This is a lesson designed to discuss how William won the battle of Hastings and as an introduction to the use of P.E.E. I have used this lesson with both Y6 and Y7. Feel free to download and edit to suit your needs. Update- I have now included a D.I.R.T sheet which can either be used as a second lesson to improve upon the paragraphs created in the first lesson, or it can be used straight away in the lesson to guide the writing of paragraphs.

This is a display designed for KS2 on how to work out which century a year is in. Feel free to edit to suit your needs.

This is a display on how to infer in History. Designed for KS2 but could be edited for other KS. Feel free to edit to suit your needs.

In this lesson, pupils use extracts and sources to look at the enquiry- How Successful was British colonisation of Jamestown? It includes: PP with Task on Entry + Success Criteria. Double sided worksheet.

A display with some of the most influential women in History. There are obviously far more women than this deserving of recognition and over time I will add to this. For now I have selected 10 of the most recognisable names, trying to cover a variety of disciplines, nationalities and time periods. Much of the text has been taken from websites such as HistoryExtra, BBC Bitesize and Biography.com I have included my original powerpoint which is editable and also individual JPEG’s for each Slide for individual downloads.

These are the Progress charts I have created for Y5-8 to track progress in History throughout the Year. It includes developing, meeting and exceeding criteria for the key second order concepts. Elements of it are specific to my school such as the pre/post section at the top therefore you are welcome to adapt these documents as you see fit.

This is a fully resourced scheme of work that explores the enquiry ‘What can we learn from the Cheddar Man?’. This is a 4 lesson SoW designed as an introductory unit to using sources for KS2. It includes the following lessons: 1- What is History? 2- How do we find out about the past? 3- Who was the first Brit? (Video linked in the notes on PP) 4- What can we learn from the Cheddar man? Each lesson is fully resourced with Powerpoints and materials needed for the lesson. The unit also includes a pre-test to be carried out before the unit and the same test as a post-test for after completion. Feel free to adapt to suit your needs and if you can spare the time, please drop me a review.

Includes key knowledge and key words for learning about 1066 and the Norman conquest. This download includes a knowledge organiser document featuring maps, diagrams and a timeline. Usable as either a display or individual copies for pupils. It also includes a key word display for the topic. Feel free to adapt to suit your needs.

This is a 5 lesson scheme of work I have created based upon Peter Frankopan’s ‘The Silk Roads’ aimed at UKS2. This unit focuses on the ancient period of the Silk Roads, ranging from the origin through to the founding of Baghdad. I have included instructions for the scheme with lesson orders, resources required and what to do during each lesson. The sequence of lessons is: Silk Roads Beginnning Greece vs Persia The Battle of Thermopylae Alexander the Great What traveled the Silk Roads? The final lesson is an assessment wherein pupils answer the enquiry set. There is success criteria attached for assessment of this. Each lesson is complete with full resources and links to educational videos I created to run alongside them. Feel free to adapt to suit your needs as this can quite easily be altered to suit KS3. If you download, please spare some time to review this resource.

This is the final lesson in my ancient Silk Roads SoW. It looks at: Trade, Religion, War and Knowledge. It culminates in a written assessment- for which I have provided a helpsheet with paragraph structure ideas, success criteria and an overview of information.

This is a progress chart which I will be using with Year 5 from September. It includes 3 sections: The first section is based on factual knowledge tests, both pre and post. The second section is on applied knowledge, these are historical skills which will be assessed on extended pieces of writing throughout the year. The bottom section is an area for pupils to include strengths and focus areas for each term based on their assessment outcomes. Feel free to adapt to suit.

Please find attached the Year 5 version of the Historians we will be studying display. Feel free to adapt to your own courses.

Please find attached the learning journey that my Year 5’s will be following from September. It includes the enquiry questions that they will be focusing on in order and the historical skills which each enquiry will focus on. The actual SoW documents will follow as and when I complete them. I did not create the original template. These can be adapted as you wish to suit any year group.

This is a stand alone lesson I have created on the lives of Black Tudors, this could be used independently during learning on Tudors or could be added to to form a SoW focused on Black Tudors. t includes a look at John Blanke and Cattelena of Almondsbury. The tasks make use of the sources Miranda Kaufmann used as well as her conclusions from the sources.

This is the third lesson in my SoW that I am creating on the Silk Roads. It contains a video about the second invasion of Greece by Persia focussing mainly on the Battle of Thermopylae. The activity was inspired by another resource that I saw on here.

This is the fourth lesson in my SoW on the early part of the Silk Roads. It can also act as a stand alone lesson on Alexander the Great’s influence on the development of the Silk Roads. It includes a Powerpoint and a worksheet based on extracts from Peter Frankopan’s Silk Roads. I have also included a WAGOLL for the worksheet. This has been designed with Y5/6 in mind, but feel free to adapt as you see fit.

This is the fourth lesson in my SoW on the early part of the Silk Roads. It can also act as a stand alone lesson on Alexander the Great’s influence on the development of the Silk Roads. It includes a Powerpoint and a worksheet based on extracts from Peter Frankopan’s Silk Roads. I have also included a WAGOLL for the worksheet. This has been designed with Y5/6 in mind, but feel free to adapt as you see fit.

I have created a lesson which is part based on an analysis of the Windrush passenger database and part on exploring the stories of the individuals impacted by the scandal. This lesson has been set as a home learning activity for my Year 8 classes. The first activity is a series of questions based on investigating the database of the passengers and then looking closely at the landing cards of the individuals headed for Wolverhampton (you may want to adapt this to make it more suitable for your local area). The next section is looking at what the scandal was and the impact it has had. Final task includes a range of differentiated activities. I have included links to the database and the article used both in the PowerPoint.

This is the second lesson in a scheme of work I am creating on the early period of the Silk Roads. This lesson includes a focus on the Ionian revolts and the first invasion of Greece by Persia and the Battle of Marathon. This lesson was designed and used with Year 6, but feel free to adapt as you require. The video I created to go alongside this is attached and a link is also included in the Powerpoint.

This is a lesson based on Non-Violent protest during the Civil Rights movement in the U.S.A. This lesson was designed with Year 8 in mind. Feel free to adapt to suit your needs.