9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Superpower Relations and The Cold War - Topic 2 Increasing Tensions between East and West 1958-70 These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I previously designed (and which received 5* reviews by all who have purchased them up to the time of launching these new materials – see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1-edexcel-gcse-history-of-medicine-place-mat-question-structure-11627611 ). The new placemats have been identified as best practice during a ‘Challenge Partners’ review as well as being identified as best practice by other History teachers on the Olevi ‘Outstanding Teacher Programme’. The new design learning placemats support both teachers and students in addressing the: a) dramatic increase in the curriculum content needed for the different units b) support the need for increased literacy demands c) help students become familiar and more confident in recognising the correct response needed for the unprecedented number of different question styles The placemats are designed to be double sided. One side focuses on the CONTENT: providing an overview of key knowledge and understanding needed (this will change for each topic area within this GCSE unit). Every placemat across the GCSE range is designed to encourage greater understanding of: 1. Historical Context - through timelines, picture prompts and key words 2. Awareness of the ‘big picture’ so students can see how individual lessons fit into the unit and make clearer links between prior and future learning – through ‘Big Picture’ questions. 3. Better Literacy – through selected ���language for learning’ vocab box. 4. Memory prompts to support revision – through the use of carefully selected images. 5. Increased awareness of metacognition – through PME (Progress, Monitor and Evaluation Time) questions to encourage students to deconstruct their learning and identify key factors (eg. Social, economic, political) or key individuals and make links between features. A pictorial metacognition man with 5 question prompts will support student reflection. 6. A confidence thermometer is also included as a prompt to identify student confidence in the topic. The reverse side contains guidance on EXAM TECHNIQUE through: 1. Identifying the nature of the question styles for each GCSE Unit and the allocated marks available 2. Examiners levelled mark schemes 3. Support writing frames with generic sentence starte

9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Superpower Relations and The Cold War - Topic 1 -Origins of the Cold War 1945-58 These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I previously designed (and which received 5* reviews by all who have purchased them up to the time of launching these new materials – see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1-edexcel-gcse-history-of-medicine-place-mat-question-structure-11627611 ). The new placemats have been identified as best practice during a ‘Challenge Partners’ review as well as being identified as best practice by other History teachers on the Olevi ‘Outstanding Teacher Programme’. The new design learning placemats support both teachers and students in addressing the: a) dramatic increase in the curriculum content needed for the different units b) support the need for increased literacy demands c) help students become familiar and more confident in recognising the correct response needed for the unprecedented number of different question styles The placemats are designed to be double sided. One side focuses on the CONTENT: providing an overview of key knowledge and understanding needed (this will change for each topic area within this GCSE unit). Every placemat across the GCSE range is designed to encourage greater understanding of: 1. Historical Context - through timelines, picture prompts and key words 2. Awareness of the ‘big picture’ so students can see how individual lessons fit into the unit and make clearer links between prior and future learning – through ‘Big Picture’ questions. 3. Better Literacy – through selected ‘language for learning’ vocab box. 4. Memory prompts to support revision – through the use of carefully selected images. 5. Increased awareness of metacognition – through PME (Progress, Monitor and Evaluation Time) questions to encourage students to deconstruct their learning and identify key factors (eg. Social, economic, political) or key individuals and make links between features. A pictorial metacognition man with 5 question prompts will support student reflection. 6. A confidence thermometer is also included as a prompt to identify student confidence in the topic. The reverse side contains guidance on EXAM TECHNIQUE through: 1. Identifying the nature of the question styles for each GCSE Unit and the allocated marks available 2. Examiners levelled mark schemes 3. Support writing frames with generic sentence starter

Worksheet written to support the Extra History You Tube channel video on the Oipum War Pt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgQahGsYokU The Publisher doc is formatted for A3, but can be amended and saved as a PDF for A4 publishing

Written to support the Edexcel A Level: Gaining and Losing an Empire 1763-1914 this worksheet is written as part of a reading and extension programme to expand students understanding and independence a learners. The worksheet takes students through the chapter using a variety of tasks and activities to develop and deepen their understanding. ‘The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery’ Paul Kennedy - Chapter 5 - The Struggle against France Renewed’

