicine Through Time’ GCSE specification.
Content: medicine in Ancient Greece covering what happened in an Asclepion, who was Hippocrates and what were the Four Humours.
Lesson is fully scaffolded (orange, green, purple tasks) and includes exam skill practice (a ‘describe two features’ question and a PEAL paragraph for homework).
British Foreign Policy 1945-90 Revision Booklet
Tailored to A Level, this revision notes booklet covers the following topics examining British Foreign & Imperial Policy:
Foreign Policy (1945-64)
Decolonisation (post-1945)
Britain and Europe (1945-1973)
Thatcher’s Premiership Part 1: Crises
Thatcher’s Premiership Part 2: US/EEC
Britain and Nuclear Weapons (1945-90)
Britain’s International Power and Influence Across 1945-90
Historiography (a range of historian’s quotes relating to the topic which can be memorised and incorporated into the exam’s essay questions)
What was medicine like in Ancient Rome?
Lesson aimed at providing contextual knowledge for students about to undertake the ‘Medicine Through Time’ GCSE specification.
Content: medicine in Ancient Rome covering surgery and surgical equipment, who was Galen and what were improvements to medicine did he make.
Lesson is fully scaffolded (orange, green, purple tasks) and includes exam skill practice (a ‘source usefulness’ question).
What was public health like in Ancient Rome?
Lesson aimed at providing contextual knowledge for students about to undertake the ‘Medicine Through Time’ GCSE specification.
Content: medicine in Ancient Rome covering what the Romans did to improve public health including the construction of aqueducts and public baths.
Lesson is fully scaffolded (orange, green, purple tasks) and includes exam skill practice (a ‘explain a similarity’ question comparing Roman public health to our system in the modern day).
Was all medical progress lost in the Dark Ages?
Lesson aimed at providing contextual knowledge for students about to undertake the ‘Medicine Through Time’ GCSE specification.
Content: the collapse of the Roman Empire leading to the ‘Dark Ages’, including the destruction of the public health system; a case study on York from Roman Britain to 1066 and whether medicine improved or declined through the centuries.
Lesson is fully scaffolded (orange, green, purple tasks) and includes historical skill practice (change and continuity through the eras).
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Medicine Through Time (Ancient/Dark Ages) Context Unit GCSE/KS4
This unit bundle includes 4 lessons providing context on the Medicine Through Time GCSE unit (tailored to the Edexcel spec), best delivered before starting the course.
Lessons are scaffolded (orange = low ability, green = middle ability, purple = high ability) and include skills-based tasks such as practice ‘explain why’ questions and source usefulness questions ready for the GCSE spec.
Lesson 1 - Ancient Greek Medicine
Lesson 2 - Ancient Roman Medicine
Lesson 3 - Roman Public Health
Lesson 4 - Dark Ages Medicine (Progress, Continuity, or Decline?)
Was Haig the 'Butcher of the Somme'?
Standalone lesson centred around Field Marshall Douglas Haig’s involvement in the Battle of the Somme, pitched at KS3 students to develop their inquiry and judgement skills, they will ultimately answer the question: was Haig the ‘Butcher of the Somme’?
Lesson is fully differentiated: orange slides for low ability, green slides for middle ability and purple slides for high ability,
Claimants to the English Throne (1066)
KS3 lesson looking at Edward the Confessor’s death and the scramble for the English throne afterwards, looking at the claims of Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada and William of Normandy.
Lesson is fully scaffolded with orange (low ability), green (middle ability) and purple (high ability) tasks, and includes assessment for learning tasks to show progress such as playing ‘Guess Who?’ and coming to a judgement about who has the better claim.
1066 Assessment & The Feudal System
KS3 assessment lesson on the Battle of Hastings and a second lesson on William’s introduction of the feudal system to England. Assessment asks students to explain why William won the Battle of Hastings using the PEAL structure.
Lesson is fully scaffolded with orange (low ability), green (middle ability) and purple (high ability) tasks.
Battle of Hastings (Armies & Key Events)
KS3 lesson looking at the armies of the 3 contenders to the throne in 1066 by students making and playing their own Top Trumps. Second part of the lesson examines the key events of the Battle of Hastings with students making a storyboard.
Lesson is fully differentiated with orange (low ability), green (middle ability) and purple (high ability) tasks, and includes assessment for learning tasks to show progress.
Reasons William won the Battle of Hastings
KS3 lesson looking at the reasons for William’s victory at the Battle of Hastings - including his strengths and Harold Godwinson’s weaknesses.
Lesson is fully differentiated with orange (low ability), green (middle ability) and purple (high ability) tasks, and includes a judgement task as well as revision on the 1066 topic so far.
1066 and Castles Scheme of Work
Scheme of work for a KS3 unit on 1066 and castles. Includes lesson titles, objectives, task ideas, assessments and resources to use, as well as homework.