Written to support the Edexcel A Level: Gaining and Losing an Empire 1763-1914 this worksheet is written as part of a reading and extension programme to expand students understanding and independence a learners. The worksheet takes students through the chapter using a variety of tasks and activities to develop and deepen their understanding. ‘The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery’ Paul Kennedy - Chapter 4 - Triumph and Check

Gaining and Losing an Empire - Trade Assessment Testing of students knowledge, recall and understanding

Boom, Bust and Recovery - H.Brogan - The Penguin History of the USA Chp 21 Irresponsibility. Worksheet containing a variety of activities to support the reading of the chapter

A PowerPoint with each slide representing one of the ships engaged in the Battle of Trafalgar. Used for re-enacting the Battle and contrasting the orthodox versus hyper-aggressive tactics developed by the Royal Navy

Boom, Bust & Recovery- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson’s ‘A Little History of the United States’ Chapter 34 - Superpower Written as part of an introductory reading programme for Yr 12 A Level students studying the Edexcel syllabus or extension materials for Ks3 or GCSE. Written as Publisher files for printing on A3, they can be edited and printed as PDF files to accommodate A4 printing

Boom, Bust & Recovery- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson’s ‘A Little History of the United States’ Chapter 32 - The New Deal Written as part of an introductory reading programme for Yr 12 A Level students studying the Edexcel syllabus or extension materials for Ks3 or GCSE. Written as Publisher files for printing on A3, they can be edited and printed as PDF files to accommodate A4 printing

Boom, Bust & Recovery- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson’s ‘A Little History of the United States’ Chapter 31 - The Masses Written as part of an introductory reading programme for Yr 12 A Level students studying the Edexcel syllabus or extension materials for Ks3 or GCSE. Written as Publisher files for printing on A3, they can be edited and printed as PDF files to accommodate A4 printing

Supporting worksheet for Chapter 44 of Ben Wilson’s ‘Empire of The Deep’ to support the Edexcel A Level: gaining and losing an empire 1763-1914. Wilson’s book provides an overview of the changing role of the Royal Navy support the breadth element of the course The sheets are designed to be printed on A3 but can be amended and saved as PDF’s for A4 printing if desired

Supporting worksheet for Chapter 42 of Ben Wilson’s ‘Empire of The Deep’ to support the Edexcel A Level: gaining and losing an empire 1763-1914. Wilson’s book provides an overview of the changing role of the Royal Navy support the breadth element of the course The sheets are designed to be printed on A3 but can be amended and saved as PDF’s for A4 printing if desired

Supporting worksheet for Chapter 45 of Ben Wilson’s ‘Empire of The Deep’ to support the Edexcel A Level: gaining and losing an empire 1763-1914. Wilson’s book provides an overview of the changing role of the Royal Navy support the breadth element of the course The sheets are designed to be printed on A3 but can be amended and saved as PDF’s for A4 printing if desired

Resource written to support the Edexcel A Level: Britain: Losing and Gaining and Empire - 1763-1914 The worksheet is written to provide structured support for Chapter 43—Making the Weather in Ben Wilson's: Empire of the Deep for the teaching of Theme 2: The changing nature of the Royal Navy Designed to be printed on A3 it is written in Publisher but can be amended and printed as a PDF

Worksheet to analyse whether the British Empire possessed Ferguson's Killer Apps to facilitate progress and Empire

Blackadder Goes Forth - Goodbyeee - Worksheet to support the BBC TV programme. This task has been written to support both Ks3 as an introduction to WWI and a consolidation / flipped task for the GCSE 9-1 curriculum studying the Western Front . Students are to watch and study the script of the programme, making inferences about : Conditions, Attitudes to War, Food and Causes of the War. They are asked to consider why things are funny and develop the habit of explaining their inferences. The work is set out in tables so could easily be cut up for card based group work The worksheet, due to its content, is designed to be printed on A3 but can be fully edited and exported for printing by PDF to A4

Worksheet to support the BBC History File - The First World War -Ep1. - The Approach of War. The sheet consists of evidence collection, questions, map work and extension tasks concerning how Europe descended into war